Indonesia's parliament shelved planned changes to electoral laws on Thursday after protesters in the capital set fires and faced down tear gas and water cannon over legislation they say would weaken opponents of the outgoing president and his successor.
Indonesia's economic growth this year may be within a range of 4.7% to 5.3%, below an official estimate for 2022 GDP expansion of between 5.2% to 5.3%, the country's chief economics minister Airlangga Hartarto said on Tuesday.
Indonesian power company PT Pertamina Geothermal Energy, a unit under state energy company Pertamina group, will launch an initial public offering in the second quarter of next year, a minister said on Thursday.
The Indonesian government plans to subsidise some of the interest on loans held by smaller real estate developers in an effort to encourage them to build or renovate properties, the finance ministry said in a new decree.
Indonesia's police chief has called on officers to use greater discretion when enforcing the country's internet law, following government signals the legislation, which has ensnared journalists, academics and opposition figures, will be reviewed.
Former Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan on Saturday named the chairman of Indonesia's largest Islamic party as his running mate for the 2024 presidential election, a move aimed at boosting his popularity in this Muslim majority country.
Indonesia's Constitutional Court on Thursday said a law requiring a minimum number of votes for political parties to nominate a presidential candidate was not legally binding, which could allow a wider range of candidates in 2029.
Indonesia's palm oil industry association GAPKI is working with government agencies and state companies to ensure supply and affordability of cooking oil, it said on Thursday, after a ban on exports was enforced.
Indonesia's Financial Services Authority (OJK) will extend loan restructuring incentives for some banks until March 2022, it said on Friday, to prevent a spike in bad loans as a result of economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
Indonesia's financial regulator will double the capital requirement threshold for securities firms and certain asset managers to reduce risks of stock market manipulation, an official told Reuters on Thursday.
The rematch of an Indonesian soccer game that ended in one of the world's worst stadium stampedes last year was played on Tuesday with no spectators present.
Indonesia's energy minister Arifin Tasrif said on Wednesday that his ministry is waiting for the state utility PLN to confirm that coal supply for domestic power plants is secure before the government can start partially resuming coal exports.
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Friday appointed retired Lieutenant General Djaka Budhi Utama, a former military officer who was once found guilty of kidnapping rights activists, as the head of the country's customs and excise unit.
Singapore's Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) and France's TotalEnergies said on Wednesday that their joint venture, Singa Renewables, would develop a utility-scale solar and battery project in Indonesia's Riau Province.
Indonesian police fired tear gas on Tuesday in am effort to disperse demonstrators in central Jakarta, a Reuters witness said, amid a second week of protests over a controversial new labour law.
Indonesia's antitrust agency has given its "conditional" blessing to last year's takeover of the country's biggest e-commerce platform Tokopedia by TikTok after ending its probe into potential monopoly risks, it said on Wednesday.
Workers at PT Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg gold and copper mine on Friday ended a protest demanding an easing of travel restrictions at the mine due to the coronavirus pandemic, Yonpis Tabuni, a workers' representative, told Reuters.
Indonesia's central bank on Tuesday launched a new retail payment system that its governor said will slash the cost of money transfers and support the country's booming digital economy.
Explosions that injured dozens of people at a Jakarta mosque last week may not have been set off for religious reasons, and a personal motive may be involved, police said on Monday.
Indonesia's air accident investigator is still hoping to recover the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) from a crashed Sriwijaya Air jet to better understand information obtained from the flight data recorder (FDR), an official said on Tuesday.