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POLITICSSep 20Named as an enemy: Indonesia’s uneasy Aukus momentA former Australian official’s use of a hypothetical “aggressive Indonesia” to make the case for Aukus at a public inquiry has been called “clumsy diplomacy” by analysts, who say the comments risk reviving old suspicions as Jakarta and Canberra try to strengthen security ties. Michael Pezzullo, a former deputy secretary of strategy in Australia’s defence department, made the remarks in testimony on September 2 to the Aukus Public Inquiry, an independent, crowdfunded review of the trilateral...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 18Hearts Meet Along a Shared Path: Indonesian Rural Officials Explore Rural Revitalization in YunnanKUNMING, China , Sept. 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China Report ASEAN: A group of Indonesian rural officials arrived in China on September 9 for a week-long study tour to Kunming, Xishuangbanna, and other parts of Yunnan Province as part of the 2026 Indonesian Rural Officials Training Program, also known as the sixth "Village Heads Class." The program is giving participants a close-up look at China's experience in rural revitalization, grassroots governance, distinctive local industry development, and efforts to benefit farmers and boost rural incomes. Hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia and organized by Yunnan Minzu University, this program brought together more than 20 Indonesian village officials and relevant staff. The opening and welcome ceremony drew officials from relevant Chinese and Indonesian departments, faculty and student representatives from Yunnan Minzu University, and media representatives, including those from CICG Asia-Pacific. Grassroots officials from China and Indonesia engage in a dialogue at the village library in Manzhao Village Group, Xishuangbanna Prefecture (Photo: Xie Wen) Wang Xiangang, Deputy Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Yunnan Provincial People's Government, said Yunnan—once a key battleground in China's fight against poverty—has marked a historic milestone by eradicating absolute poverty. The province has bolstered safeguards against a return to poverty, refined mechanisms that connect farmers with industry and share development benefits with them, advanced highland agriculture with distinctive local features, and built labor service brands that help rural workers find stable employment. It has also sent numerous village-based work teams, upgraded rural infrastructure and living conditions, and cultivated rural long-stay tourism. Together, these efforts have provided Yunnan with extensive experience in rural development. Today, the province is the world's leading flower producer, its coffee, blueberry, and avocado industries are flourishing, and its agricultural exports have long outpaced those of other western provinces and regions in China. Wang Xiangang noted that Yunnan and Indonesia enjoy deep historical ties: Yunnan is the birthplace of the great Chinese navigator Zheng He. Friendly exchanges between the two sides—and people-to-people exchanges in particular—have gained strong momentum. In science and technology, Yunnan helped build Indonesia's first waste gasification power plant and deepened cooperation on vaccines and coffee breeding. In agriculture, the two sides partnered on an organic rice project that has significantly raised local grain output, with follow-up projects on photovoltaic lighting and organic farming upgrades in the pipeline. Overall, bilateral cooperation rests on a solid foundation and has produced fruitful results, with broad prospects ahead. Ruan Chaoqi, Party Secretary of Yunnan Minzu University and Director of Yunnan Training Base for Ethnic Minority Cadres, expressed his hope that the program will help Indonesian participants strengthen their governance capacity and overall competence—and, in turn, contribute more to the comprehensive strategic mutual trust between China and Indonesia. Such people-to-people exchanges and experience-sharing, he noted, will bolster connectivity, deepen cultural exchange, and bring the two peoples closer, creating more opportunities for high-quality Belt and Road cooperation. On behalf of Yunnan Minzu University, he also hoped that more Indonesian officials and young students would choose Yunnan for study and exchange, so that the two sides can learn from each other and grow together. Indonesia has more than 80,000 villages, each with its own resource endowments. Mulyadin Malik, Head of the Agency for Development and Information at Indonesia's Ministry of Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions, said the Golden Indonesia 2045 Vision positions villages as key players in economic development, and Indonesia has rolled out 12 village action plans. Under a multi-stakeholder mechanism, the government, businesses, universities, financial institutions, local communities, and international development partners all contribute to rural development—particularly in food, energy, and water security, export industry incubation, digital transformation, and climate change response. These efforts have yielded substantive progress. Mulyadin Malik stressed that rural development is vital to a country's progress and future—a view both Indonesia and China share. Though separated by the sea, the two countries enjoy a long-standing friendship. On October 17, 2023, the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding in Beijing on cooperation in rural development and poverty reduction, setting up a framework for policy exchanges, experience-sharing, and capacity-building in these areas. As a concrete example of cooperation under this framework, the Indonesian Rural Officials Training Program seeks to promote mutual learning through the sharing of experience. "We look forward to learning from China's valuable experience in rural development and adapting it to the