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Indonesia will likely increase its palm oil export levy to support the country's biodiesel mandate, energy ministry official Eniya Listiani Dewi told reporters on Thursday, citing tightening funds.
Indonesia's finance minister pledged on Tuesday to uphold the independence of the central bank, after lingering fears about government interference in monetary policy drove the rupiah currency to a record intraday low.
China's TikTok and Indonesia's tech group GoTo will carry out a trial e-commerce partnership for several months as regulators assess its impact on small merchants in the Southeast Asian country, Indonesia's trade minister said on Tuesday.
An Indonesian court on Tuesday rejected a bid by two companies to reinstate permits for palm oil plantations in its easternmost region of Papua, in what was seen as a test of the government's pledge to halt such land conversions to contain deforestation.
Indonesia reported 4,070 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 385,980, official data from the country's COVID-19 taskforce showed.
A powerful earthquake killed at least 42 people and injured hundreds on Indonesia's island of Sulawesi on Friday, trapping several under rubble and unleashing dozens of aftershocks as authorities warned of more quakes that could trigger a tsunami.
Fitch Ratings on Wednesday cut Indonesia's credit rating outlook to negative from stable, citing increasing uncertainty and reduced credibility in policymaking, in a move that will add to investor concerns about Southeast Asia's largest economy.
Indonesia reported a current account surplus of $3.9 billion, or 1.1% of its gross domestic product in the second quarter, much higher than the 0.1% surplus in the previous three months, according to a central bank report released on Friday.
Indonesia will keep its excise tax rates on tobacco products unchanged next year, after considering the impact such taxes have on employment in the tobacco industry, Finance minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa told a press conference on Friday.
South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol and Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto on Wednesday agreed to expand cooperation on defence, electric vehicles and infrastructure, South Korea's Presidential office said.
Indonesia is finalising a regulation that opens up carbon capture and storage schemes to more industries and allow green house gases from abroad to be stored in the country, a government official said on Tuesday.
Indonesia's trade surplus likely narrowed last month, as prices of coal, one of its top commodities, eased, while imports rose ahead of year-end festivities, a Reuters poll of anaysts showed on Tuesday.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.6 struck Banda Sea in Indonesia on Tuesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
Australia beat Indonesia 4-0 in the first game of the Asian Cup knockout stage on Sunday to advance to the quarter-finals after a feisty match at the Jassim bin Hamad Stadium.
Indonesia's parliament on Thursday approved a proposal to accept a South Korean donation of a corvette for its navy, despite concern from its defence committee that the ageing vessel needs about $85 million worth of maintenance.
Indonesia has sought emergency authorisation to start a mass vaccination campaign by the end of the year to combat the coronavirus in the archipelago, the Southeast Asian nation's president said on Friday.
The leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday said they were seeking a special meeting of Southeast Asian nations to discuss the situation in Myanmar, where an elected government was overthrown in a coup this week.
Indonesia's annual inflation rate was 1.03% in March, the statistics bureau said on Tuesday, missing market expectations and also staying below the central bank's target range for the third consecutive month.
Indonesia's central bank expects economic growth of 5.33% next year, and if fiscal spending can be accelerated then growth could reach the government's target of 5.4%, Governor Perry Warjiyo said on Wednesday.
The world's biggest palm oil exporter Indonesia will introduce a new set of monthly levies in a bid to improve competitiveness against rival edible oils, a regulation published on Thursday by its finance ministry showed.