Construction of smelters in Indonesia aims at generating value added to domestic mining products, according to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. “That’s why we have built PT Freeport’s smelter in Indonesia, in this case in Gresik, East Java province. The smelter construction is Indonesia’s strategic policy in cooper industry after the state-owned company took over 51 […]
The one-percent positivity rate of COVID-19 in the resort island of Bali indicates that the pandemic situation continues to improve, according to Bali Governor Wayan Koster. “The daily cases are now consistently below 100 and this condition has been going on for the past three weeks,” Wayan said in the provincial capital of Denpasar, Monday […]
In a bid to support the implementation of limited face-to-face learning and distance learning system, the Government has announced plan to disburse internet quota assistance for 26.6 million educators and students in Oktober 2021. “The internet quota assistance will be disbursed to 26.6 million beneficiaries this October to support face-to-face learning which is carried out […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed Presidential Decree (Keppres) on granting amnesty to Saiful Mahdi. For the record, Saiful Mahdi, a lecturer at Syiah Kuala University (Unsyiah) in Aceh, has been convicted of defamation under the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law. “Today the President signed Presidential Decree on amnesty for Saiful Mahdi,” Minister […]
As many as fifteen Special Economic Zones (SEZs) that have been operating in the country have absorbed around 23,000 workers, Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto has said. “We already have nineteen SEZs and fifteen of them have been operating. The investment value worth Rp64.4 trillion. Of a total 150 companies, there are 23,000 […]
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, Tuesday (12/10), headed to East Java province for a working visit with Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung and Minister of State-Owned Enterprises Erick Thohir. The Head of State and his entourage took off from Halim Perdanakusuma Air Force Base in Jakarta at around 08:00 western Indonesia time with Indonesia-1 Presidential Aircraft. Shortly […]
After organizing the National Sports Week in Papua province, the Indonesian Government is making preparation to host the World Superbike (WSBK) in Mandalika Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in West Nusa Tenggara province from 19 until 21 November 2021. The announcement was made by Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto after attending a limited cabinet […]
The Government will take necessary measures to prevent surge in COVID-19 cases during the upcoming Christmas and New Year holidays. “At the Limited Cabinet Meeting, the President has ordered [us] to prepare for the upcoming Christmas and New Year,” Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said after the Limited Cabinet Meeting […]
The Government will set the evaluation results in the organizing of the 20th National Games (PON) in Papua as the guideline to organize other major events. “In the ongoing PON, there was no significant spike in cases during the event. The organizing of the PON will be our lessons in organizing other major events,” Coordinating […]
Nikkei COVID-19 Recovery Index has reported that as of 6 October 2021, Indonesia tops the list of ASEAN countries in terms of COVID-19 recovery. “Based on data from the Nikkei COVID-19 Recovery Index, Indonesia is the best among ASEAN countries. Indonesia is number 54 [in the world], while other ASEAN countries, such as Singapore is […]