resource endowments and on-the-ground needs of Indonesian villages before putting it into practice," said Mulyadin Malik. He hoped that this program will help Indonesian rural specialty products access the Chinese market, strengthen village economies, expand business networks, and improve the well-being of rural communities—ultimately helping build a mutually beneficial partnership between the two countries. The Joint Statement Between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Indonesia on Advancing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and the China-Indonesia Community with a Shared Future, issued in 2024, explicitly states that the two sides will expand cooperation in poverty alleviation and reduction, agriculture, and rural revitalization, jointly promote agricultural and rural modernization, and steadily improve the well-being of both peoples. Launched in 2019, the Indonesian Rural Officials Training Program has held six sessions to date, giving more than 100 Indonesian village heads firsthand exposure to rural development in China. After returning home, participants tailored what they had learned to local conditions, yielding a set of cooperation projects that are substantive, replicable, and scalable. Their efforts have helped make mutual learning on grassroots governance a regular feature of China-Indonesia exchanges, turning the program into a signature "small yet beautiful" cooperation project under the Belt and Road Initiative—one closely tied to people's livelihoods and highly exemplary—and earning high praise from the heads of state of both countries. During the field trip, participants visited Haiyan Village to see rural revitalization in action; explored Luosiwan International Trade City and Dounan Flower Market to learn about trade and specialty industry growth; and traveled to Xishuangbanna, where they got a firsthand look at the local coffee industry, a new business model built on the joint development of three villages, intangible cultural heritage preservation, and digital agriculture bases. They also examined how specialty industries boost rural incomes, how ethnic culture is preserved and passed on, and how new rural business models take shape. Through exchanges with grassroots officials and staff, they gained firsthand insight into China's approach to rural development. On September 13, grassroots officials from China and Indonesia engaged in a dialogue at the village library in Manzhao Village Group, Menghai County, Yunnan Province. There, the Chinese hosts presented the Indonesian guests with books as study materials, including the English edition of Xi Jinping: The Governance of China (Volume V) and Up and Out of Poverty . Through this program, the two sides hope to deepen experience-sharing in rural development, strengthen market connectivity, and advance coordinated capacity-building. In doing so, they aim to inject fresh momentum into rural cooperation under the China-Indonesia comprehensive strategic partnership.en_prnasisa · bahrain
POLITICSSep 18Indonesian Parliamentary Committee Debates Changes to Fiscal Deficit LimitSome lawmakers say that the current administration should have the right to a 3 percent ceiling in order to support its expansive economic agenda.The Diplomat
POLITICSSep 17Netherlands asks Indonesian police for help in corruption investigation into cardiologistsHet Nederlandse strafrechtelijke onderzoek naar corruptie door (voormalig) cardiologen van het Isala-ziekenhuis in Zwolle heeft zich uitgebreid naar Indonesië. Dat bevestigen het Openbaar Ministerie (OM), de FIOD en het Isala-ziekenhuis aan Nieuwsuur en Investico. Op verzoek van Justitie in Nederland voerde de Indonesische politie eind vorig jaar onderzoek uit bij een ziekenhuis in Jakarta, het Diagram hartziekenhuis. Het hartziekenhuis in Jakarta werd in 2006 opgezet door een gerenommeerd Nederlands-Indonesisch cardioloog. Sinds 2022 verdenkt Justitie hem en vier andere Zwolse artsen ervan beNOS Buitenland
POLITICSSep 17Japan’s Natuna port proposal highlights Indonesia’s balancing act on ChinaJapan’s proposed port upgrades in Indonesia’s Natuna Islands reflect Tokyo’s push to bolster South China Sea security without building an overt military footprint. However, analysts stress that the move does not mean Jakarta is siding with Japan in its efforts to contain Beijing. Japan, which earlier this year eased its restrictions on lethal weapons exports, is ramping up security cooperation with Indonesia – a crucial bellwether for Southeast Asia. The expanding partnership includes joint...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 15Indonesian finance minister found out about his firing in mid-meeting phone callPurbaya ⁠Yudhi Sadewa, who was sacked as Indonesia’s finance minister this week, said on Tuesday he was upset to be removed from his job, but was half expecting the decision. President Prabowo Subianto abruptly removed Purbaya as finance minister on Monday and named his deputy, Suahasil Nazara, to the top finance job, in a move that surprised markets but was ‌also seen as an attempt to restore trust in financial policies. After a terse handover ceremony at the finance ministry, Purbaya told...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 14Indonesia’s Prabowo replaces finance minister with deputyIndonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has sacked the finance minister and appointed the deputy ‌finance minister as his replacement, the president’s office said on Monday. Deputy Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara was among the senior ⁠officials who arrived at the state ‌palace for a swearing-in ceremony. Earlier on Monday, Finance Minister Purbaya ‌Yudhi Sadewa had left in ⁠the ⁠middle of a parliamentary hearing. Suahasil Nazara ‌had been deputy finance minister since 2019. He said ‌on Monday...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 12 India has vision , strength to harmonise global economy : Nigerian , Indonesian journalists hail amazing BRICS SummitJournalists from Nigeria and Indonesia have praised India's role and vision in harmonizing the global economy following the BRICS Summit. This reflects positive international reception of India's contributions to the multilateral forum.malaysiasun.com · Malaysia
