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Indonesia's central bank cut interest rates for a sixth time during the pandemic and eased lending rules on Thursday in a bid to boost the coronavirus-hit economy as it downgraded its 2021 growth forecast.
As night fell in the Indonesian capital, pop ensemble Kahitna took to the stage for a drive-in concert nearly two hours long that attracted eager listeners in rows of hundreds of parked cars.
Indonesia on Wednesday launched road tests for two types of biodiesel containing 40% palm oil, hoping to conclude by the end of the year whether they are viable for public use, the energy ministry said.
Indonesia will impose higher levies on crude palm oil (CPO) starting Dec. 10, an official document showed on Thursday, a move that could impact demand next year as it seeks to generate funds for its ambitious palm-based biodiesel programme.
Indonesia's farming ministry has ordered breeders to cull millions of chicken and reduce the number of hatching eggs to control a slump in poultry prices, the ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
Some senior political figures in Indonesia have backed the idea of extending President Joko Widodo's tenure beyond his constitutionally mandated two-term limit, sparking heated debate in the world's third-largest democracy.
Indonesia said on Monday that a total of 15 people were killed in Central Papua province earlier this month during a military operation against separatist rebels that drew condemnation from the country's human rights watchdog.
Wearing white Islamic garb and waving red and white Indonesian flags, more than 1,000 protesters from Islamic and student groups gathered in the world's most populous Muslim nation on Tuesday to show discontent over a divisive new jobs law.
Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund is exploring investment in dozens of projects, including toll road concessions worth $2.6 billion, in its first foray into infrastructure assets, a deputy minister said on Wednesday.
Panicked residents in some towns nearest to the epicentre fled buildings and the tremor was also felt in the neighbouring Philippines.
Indonesia oil and gas lifting, or ready-to-use production, missed targets in the first half as rising coronavirus cases hit operations, Dwi Soetjipto, chairman of oil regulator SKK Migas said on Friday.
Cooling inflation and a more resilient rupiah currrency is expected to give Bank Indonesia enough comfort to opt for a more modest quarter-point interest rate hike on Thursday, a Reuters poll found.
Indonesia is expected to report this week an economic growth of more than 6% in the second quarter, but a new wave of COVID-19 cases, which started to hit in June, is clouding the outlook for subsequent quarters, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.
A top Indonesian official pledged on Wednesday that construction on a new capital city deep within the jungles of Borneo island would not stall when the presidency changes hands next year as new incentives were unveiled to encourage investment.
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung told Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto on Saturday that he hopes the two countries will continue to cooperate in military security, building on existing collaboration such as the joint development of fighter jets, Lee's office said.
Indonesian authorities said on Sunday they had located the wreckage of a fisheries surveillance plane that went missing in South Sulawesi province on the slope of a fog-covered mountain and had recovered the body of one of the 10 people on board.
Indonesia has signed a contract with units of Harbour Energy and Mubadala Energy for the development of a Central Andaman oil and gas block, the energy ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
The launch of Indonesia's B50 biodiesel mandate will depend on the price gap between crude oil and crude palm oil, a senior official said on Tuesday.
Indonesia's central bank held its policy rates unchanged for a third straight meeting on Wednesday, maintaining its focus on supporting the rupiah currency while it makes efforts to strengthen the impact of its earlier easings.
Indonesia will domestically manufacture its own car in the next three years, its President Prabowo Subianto said on Monday, adding the budget for that has already been allocated and land prepared for the factories.