Indonesia quietly engaging key stakeholders in Myanmar crisis, foreign minister says
JAKARTA – Indonesia has for months been quietly engaging key stakeholders in Myanmar’s conflict, as well as neighbours India, Thailand, and China in an effort to kick-start a peace process as violence intensifies, its foreign minister said on Friday. Retno Marsudi earlier told Reuters exclusively…
Indonesia has surplus food ahead of Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr: Ministry
JAKARTA, 10 March – The Trade Ministry has estimated a rice surplus of around 9 million tons, cooking oil surplus of around 352 thousand tons, and beef surplus of around 58 thousand tons for the January–April period this year. With these figures, the ministry is…
Trade ministry committed to removing trade barriers for exporters
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan has expressed his commitment to supporting business actors, especially exporters, with policies to help Indonesian products enter the global markets and remove any trade barrier. “One of our tasks at the ministry is to support Indonesian exporters. Therefore,…
Indonesia plans to narrow 2024 fiscal deficit, sees higher GDP growth
JAKARTA, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Indonesia expects to bring its budget to a narrower fiscal deficit next year, even as its economic growth is predicted to accelerate, senior officials said on Monday, as President Joko Widodo aims to finish its remaining infrastructure projects. Indonesia recorded…
Indonesia readies road map for Timor Leste’s full ASEAN membership
JAKARTA – Indonesia, as the chair of ASEAN this year, is preparing a road map to support the full membership of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste in the regional association. Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) made the announcement in a joint statement issued with…
Indonesia’s 2022 GDP growth races to a 9-year high on resource boom
JAKARTA – Indonesia’s economic growth climbed to its strongest in nine years last year fueled by revived spending from the lifting of pandemic restrictions and as a global commodity boom sent exports to a record high. Southeast Asia’s largest economy gained from high global commodities…
Indonesia to suspend some palm oil export permits – officials
JAKARTA – Indonesia will suspend some palm oil export permits to secure domestic supply amid rising cooking oil prices ahead of upcoming Islamic festivals, senior cabinet minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on his official Instagram account on Monday. Palm oil exporters had accumulated large shipment quotas…
ASEAN tourism adept at facing global challenges: Minister
YOGYAKARTA – Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno is optimistic that tourism in ASEAN would continue to grow through support from improvement of human resources and MSMEs to be able to face global economic challenges. The growth in international tourist visits in 2022…
ASEAN chairmanship: Kadin to introduce seven breakthroughs
JAKARTA – The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin), which is chairing the 2023 ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC), will introduce seven legacy breakthroughs on five priority issues during Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship this year. The information was conveyed by Kadin chairperson and chair of…
President Jokowi kicks off Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship in Jakarta
JAKARTA – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo delivered an opening speech at the 2023 ASEAN Indonesia Chairmanship Kick-Off event on Sunday, organized by the Foreign Ministry and the Jakarta administration Government of DKI Jakarta at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta. Jokowi expressed confidence…