POLITICSSep 12 India has vision , strength to harmonise global economy : Nigerian , Indonesian journalists hail amazing BRICS SummitJournalists from Nigeria and Indonesia have praised the BRICS Summit, highlighting India's perceived capacity to harmonize the global economy. This reflects international perspectives on the summit's significance.bignewsnetwork.com · United States
POLITICSSep 7Pacific . scoop . co . nz » West Papua Activist Calls On Pacific Leaders To Pressure Indonesia Over UN VisitA West Papua activist is urging Pacific leaders to pressure Indonesia regarding a UN visit. This highlights international advocacy for political and human rights issues.pacific.scoop.co.nz · New Zealand
POLITICSSep 7Prabowo-Putin payoff: can bond between Indonesian, Russian leaders translate to gains?The rapport between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was evident when the two met during the 11th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok last week. “My profound apologies for missing this important event due to urgent matters I needed to attend to back home but I’m now here to repay my debt,” Prabowo told Putin on Wednesday, referring to a missed invitation earlier to be the guest of honour at Russia’s National Day celebration on June...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 4Indonesia’s Emerging China DependenciesIs this the beginning of the end of Jakarta’s truly “free and active” foreign policy?The Diplomat
POLITICSSep 4Rowing between two reefs : Why Indonesia wont pick a side - AcademiaThis academic article discusses Indonesia's geopolitical strategy of not aligning with a single side, metaphorically described as "rowing between two reefs." It explores the rationale behind Indonesia's non-aligned foreign policy.thejakartapost.com · Indonesia
POLITICSSep 2Melanesian countries to review Indonesia status at MSG if no action on West Papua visitMelanesian countries are considering a review of Indonesia's status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group if no action is taken regarding a visit to West Papua. This indicates potential diplomatic tension related to regional issues.rnz.co.nz
POLITICSSep 2Indonesia investigates reports of 8 citizens fighting in Russia’s war against UkraineIndonesia on Wednesday said the government was ascertaining reports that eight of its citizens who applied for civilian jobs allegedly ended up fighting in Russia’s war against Ukraine. Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human Rights, Immigration and Corrections Yusril Ihza Mahendra said authorities were checking the identities and hiring processes involved, which offered attractive perks such as high pay, non-combat duties and fast-tracking Russian citizenship. “We are taking the information from...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 1Skepticism persists even as Indonesia court decriminalises insulting governmentAn Indonesian court has decriminalized insulting the government, though skepticism about this development remains. This decision impacts political freedoms and public discourse in the country.asianews.network · China
POLITICSAug 28Indonesia Deploys Thousands of Security Personnel Ahead of Anniversary ProtestsIndonesia is deploying thousands of security personnel in preparation for protests planned around an anniversary, indicating government measures to manage potential civil demonstrations.globalpost.com · United States
POLITICSAug 28Indonesians march on parliament to demand crackdown on corruptionThousands of Indonesians demand harsher penalties for corruption during protests outside parliament in Jakarta.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSAug 26How AFL is being used to boost Indonesian relationsAustralian Rules Football (AFL) is being utilized to enhance diplomatic relations with Indonesia. This highlights the role of cultural exchange in international diplomacy.lithgowmercury.com.au · Australia
POLITICSAug 26How AFL is being used to boost Indonesian relationsThis article explores how the Australian Football League (AFL) is being utilized as a tool to enhance relations with Indonesia. It examines the diplomatic and cultural impact of this sporting connection.goulburnpost.com.au · Australia
POLITICSAug 22Indonesia and China in Defense and Energy Talks – Modern Tokyo TimesIndonesia and China are engaged in discussions concerning defense and energy matters. These talks indicate ongoing diplomatic relations and cooperation between the two nations.moderntokyotimes.com · Japan
POLITICSAug 22Joint Statement by the Foreign Ministers of Türkiye , Egypt , Indonesia , Jordan , Pakistan , Qatar , Saudi Arabia and UAE , 21 August 2026Foreign Ministers from Türkiye, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and UAE issued a joint statement on August 21, 2026. This indicates coordinated diplomatic communication among these nations.globalsecurity.org · Syria
POLITICSAug 22Second Ministerial Meeting of China - Indonesia Joint Foreign and Defense Ministerial Dialogue held in JakartaThe second ministerial meeting of the China-Indonesia Joint Foreign and Defense Ministerial Dialogue has taken place in Jakarta. This event signifies ongoing diplomatic and defense cooperation between the two countries.shanghainews.net · China
POLITICSAug 22Indonesia , China agree to boost economy , security ties - Asia & PacificIndonesia and China have reached an agreement to enhance their economic and security ties. This signifies strengthening bilateral relations and cooperation between the two Asian nations.thejakartapost.com · Indonesia
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