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The Premier of the State Council plans to visit Indonesia in late May 2025, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi revealed at the first China-Indonesia 2+2 Ministerial Meeting. The visit comes in light of the Malaysian premier's assumption of the ASEAN chairmanship and the related...

The Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources said that the plan to build a nuclear power plant in 2030 or 2032 will be reported to the President. The nuclear power plant project is included in the Electricity Supply Enterprise Plan 2025-2034, which is currently in the finalization stage. He believes that nuclear power...

At the regular press conference of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on April 18, Lin Jian announced that Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Foreign Minister, and Dong Jun, Minister of National Defense, will preside over the first ministerial meeting of the China-Indonesia Foreign Ministers and Defense Ministers' "2+2" dialogue mechanism on April 21 in Beijing,...

Indonesia is expected to be flooded with imported electronics from China due to President Prabowo's plan to remove technical regulations in response to the US import tariff policy. The secretary-general of the Federation of Electronic Enterprises (FEE) expressed no concern about the U.S. import tariffs...

Indonesia's Economic Coordinating Minister, Foreign Minister, and Finance Minister will serve as President Prabowo's government delegation to Washington, D.C., April 16-23, 2025, to negotiate with the U.S. Trade Representative, the Treasury Secretary, and the Secretary of Commerce to take advantage of the Trump...

Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves amounted to $157.1 billion at the end of March 2025, up from $154.5 billion the previous month, according to Bank Indonesia. The rise in foreign exchange reserves was driven by higher tax and service revenues, as well as the government's recovery of foreign loans; Indonesia requires...

Indonesia's BPI Danantara Investment Authority pointed out that the business of waste-to-energy can return to profitability in 5-6 years, and has received attention from Singapore, South Korea, Japan, China, and Europe, although no investor has entered yet. The agency first ...

Indonesia's installed capacity of coal power plants continues to rise, adding 1.9 GW in 2024, the third largest in the world, of which 801 TP3T is specific purpose (captive power plants). As of 2024, Indonesia has 130 captive coal power plants with installed capacity of 30 MW and above in...

President Prabowo has called for the elimination of import quota regulations involving essential goods for the population, arguing that businesses with the capacity to do so should be given the freedom to import, reduce cumbersome bureaucratic procedures, simplify the import process, and create a more liberal business environment for businesses,...

The U.S. imposed 32% import tariffs on Indonesia because Indonesia has a $17 billion trade surplus with the U.S. President Prabowo said Indonesia has a strong negotiating strategy, offering to buy $17 billion in U.S. products to balance the trade surplus. Indonesia ...