Indonesia

  • Sep 26, 2019
  • 7 min read

Indonesia-Malaysia ties will strengthen despite spats

Relations have been strained over issues such as transboundary haze, but the countries have common cause over palm oil

Indonesia
  • Sep 26, 2019
  • 2 min read

Jakarta will likely adopt harder line on protesters

The security minister has criticised recent protests over government legislation

Indonesia
  • Sep 25, 2019
  • 2 min read

Jokowi will likely prompt rethink over penal code

Thousands of Indonesians have protested over a proposed new penal code that criminalises extra-marital sex

Indonesia
  • Sep 18, 2019
  • 2 min read

Jokowi will try to give assurance of anti-graft intent

Lawmakers have passed amendments to the law underpinning Indonesia's leading anti-corruption body

Indonesia
  • Sep 12, 2019
  • 2 min read

Intra-ASEAN discord will stymie efforts to combat haze

Indonesia says other countries in the region are contributing to the current haze problem

ASEAN
  • Sep 10, 2019
  • 2 min read

Haze is reputational and environmental risk to Jakarta

Indonesian forest fires are causing haze across other parts of the region

Indonesia
  • Sep 6, 2019
  • 2 min read

Jakarta-EU free trade pact looks increasingly unlikely

Indonesia and the EU are in a dispute over retaliatory tariffs

Indonesia
  • Aug 30, 2019
  • 6 min read

Jokowi’s plan to shift capital will overcome obstacles

The president is determined to move the seat of government from Jakarta

Indonesia