JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament on Thursday (Sep 29) approved President Joko Widodo's 3,061.2 trillion rupiah (US$200.73 billion) budget for next year, with a fiscal deficit of 2.84 per cent of gross ...
PIGEON EGG SIZE DIAMOND DISCOVERY Cempaka mine is one of the largest diamond mines in Indonesia. In August 1965, the mine was in the headlines when miners reportedly found a ...
JOKOWI'S DISTASTE FOR GEOPOLITICAL THEATRE So why isn’t the Indonesian leader in New York? Jokowi’s distaste for geopolitical theatre is well-known, especially compared with his predecessor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, and while ...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank hiked its key interest rate for the second month in a row Thursday (Sep 22) to combat rising inflation stoked by fuel prices and the war ...
JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank has reinstated rules to sanction natural resources exporters that do not receive their earnings through domestic banks, deputy governor Juda Agung said on Thursday (Sep 22). ...
Unions in another coalition, called Gebrak, also demonstrated on Sep 13 and are planning more protests. The leading union in this coalition of labour, students and civil society groups is ...
SINGAPORE: The popular governor of Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Thursday (Sep 15) said he is "prepared" to run for president of the world's third-largest democracy in 2024, despite not yet ...
The report claimed that the number of Indonesians who regard China as a “revisionist power” increased by 15 per cent from 2020 to 2021. “Similar increases were found regarding perceptions ...
WHAT’S NEXT FOR HIS POLITICAL CAREER? Some political parties have touted him as a potential presidential candidate, including Nasdem, the country’s fourth-largest political party. As such, analysts think that it ...
JAKARTA: Indonesia will review minimum wage and other labour rules, the president's office said on Tuesday (Sep 13), after trade unions staged nationwide protests against a recent hike in petrol ...
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