Jakarta – Indonesian palm oil companies were bracing on Wednesday for the impact of a government ban on exports of refined palm olein, with the new rules aimed at taming soaring prices

Bernadette Christina, Jakarta – The Agriculture Ministry said on Monday that crude palm oil shipments would be excluded from a planned palm oil export ban, according to a copy of an off

Jakarta – Indonesia is prepared to widen its ban on exports of refined palm olein if it faces domestic shortages of derivatives used in the production of cooking oil, according to detai

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's biggest producer of crude palm oil, has ordered a ban on the export of the commodity starting April 28 to address an ongoing shortag

Dili (Kyodo News) – East Timor's president-elect Jose Ramos-Horta said on Thursday he expects his country to join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in 2023 when Indonesia chair

Lenny Trstia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo made a surprise announcement on Friday that the export of cooking oil will be banned as soon as next week.

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia is being urged from within to invite Ukraine to this year's G20 in Bali to appease Western nations demanding the exclusio

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – The Indonesian Palm Oil Association, or Gapki, announced on Tuesday that the country exported 2.09 million tons of palm oil products in February, marking a

Fadhil Haidar Sulaeman, Jakarta – Indonesian imports and exports reached a new peak in March on surging global commodity prices fueled by a post-pandemic global economic recovery and th

Herman, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a surplus of $4.53 billion in March to continue a run of a positive trade balance for the 23rd month in a row, the Central Statistics Agency, or BPS

Sydney Allen – The 2022 G20 conference, an intergovernmental meeting of the world's largest economies, is scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia on November 15 and 16.

Jakarta (Antara) – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has called on Russia to immediately cease the ongoing military campaign in Ukraine out of respect to international law and t

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo discussed ways to further deepen the bilateral trade ties during the forme

Yamin Kogoya – Papuan Governor Lukas Enembe had an hour-long meeting with Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobyeva, accompanied by the director of the Russian Centre for Science and Cultur

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape had confirmed his government will finalise up to nine agreements with Jakarta to strengthen its relationship with Indonesia.

Jakarta – State oil and gas company Pertamina is considering buying Russian crude oil at hugely discounted prices to help ease the current supply shortages at home caused by high world

Antara, Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office discovered the distribution of imported products using domestic labels or brands in a number of shopping centers.

Jakarta – The government said Indonesia would hold the G-20 Summit neutrally and impartially, resisting calls from the West to exclude Russia from the annual meeting of the world's 20 l

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday instructed his government to spend more on domestic products for their procurement needs to propel economic growth

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore/Jakarta – Indonesia is facing a test of its ambition to be a global player as the United States and allies discuss the prospect of expelling

Tempo.Co, Suci Sekarwati, Jakarta – The 1996 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient Manuel Ramos-Horta said in a discussion held by the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI) on Thursday,

Jakarta – Indonesia will remove export restrictions on palm oil products and raise its export levy instead, its trade minister said on Thursday (Mar 17), only a week after the world's b

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian central statistics agency, Statistics Indonesia or BPS, said that Indonesia's trade with Russia and Ukraine has been negligible.

Jakarta – Indonesia's export growth likely accelerated in February due to high commodity prices, as the conflict between Ukraine and Russia fueled fears of supply squeezes and as author

Arie Firdaus (BenarNews) – A petroleum shortage linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine is driving up prices for commodities, but analysts say those could bring a windfall to Indonesia,

Jakarta – Indonesia, the largest producer of crude palm oil, has decided to stifle its palm oil export over the next six months in a move designed for taming the cooking oil scarcity wi

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Catholic-majority Timor-Leste is to provide humanitarian assistance "in a show of solidarity with Ukrainians" following the Russian invasion of the Eastern Europea

Radityo Dharmaputra – Almost two weeks in, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has been condemned by most countries around the world, including Indonesia.

Sebastian Strangio – This morning on my Twitter feed, amid the flow of depressing news from Ukraine, I came across two fascinating articles on how the nation's war with Russia is

Jakarta – Indonesia has made the right decision to join 140 other United Nations member states in condemning Russia for invading Ukraine and in demanding that Moscow withdraw its milita

David Engel – No one who has observed Indonesian foreign and strategic policy probably needs reminding of how differently Jakarta sees and engages with the world to the way Australia do

Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian government recently issued a statement on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, urging all sides to prioritize negotiation and peaceful settlement.

Jakarta – UK International Trade Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan is on a two-day visit to Indonesia to launch a new trade dialogue and to further develop the existing #2.6 billion in bila

Phnom Penh – Asean is launching a fact-finding mission to accelerate East Timor's accession into the bloc, a task expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2022, according to the

Jakarta – Indonesia's goods trade balance has remained in the black for the past 21 months, providing robust footing for the country, which used to be so prone to capital outflow, to ma

Gayatri Suroyo and Fransiska Nangoy, Jakarta – Indonesia's export growth slowed more than expected in January, after authorities in the world's top thermal coal exporter banned coal shi

Kathmandu – Nepal and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste have established diplomatic relations.

Dian Septiari, Jakarta – Indonesia has welcomed Cambodia's recent announcement that it will resume the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' retreat later this month without a top diplomat represent

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia will reclaim around 250,000 square kilometers of its airspace from Singapore after both countries agreed to realign the Flight Information Region or

UCA News reporter, Phnom Penh – Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has asked Timor-Leste to buy Cambodian rice and invest in local rice mills and warehousing after backing Dili's bid to j

Muhammad Zulfikar Rakhmat – China's faith diplomacy towards Muslims organisations in Indonesia appears to have silenced critics of its policy towards the Uighurs in Xinjiang.

Mom Kunthear – Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn and his Timorese counterpart Adaljiza Magno agreed to resume trade activities and accelerate pendin

Mom Kunthear – East Timorese foreign minister Adaljiza Magno has requested Prime Minister Hun Sen to help her country become an ASEAN member and for technical support on its preparation

Aristyo Rizka Darmawan – Earlier this week, Indonesia and Singapore signed three important treaties: a Flight Information Region (FIR) agreement, a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA),

Jakarta – With the signing of three treaties on Tuesday, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have cemented a strong foundation for the future r

Fana Suparman, Jakarta – Indonesia and Singapore will ink an extradition treaty during leaders' retreat in Bintan Island on Tuesday, thus making it easier for Indonesia to catch its gra

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia and Singapore on Tuesday agreed to realign their respective flight information regions or FIRs, thus enabling Indonesia to finally reclaim its co

Jakarta – Indonesia's biggest palm oil association GAPKI on Wednesday shrugged off a new government policy requiring exporters of the vegetable oil to gain approval for their shipments

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is adamant about stopping the exports of raw materials – a practice which can be traced back to the Dutch colonial era – i

Ian Storey – Indonesia plans to convene a meeting with some of its ASEAN colleagues to discuss the South China Sea. The idea is not new, but this time it might just work.