Indonesian textile exports – up to a volume to be decided – are set to receive a zero per cent tariff, which Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto touted as a coup for the four million Indonesian workers in the textile industry.

“Access to the US market is good, as Indonesia is planning to expand textile industry exports from around US$4 billion to US$40 billion in the next 10 years,” Mr Airlangga said at a press conference after the signing of the deal in Washington on Feb 19.

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Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-us-sign-trade-deal-finalising-19-per-cent-tariff-rate-and-no-levy-on-goods-like-coffee

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JAKARTA, Indonesia — Rain-triggered landslides in two regions in Indonesia’s Central Java province last week have led to the deaths of at least 18 people, authorities said Monday, with search operations ongoing.

A landslide in the city of Cilacap last week buried a dozen houses in Cibeunying village, the disaster mitigation agency said. Search and rescue efforts were challenging as people were buried 10 to 25 feet deep, it said.

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The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki around midnight spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the air and hot ashes hit several villages, burning down houses including a convent of Catholic nuns, said Firman Yosef, an official at the Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki monitoring post.

He said volcanic material was thrown up to 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) from its crater, blanketing nearby villages and towns with tons of volcanic debris and forcing residents to flee.

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Source: https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-mount-lewotobi-laki-laki-volcano-eruption-73f898102d514b9bd093be65b8188002

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The 87-year-old pontiff was speaking alongside Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo in a hall full of politicians at capital Jakarta’s presidential palace on Wednesday, when he drew smiles as he reignited the long-running debate over childless pet owners.

The Vatican leader said Indonesia set an example for other countries with dwindling birth rates.

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Indonesia’s Mount Ruang volcano spewed more hot clouds on Wednesday after an eruption the previous day forced the closure of schools and airports, pelted villages with volcanic debris and prompted hundreds of people to flee.

Seven airports, including Sam Ratulangi international airport in Manado, the capital of North Sulawesi province, remained closed after Tuesday’s eruption, the second in two weeks. Schools were shut to protect children from volcanic ash.

The volcano is on tiny Ruang Island, part of the Sitaro islands chain.

The Indonesian geological agency urged people to stay at least 4 miles from the volcano’s crater. It warned people on nearby Tagulandang Island, the closest to the volcano, of possible super-heated volcanic clouds from a further eruption and a tsunami if the mountain’s volcanic dome collapses into the sea.

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Source: https://www.foxnews.com/world/indonesias-ruang-volcano-spits-hot-ash-eruption-forces-schools-airports-close

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The possibility of a normalization deal was first revealed by Israel’s largest daily newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, on Thursday. The report said “discreet negotiations” have been underway between Israel, Indonesia, and the OECD for the past three months.

Indonesia applied to join the 38 nations of the OECD in February, but current member Israel objected to Jakarta’s accession because the OECD informally encourages all member states to have solid diplomatic relations with each other, so they can collaborate on policy decisions.

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Source: https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2024/04/11/indonesia-may-normalize-relations-with-israel-to-join-oecd/

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A doe-eyed cartoon version of Gen. Prabowo Subianto – produced using generative AI – is emblazoned on billboards across Indonesia. It’s reproduced on sweatshirts and stickers, and featured prominently on #Prabowo-tagged posts that have some 19 billion views on TikTok.

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A large crowd of Indonesian students stormed a convention centre housing hundreds of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the city of Banda Aceh on Wednesday, demanding they be deported, Reuters footage showed.

A city police spokesperson in Banda Aceh did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Footage showed the students, many wearing green jackets, run into the building’s large basement space, where crowds of Rohingya men, women and children were seated on the floor and crying in fear.

The Rohingya were then led out by authorities, some carrying their belongings in plastic sacks, and taken to trucks to transport them to alternative shelter, as the protesters looked on.

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Source: https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/3246422/indonesian-protesters-storm-refugee-shelter-call-deportation-rohingya

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Eleven hikers have been found dead near the crater of Indonesia’s Mount Marapi volcano after it erupted over the weekend, rescuers say.

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The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier pegged the quake at 6.9 magnitude.

The quake, at 84 kilometer (52.2 miles) depth, triggered an initial tsunami warning, the country’s meteorological department added. The agency asked local authorities to immediately instruct residents of the affected area to stay away from shores.

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Source: https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/article-740184

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