Poramet Tangsathaporn – Thailand will support Timor-Leste joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) as its 11th member despite reported opposition from Myanmar, officia

Jakarta – Timor-Leste will officially become ASEAN's 11th member later this year, according to the Foreign Ministry's Director General for ASEAN Cooperation, Sidharto R.

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto recently wrapped up his first-ever state visit to Saudi Arabia with business deals totaling $27 billion.

Mecca, Saudi Arabia – President Prabowo Subianto performed umrah (minor haj) early on Thursday, at the Al-Haram Grand Mosque in Mecca, shortly after concluding his bilateral talk with S

Timor-Leste has dismissed Myanmar's reported objection to it becoming the 11th member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), as "inconsequential and irrelevant."

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia has condemned the Israeli airstrike that killed the director of Gaza's Indonesian Hospital, Dr Marwan Al Sultan.

Kuala Lumpur – After 26 years, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is set to welcome its first new member since 1999 as Timor-Leste nears full accession.

Ruth Dea Juwita, Jakarta Indonesia recorded a hefty trade surplus of US$4.3 billion in May, fueled by a surge in exports of vegetable oils and steel, according to data from Statistics I

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Official statistics showed Tuesday that the US remained a top buyer of Indonesian goods amid a looming tariff deadline, as Jakarta's surplus surpassed $7 b

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's palm oil exports enjoyed a double-digit growth this year as of May, with an unchanged list of top buyers, according to the Central Statistics A

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia announced Tuesday that it had booked a $4.30 billion surplus in May, maintaining the 61-month positive trade balance it has kept since May 2020.

Jakarta – The government on Monday has unveiled a series of new import regulation that would ease access to specific goods and raw materials as well as eliminate overlapping rules that

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is still shying away from explicitly condemning US' strikes on Iran as seen in Monday's hearing between Foreign Affairs Minister Sugiono and the

Jakarta – Israeli military operations in Palestine and Iran, carried out with near-total impunity, are eroding global confidence in international law and could embolden other nations to

Sukegawa Seiya – In October 2025, Timor-Leste will be officially admitted to ASEAN as its 11th member state.

Jakarta – For whatever reason, President Prabowo Subianto's failure to openly react to United States President Donald Trump's bombing of Iran's nuclear development sites on Sunday is re

Jakarta – Indonesia is ready to enhance cooperation in strategic sectors with Pacific nations under the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), Deputy Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir has sa

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – An analyst said Tuesday that the ongoing trade talks with the US should not stop Indonesia from issuing an official statement on Washington's intervention

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia recorded a double-digit decline in its palm oil exports in April as European countries cut back on Jakarta's top agricultural commodity, accordin

Melynda Dwi Puspita, Jakarta – Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, Indonesia continues to import a variety of commodities from Iran, including dates and petroleum jelly.

Saint Petersburg, Russia – President Prabowo Subianto on Friday denied snubbing the G7 summit to visit Russia, in a speech at an economic forum alongside Vladimir Putin.

Agencies, St Petersburg, Russia – President Prabowo Subianto met Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Thursday and hailed growing ties with Moscow in a burgeoning relationship that has

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia's sovereign wealth fund Danantara and its Russian counterpart RDIF recently announced that they would set up a joint investment platform worth 2

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's first Russian state trip had led to the possibility of Moscow exporting more wheat while also introducing its meat to Jakarta.

Jakarta – The government recently announced that Indonesia had substantially concluded the trade pact negotiations with the Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).

Kuala Lumpur – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on Thursday said ASEAN remains committed to supporting Timor-Leste's full membership in the regional grouping, while acknowledging

Olivia Subandi, Jakarta – Indonesia has joined 23 countries in a joint statement strongly condemning Israel's attacks on Iran that have been ongoing since June 13, 2025.

Lusa – The President of Timor-Leste, Jos Ramos-Horta, began a private visit to Malaysia on Tuesday, from where he will travel to Monaco for a working visit to promote regional cooperat

Arlina Arshad, Jakarta – The recently concluded Leaders Retreat has opened a fresh chapter in bilateral ties between Singapore and Indonesia, with climate action and the green economy a

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Iran wants Indonesia and other Muslim nations to stop buying Israeli goods in hopes of putting pressure on the Zionist regime, according to its diplomat.

Catholic-majority Timor-Leste has reversed its initial decision to abstain in a vote on a United Nations resolution concerning the protection of civilians in Gaza and voted in favor of

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia has officially removed import quotas on live cattle in a bid to secure long-term supplies of beef and dairy, the government announced over the weekend.

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto received a phone call from United States President Donald Trump on Thursday night, June 12, 2025.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Talks between Indonesia and the United States remain in limbo just days ahead of a deadline both parties set for reaching a trade deal to avert punishing US impo

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto will meet counterpart Vladimir Putin this month on his first visit to Russia since taking office, officials said on Thursday, as Southeast Asia's bi

Olivia Subandi, Jakarta – A total of 58 Indonesian nationals have been affected by the strict immigration policy implemented by U.S.

Jakarta – The clock is ticking as a deadline nears for us to hash out a trade deal with the United States or risk punishing tariffs imposed on almost all Indonesian goods shipped to the

Jakarta – The victory of opposition leader Lee Jae-myung in the June 3 South Korean presidential election and his subsequent swearing-in should present a prime opportunity for President

Brussels – Indonesia and the European Union have finalized negotiations on the long-anticipated Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a landmark trade pact aimed at expan

Hong Raksmey, Phnom Penh – In a recent press conference with the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ), Indonesian ambassador to Cambodia Santo Darmosumarto emphasised the potential for i

Addin Anugrah Siwi, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, is optimistic that Indonesia can become a full member of the Organization for Economic Coop

Bambang Ismoyo, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade deficit with China more than doubled in the first four months of 2025, but Trade Minister Budi Santoso has dismissed suggest

, Eir discussions focused on areas of mutual interest, with particular emphasis on strengthening bilateral relations between the two Muslim-majority countries.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's call on ASEAN to accept Papua New Guinea as an official member state might have caused initial surprise and concern among Foreign Ministry bureauc

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Statistics Indonesia (BPS) official Pudji Ismartini revealed in a press conference on Monday that the country's trade surplus, or the amount by which exports exc

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesian coal exports dropped 6.43 percent to 160 million tonnes in the January-April period of 2025, according to data from the Energy and Mineral Resources M

Arnoldus Kristianus, Jakarta – Indonesia's trade surplus narrowed sharply to just $160 million in April 2025, a steep decline from the $4.33 billion surplus recorded the previous month,

Jakarta – Asenior minister in the administration of President Prabowo Subianto has denied a report claiming that a meeting took place between Indonesia and Israel last year to explore t

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – The Indonesian government recorded a drop in coal exports during the first quarter of 2025, as confirmed by the Director of Coal Business Development at the Min

Grace el Dora, Jakarta – The Presidential Palace clarified on Friday that President Prabowo Subianto was drinking non-alcoholic apple juice – not wine – during a toast with French Presi