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JAKARTA — Indonesia Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Wednesday (April 3) said Pope Francis was planning a visit to the predominantly Muslim country and discussions were ongoing with the Vatican about the trip.
JAKARTA — Soon after Indonesia's incoming leader Prabowo Subianto won the February presidential election, the Chinese embassy in Jakarta sent him a cat tree and a stuffed toy for his beloved pet Bobby, according to the cat's official Instagram page.
JAKARTA -- Corruption and land disputes are quickly becoming a major concern in Indonesia's nickel sector, as local players grow increasingly aggressive with smelter projects and more international companies look to enter the country.
TOKYO/JAKARTA -- Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia's president-elect and defense minister, met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday during a visit to Japan that immediately follows talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A majority of Southeast Asians would align with China and not the U.S. if forced to pick sides, though some countries that feel threatened by Beijing's South China Sea claims still prefer Washington, according to a regional survey.
PARIS — The Indonesian Navy signed a contract to buy two Scorpene submarines made by French state-owned shipyard Naval Group, the company said on Tuesday (April 2) on its website without disclosing the contract's value.
JAKARTA -- Indonesian music fans are increasingly traveling to Singapore or other nearby countries for concerts by world-famous artists, leaving the government worried about lost opportunities for economy-boosting consumer spending.
At the end of 2011, after hearing that police in Aceh province in northwestern Sumatra -- Indonesia's most religiously conservative region -- had arrested local punk rockers and shaved their heads to "reeducate" them, I vowed I would never visit.