Indonesia government agrees to pay the compensation fund amounting 21 billion rupiah (about 1.8 million U.S. dollars) asked by families of the slain employer to free Indonesian migrant worker Satinah from death penalty.
Indonesian is in search of huge amount of funds to finance its ambitious infrastructure projects that are vital for the country to continue to attain high growth in the years to come.
Indonesia said Tuesday it is reviewing cooperation with Australia after an alleged spying case conducted by Australia against the country, marking Jakarta's latest response to the incident after recalling its ambassador in Canberra on Monday.
Indonesia signed agreements with three countries on the sidelines of APEC Summit here on Monday, Indonesia's Antara News Agency reported.
Visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed bilateral ties with Indonesia's Speaker of the House of Representatives Marzuki Alie here on Thursday.
Indonesia highly expects APEC economies to approve its initiatives to advance trade, investment, infrastructure and connectivity among members of the regional economic forum at the Senior Officials Meeting (CSOM) scheduled to end on Wednesday.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Thursday he respects Indonesia's sovereignty and he is confident that his government would be able to work effectively with Indonesia.
ASEAN environment senior officials agreed to propose to the ASEAN environment ministers to support the recommendation of the 15th Meeting of the Sub-Regional Ministerial Steering Committee on Transboundary Haze Pollution regarding the Haze Monitoring System, the city-state's National Environment Agency (NEA) said Thursday.
The head of Singapore's National Environment Agency expressed concern to his Indonesian counterparts over the sudden spike in the number of forest fire hotspots in neighboring Sumatra, the agency said on Monday.
The governments of Indonesia and South Korea on Thursday signed an agreement on bureaucratic reform and establishment of E-Government, a move which is expected to help boost the investment climate in the Southeast Asia's largest economy.
Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asian region, is making ready for the country's integration into ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) in 2015 by improving competitiveness.
Singapore has set up an inter-ministerial committee to coordinate the nation's effort to deal with the impact of the haze resulting from forest fires in neighboring Indonesia, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Thursday.
Indonesia and France are seeking the possibility to expand their cooperation on renewable energy, ministers from both countries said in Jakarta on Wednesday.
Indonesian President Dr. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's current state visit to Myanmar highlighted the two countries' economic cooperation with the two sides agreeing to further increase trade volume to 1 billion U.S. dollars in 2014, up from 500 million dollars set when Myanmar President U Thein Sein visited Indonesia in May 2012.
Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is due to arrive in Nay Pyi Taw later on Tuesday to start a two-day state visit to Myanmar.
A senior official of Indonesian branch of U.S. giant firm General Electric (GE) said on Tuesday that the firm has allocated some 300 million U.S. dollars to expand operation in the country.
Defense Secretary of the United Kingdom Philip Hammond held a meeting with Indonesian Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro in the latter's office here on Wednesday.
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