Indonesia continues strong pace of reforms to improve business climate Indonesia continued a strong pace of reforms to improve its investment climate, says the World Bank Group’s latest Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs […]
Indonesia introduces monitoring system for futures market The Trade Ministry’s Futures Exchange Supervisory Board (Bappebti) introduced a new system to monitor the futures commodity market to fight rampant illegal trading. — The Jakarta Post Indonesia […]
Indonesia pushes electric car development The Indonesian government is encouraging businesses to develop electric cars to create more environmentally friendly transportation, said the Transportation Ministry’s expert of staff for technology and environment affairs Prasetyo Buditjahjono. […]
Tax office allays concerns The Finance Ministry’s Taxation Directorate General is in the spotlight over accusations that it is threatening hundreds of companies, including major foreign-owned ones, as the cash-strapped government is in dire need […]
Indonesia may offer new railway project to China Indonesia may offer China a project to construct an extended railway connecting Jakarta and West Java in a move that will allow the latter to tighten its […]
Airbus considers teaming up with Indonesia’s aircraft industry European aircraft producer Airbus has expressed its interest in cooperating with its Indonesian counterpart, state-owned aircraft company PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI), to establish an aircraft maintenance, […]
Indonesia passes law to ban organizations deemed against its ideology Around 1,000 Indonesians, led by hardline Islamist groups, protested outside parliament on Tuesday as lawmakers approved a presidential decree banning any civil organizations deemed to […]
Indonesia seeks answer to why U.S. blocked military chief’s travel Indonesia on Monday said it was still awaiting a detailed explanation why the United States barred its military chief from traveling to the U.S., despite […]
Indonesian military chief denied US entry Indonesia intends to send a diplomatic note to the US secretary of state and summon Washington’s deputy ambassador in Jakarta to explain why the head of its military was […]
Jokowi not ready to talk of re-election Tomorrow marks Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s fourth year in office, but the popular leader – who succeeded in pushing for infrastructure development, and reforms in healthcare and education, […]
Indonesia Takes First Steps Towards a Digital Fiat Currency Solution with eCurrency eCurrency Mint Limited (eCurrency) announced today that it has partnered with PayPro Indonesia to provide eCurrency’s digital fiat currency (DFC) solution in Indonesia. […]
Jokowi scouting for private investment as Freeport row lingers Indonesia will turn to private investors for the hundreds of billions of dollars in investment needed to develop the archipelago’s infrastructure and natural resources, President Joko […]