Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Tuesday launched a program aimed at resolving past human rights abuses across the nation and providing restitution to victims through non-judicial means. Widodo launched the program to implement recommendations of non-judicial settlements in the Pidie regency of Aceh Province, the first area where the program was launched, the Presidential Secretariat…

Indonesia will impose “strict sanctions” against those who violate the country’s palm oil export ban to protect the domestic market, Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi said Thursday. Indonesia has widened the scope of its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil to include crude and refined palm oil. This comes just a day after its…