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Indonesia will set a deadline of two years for food and beverage companies to meet new labelling norms for products high in salt, sugar or fat, a government official told Reuters, a move that spells more delays in efforts to curb fast-rising obesity.
Indonesia's central bank said it is working with banks to reassess management protocols to handle cyber incidents, its governor said on Thursday in an investor call.
President Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday said that Indonesia may seize an additional 4 million to 5 million hectares (12 million acres) of palm oil plantations this year.
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo on Tuesday proposed a slightly smaller budget for 2023 than for this year to parliament, pledging to consolidate fiscal positions after racking up large deficits during the pandemic.
Indonesian police arrested 56 men at a "gay sex party" in the capital Jakarta, three of whom could face up to 15 years in jail on charges of breaching pornography laws, a spokesperson said.
Indonesia is prioritising safety ahead of the planned commercial launch of its China-funded $7.3 billion high-speed railway, its transport minister said on Friday - addressing concerns about a project already years behind schedule.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo will nominate central bank governor Perry Warjiyo for a second five-year term and will put forward no other candidates for the post, three sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
Hundreds of workers riding motorbikes and waving flags held a rally in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday, as protests calling on President Joko Widodo to repeal a controversial new jobs law entered a second week.
Indonesia's President Prabowo Subianto will pardon tens of thousands of prisoners ranging from activists convicted of defamation to those jailed in the easternmost province of Papua for criticising the government, a minister said on Friday.
China's coal imports last month from top supplier Indonesia rose 16% from October while those from Australia were up nearly 30% as utilities restocked for winter power generation.
Indonesia plans to make the co-firing of biomass in power stations mandatory as part of its efforts to phase out coal power plants, which account for more than 60% of its electricity supplies, an energy ministry director said on Friday.
Indonesia will start using its government-set benchmark coal price as the floor price for transactions starting next month, a senior official at the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said on Wednesday.
Forest-related risks could cost companies that trade in or use Indonesian palm oil as much as $10 billion this year, according to a study of more than 100 firms published by a global environmental group.
Indonesia is reviewing a government regulation on export earnings, including potentially setting rules on how long earnings must be kept in local banks, its chief economic minister Airlangga Hartarto said on Wednesday.
Indonesian police have arrested 53 militants suspected of planning an attack on independence day this week, including alleged members of networks blamed for past attacks like the 2002 Bali bombings, the police said on Friday.
PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) is in discussions with the government about being able to continue copper concentrate exports until its new Manyar smelter returns to full operations, a spokesperson for the miner said on Friday.
Indonesia said on Monday it has extended until the end of this year its policy of waiving a palm oil export levy, unless the palm oil reference price breaks $800 per tonnes, the economic ministry said on Monday.
Indonesia expects a new wave of coronavirus infections will peak in early July, as the highly transmissible delta variant becomes more dominant in some areas and with the occupancy of hospitals in Jakarta hitting 75%, officials said.
Retail sales in Indonesia dropped 14.9% on a yearly basis in October, the biggest fall since June and after an 8.7% fall in September, according to a central bank survey released on Thursday.
An agreement on deforestation by more than 100 countries this week that was signed by Indonesia, home to a third of the world's rainforests, did not contain a pledge to halt deforestation by 2030, a senior Indonesian official said on Thursday.