Malaysia and Indonesia have for years been at loggerheads with the European Union over curbs on imports of palm oil, which the two countries say are trade barriers and protectionist measures for ...

The governments of Indonesia and Malaysia have lambasted the EU regulation that will ban the trade of “dirty commodities,” including palm oil sourced from illegal plantations and deforestation.

Malaysia loses up to 6 billion ringgit ($1.4 billion) to illegal fishing every year, while Indonesia loses an estimated $2 billion. Indonesian authorities patrolling the Malacca Strait.

Indonesia and Malaysia have taken a similar path from authoritarianism towards democratic pluralism, but must now fend off the threats of polarisation and ethnoreligious tension, writes Dan Slater ...

Indonesia will resume sending workers to Malaysia on Aug. 1, ending a two-week halt after the both sides agreed to resolve labor issues. Malaysia conceded a number of problems that prevented the ...