Changes to Manpower regulations have just been announced (See Peraturan Menteri Ketenagakerjaan No 35 Tahun 2015) amending former regulations (Peraturan Menteri Ketenagakerjaan Nomor 16 Tahun 2015) relating to foreign workers in Indonesia.

US President Barack Obama won Indonesia's endorsement for a contentious trans-Pacific trade deal on Monday, with the president of Southeast Asia's largest economy vowing to join. During a meeting with Obama at the White House, Joko Widodo risked the ire of economic nationalists at home and pledged...