04 Dec 2019
* Natural resources exporters to keep earnings in special
account
(Adds details, comments by textile association)
28 Nov 2019
* Policy mix to be expanded to support SMEs, tourism,
exports
26 Nov 2019
JAKARTA, Nov 26 The Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) is prepared to help finance Indonesia's
plan to move its capital from congested Jakarta to an area on
the eastern side of Borneo island, the president of the
Beijing-backed bank said on Tuesday.
08 Nov 2019
JAKARTA He was once a boy scout and member of a patriotic flag-raising team in high school. | Video
04 Oct 2019
JAKARTA/NEW DELHI U.S. trade officials, at the request of card networks Mastercard and Visa , convinced Indonesia late last year to loosen rules governing its new domestic payment network, according to Indonesian government and industry sources, and emails reviewed by Reuters.
01 Oct 2019
JAKARTA Indonesia's biggest student demonstrations in decades will test President Joko Widodo's pledge to go all out in his second term to boost growth in Southeast Asia's largest economy, a former finance minister and a government adviser say.
26 Sep 2019
JAKARTA, Sept 25 Bank Indonesia's (BI) plan to
no longer issue 12-month notes in its monetary operations will
help its efforts to lift economic growth by guiding liquidity
away from the popular instrument and back to the market, a
senior official said on Wednesday.
25 Sep 2019
JAKARTA, Sept 25 Bank Indonesia's (BI) plan to
no longer issue 12-month notes in its monetary operations will
help its efforts to lift economic growth by guiding liquidity
away from the popular instrument and back to the market, a
senior official said on Wednesday.
20 Sep 2019
JAKARTA Indonesia's president ordered parliament on Friday to delay voting on a bill to criminalise extra-marital and gay sex, amid protests and criticism from rights groups and after major tourist market Australia warned its citizens about the plan.
18 Sep 2019
JAKARTA Indonesia is facing a backlash over an online campaign backing palm oil at a time when forest fires, often linked to slash-and-burn land clearance, have spread choking smoke across the region, raising growing concern about damage to health.