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BOGOR, Indonesia (AP) — Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Monday celebrated the countries’ continued cooperation at their seventh and final Leaders’ Retreat in Jakarta, an annual meeting between the two Southeast Asian leaders that was also attended this year by their successors.
JAKARTA -- Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the city-state's plan to import low-carbon electricity from Indonesia is progressing well, as he met with Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in their last meeting as leaders of the two countries on Monday.
JAKARTA — Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto on April 23 vowed to fight for all Indonesians and called for unity among political elites to take the country forward, as he seeks to strengthen his parliamentary clout ahead of taking office in October.
JAKARTA -- Indonesia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 6.25% on Wednesday as it tries to shore up the weak rupiah.
Komarudin Watubun, who heads the ethical division of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), told Reuters on Tuesday that Widodo and Gibran were not expelled but had ceased to be members after they chose not to endorse the party’s presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo.
JAKARTA — Indonesia President Joko Widodo and his son, incoming vice president Gibran Rakabuming Raka, are no longer members of the country's largest party after they backed rival candidate and election winner Prabowo Subianto, a party official said on Tuesday (April 23).
JAKARTA — An Indonesian court on Monday (April 22) rejected in full a challenge from losing candidate Anies Baswedan seeking a re-run of February's presidential election and the disqualification of winner Prabowo Subianto and his running mate.