Vietnam seeks to boost firms’ investment in Indonesia

HCMC – Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs met with Vietnamese companies investing in Indonesia on March 13 to discuss ways to expand trade and investment under the two countries’ Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. Nguyen Manh Cuong, deputy minister of …

Asian stocks waver on Mideast tensions; Indonesia tumbles to eight-month low

Stocks in emerging Asia fluctuated on Monday as the Middle East war kept oil prices elevated and investors on edge, while Indonesian equities fell to an eight-month low after the president indicated a willingness to exceed the country's fiscal deficit …

Indonesia stocks tumble, rupiah nears 17,000 on budget deficit worries

INDONESIAN stocks slid to an eight-month low on Monday, while the rupiah neared the 17,000-per-dollar mark, as investors feared that the net oil importer could breach its budget deficit limit due to the Middle East war. President Prabowo Subianto, in an …

Indonesia readies 35 cloud-seeding ops amid El Niño threat

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government is anticipating threats of forest and land fires by preparing 35 Weather Modification Operations (OMC) this year amid the potential onset of an early El Niño event. Deputy Minister of Forestry Rohmat Marzuki said that to …

Indonesia fast-tracks US$20B Masela gas project after landmark deal

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Indonesia is fast-tracking its US$20 billion Masela gas project in Maluku following a landmark investment agreement, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia said on Monday. Bahlil stressed that the government is committed …

Indonesia police seek four suspects for acid attack on activist

Indonesian police are hunting for four people wanted for an acid attack that maimed an activist critical of the military's growing role in government, an official said Monday. Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator of the KontraS rights group, was riding a …

Indonesia police seek four suspects for acid attack on activist

Indonesia seeks innovative funding for national park management

Jakarta (ANTARA) - Deputy Minister of Forestry Rohmat Marzuki said that alternative funding sought by the Task Force on Innovative Financing and Management of National Parks could come through various schemes, including carbon trading. Speaking after the …

Indonesia's Mount Merapi erupts again - VIDEO

Mount Merapi, located between Yogyakarta and Central Java, erupted again early Monday, producing two pyroclastic flows that traveled up to 1.6 kilometers toward the southwest, according to Indonesian officials. Agus Budi Santoso, head of the Yogyakarta …

Indonesia’s nickel pig iron spigot reopens