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Stagnating global palm oil production and higher biodiesel mandates are likely to curb supplies of the world's most used vegetable oil this year, setting the stage for further gains in prices, which are trading at their highest in seven months.
Asia's emerging currencies edged higher on Thursday as easing U.S. Treasury yields nipped dollar gains, while central bank meetings in Indonesia and Malaysia will be watched for commentary ahead of the key Federal Reserve meeting next week.
Sinovac Biotech (SVA.O) has supplied 260 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine globally, with over 60% supplied to countries outside China, the company's chief executive Yin Weidong said on Tuesday.
There is a tendency in the climate change debate to focus on the big picture pledges, such as India's commitment to net-zero emissions by 2070, but the attention should be on the actions that will actually happen by 2030.
Indonesia's current account deficit widened in 2024 as its merchandise trade surplus shrank amid weaker global demand, the central bank said on Thursday, and analysts pointed to a worsening outlook for global trade this year.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced new import certification requirements for shrimp and spices from Indonesia after cases of radioactive contamination were detected earlier.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is planning to meet Elon Musk during an upcoming U.S. visit, a minister said on Monday, as the Southeast Asian country seeks to accelerate development of its nickel industry to supply batteries for electric vehicles.
Indonesia's nickel production surge is crushing competitors and challenging the West's ambitions of diversifying its critical metals supply chains.
Foreign visitors to Indonesia in February were down 4.62% from the previous month, data from the statistics bureau showed on Monday.
China's Tsingshan Holding Group has started to deliver nickel matte to Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co Ltd based on an earlier supply agreement, the latter said on an interactive investor platform on Thursday.
A rise in religious conservatism in Indonesia is drawing talent away from what some view as un-Islamic jobs in banking, industry professionals say, creating hiring woes for conventional banks but a boon for the country's fledgling sharia finance sector.
Foreign investors pulled funds from Asian bonds in June for the first time in five months, as concerns over a U.S. tariff deadline and heightened tensions in the Middle East weighed on sentiment.
Three people were killed and several injured in shootings in two areas of Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua, including near the operations of gold and copper miner Freeport Indonesia, authorities said.
FinAccel on Monday agreed to go public through a merger with a blank-check firm, valuing the parent of Indonesian buy now, pay later platform Kredivo at about $2.5 billion, a further sign of consolidation in the fast-growing sector.
Central bank governors and finance ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Bali have agreed to strengthen cooperation between them to better withstand future global crises, chair Indonesia said on Friday.
Australia on Monday said it had struck a deal with fertiliser manufacturer Incitec Pivot to secure local production of urea needed to make a diesel additive essential for trucks, as China curbs fertiliser exports to contain prices at home.
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said he would "always safeguard our sovereignty" when asked about the issue of the South China Sea, adding partnerships are better than conflicts and that "we respect all powers".
Brunei, the chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries, on Monday threw its support behind a regional leaders' meeting to discuss developments in Myanmar and said it has asked officials to prepare for a meeting in Jakarta.
The Thai baht slipped for a second session on Friday to its lowest in two weeks, leading declines along with the Philippine peso as pressures from an increasingly hawkish U.S. Federal Reserve weighed on risk-sensitive Asian markets.
Southeast Asian governments must back the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) plans to expedite the closure of coal plants in the region with strong regulation to win funding for the programme, an energy consultancy said in a report on Friday.