Indonesia will ban the export of cooking oil and its raw materials from April 28 to tackle domestic shortages and control surging cooking oil costs, President Joko Widodo said Friday. “I will monitor and evaluate the implementation of this policy so [that] availability of cooking oil in the domestic market becomes abundant and affordable,” the…
Indonesia to Suspend Exports of Cooking Oil to Tackle Domestic Shortage
18 Dead in Overloaded Truck Crash in Indonesia’s West Papua
JAKARTA, Indonesia—An overloaded truck carrying 29 people hit a hillside and overturned near an illegal gold mine in Indonesia’s West Papua province on Wednesday, killing 18 people and leaving others injured, police said. The truck, crammed with miners and their families, was headed to the capital of West Papua Province Manokwari to celebrate Easter. They…
Indonesian Students Protest Rumored Delay of 2024 Election
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Thousands of students marched in cities around Indonesia on Monday to protest against rumors that the government is considering postponing the 2024 presidential election to allow President Joko Widodo to remain in office beyond the two-term legal limit, calling it a threat to the country’s democracy. They demonstrated in front of the Parliament building…
Indonesia’s Uncertainties Pique Beijing’s Hopes
Commentary Nothing in the global balance seems certain as 2022 evolves. Certainly not in the Indo-Pacific, where China hovers between the hope of strategic growth abroad and the reality of economic contraction at home. Indonesia, in particular, is impacted significantly by China’s fortunes, whatever the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) does in the Indo-Pacific, or domestically….
Indonesia Raises Palm Oil Export Levy Amid Domestic Cooking Oil Shortage
Indonesia’s government issued a new regulation on Friday that raises the palm oil export levy up to $375 per tonne, when the edible oil’s reference price reaches $1,500 per tonne, in a bid to tackle the country’s cooking oil shortage. The new regulation, which took effect immediately, introduced higher progressive rates when the reference price…
Indonesia’s Mount Merapi Erupts Multiple Times, 250 Evacuate
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesia’s Mount Merapi volcano spewed avalanches of hot clouds in eruptions overnight Thursday that forced about 250 residents to flee to temporary shelters and left ash blanketing nearby villages and towns. No casualties were reported. The volcano on the densely populated island of Java unleashed clouds of hot ash at least seven times just…
Death Toll From Indonesia Earthquake Rises to 11
JAKARTA, Indonesia—Rescuers on Indonesia’s Sumatra island retrieved more bodies Sunday from a strong earthquake two days ago, raising the death toll to 11 while another 400 were injured and thousands displaced. The body of the latest victim was recovered from the rubble of homes toppled by the magnitude 6.2 earthquake that shook West Sumatra province…
Magnitude 6.2 earthquake kills 7 on Indonesia’s Sumatra
PASAMAN, Indonesia—A strong and shallow earthquake hit off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, killing seven people and injuring 85, while causing panic on the island and in neighboring Malaysia. The magnitude 6.2 earthquake struck about 66 kilometers (41 miles) north-northwest of Bukittinggi, a hilly town in West Sumatra Province, according to the…
Indonesia Hit by 6.2 Magnitude Earthquake
Indonesia’s Sumatra Island has been hit by a 6.2 magnitude earthquake killing at least two people and causing tremors across Singapore and Malaysia. The quake struck inland on Feb. 25, near the west coast of the island, however, there was no report of major damage or possible tsunamis, according to BMKG, the country’s geophysics agency….
Indonesian Principal Given Life Term for Raping 13 Students
BANDUNG, Indonesia—An Indonesian court on Tuesday sentenced an Islamic boarding school principal to life in prison for raping at least 13 students over five years and impregnating some of them. The principal of the girls’ school in West Java’s Bandung city, Herry Wirawan, pleaded guilty and apologized to his victims and their families during the…
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