African Swine Fever; Kupang Airport Beefs up Inspection The authority of El Tari Airport in Kupang has strengthened the goods inspection, especially on agriculture products, in order to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever, […]
BPOM takes contaminated stomach drugs off market over cancer risk The Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has suspended sales of drugs containing ranitidine, commonly used to treat stomach problems, following reports from the […]
Indonesia’s Wiranto hospitalised after assassination attempt (video) Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, General Wiranto (who uses one name), remains hospitalised tonight after an assassination attempt was foiled earlier today (Oct 10). […]
Indonesia’s competitiveness ranking drops 5 spots as Singapore tops list: WEF Indonesia’s ranking in the World Economic Forum’s global competitiveness index dropped five places in 2019 to 50th out of 141 economies, while Singapore takes […]
Indonesia On Track for $133b Digital Economy by 2025: Google Tech giant Google and Singaporean wealth fund Temasek have updated their projection for Indonesia’s internet economy to reach $133 billion in total value by 2025, […]
RI foreign exchange reserve dips to US$124.3b in September Indonesia’s foreign exchange reserve slightly fell to US$124.3 billion in September after hitting a 17-months high of $126.4 billion in the previous month, Bank Indonesia (BI) […]
Indonesia Set to Have Four New Military Bases The Indonesian Military, or TNI, will have four new bases in the country’s eastern region to improve its combat readiness and better coordinate its three forces in […]
New capital city to accommodate population of three million: minister The new capital city to be located in an area straddling the border between North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, will have a […]
Jokowi Administration Completes 81 Projects worth Rp390tn Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Darmin Nasution said that as of September 2019, 81 National Strategic Projects have been completed by the administration of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s first […]
Environment ministry to exempt nickel slag from ‘hazardous’ status The Environment and Forestry Ministry is preparing a regulation to exclude nickel slag produced by local mineral smelters from the list of hazardous and toxic waste […]
World Bank Approves $150 Million Geothermal Energy Loan The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has approved a US$150 million loan for Indonesia to scale up investments in geothermal energy by reducing the risks of […]
Over 500,000 W. Kalimantan Residents Suffer Respiratory Illnesses A total of 504,000 inhabitants of West Kalimantan, particularly children, suffered from respiratory illness due to the smog from forest fires, according to Inspector General Didi Haryono, head […]