Indonesia morning news for March 11

Life is about to change for 25mln Indonesians: the Internet is coming (video) The lives of millions Indonesians could be about to change forever. They’re about to get access to the Internet. However, the high […]

Life is about to change for 25mln Indonesians: the Internet is coming (video) The lives of millions Indonesians could be about to change forever. They’re about to get access to the Internet. However, the high […]

Floods hit 11 sub-districts in Bandung, claims one life Floods have inundated 11 sub-districts, displaced some 1.8 thousand people, and claimed one life in Bandung District, West Java Province, according to the Bandung disaster mitigation […]

Jokowi: Private Parties are Essential for Economic Growth Target President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo reminded that the involvement of private parties is necessary to achieve the economic growth target in 2019 and 2020 in addition to […]

Facebook bans foreign political ads ahead of Indonesia elections To allay concerns that its platform is being used to manipulate voting behaviour, Facebook has banned political advertisements from outside Indonesia as the world’s third-largest democracy […]

IA-CEPA to not only cover trade sector: vice president The Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) will also cover the investment and service sectors, such as health and education, in addition to the trade sector, […]

Indonesia has 10 areas with potential oil, gas reserves The Special Task Force for Upstream Oil and Gas Business Activities (SKK Migas) has identified 10 working areas with potential oil and gas reserves. — Antara […]

State Enterprise Ministry holds coordinating meeting 2019 The State Enterprise (BUMN) Ministry here on Thursday held a coordinating meeting participated in by president directors of 154 state-owned enterprises. — Antara News How do conservative Muslims […]

Dozens feared buried after landslide at Indonesia gold mine A grueling search and rescue effort has saved 19 people from the debris of a collapsed gold mine in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province but officials said […]

Indonesia’s Telkomsel Signs MOU with Huawei to Cooperate on Building a Fully Connected Digital Indonesia Indonesia’s leading mobile operator Telkomsel and Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) during this year’s Mobile Word Congress (MWC […]

Governor calls on people to cultivate peatlands for farming West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji has called on people to utilize peatland areas in the region to plant horticulture commodities as part of the efforts to prevent […]

World’s largest bee found in Indonesian rainforest in ‘holy grail’ discovery A long-lost giant bee, which had not been seen since 1981, has been rediscovered by scientists in an Indonesian rainforest. — Intellasia Indonesia to […]

January Debt at 30.1% of GDP, Finance Ministry Says The Finance Ministry announced that the total debt owed by the central government as per January 2019 reached Rp4,498.56 trillion. — Tempo.co Bank Indonesia keeps rate […]