President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo Friday (06/08/2021) at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, welcomed Environmental Activist Togu Simorangkir to discuss about environmental issues, including land concession in the area around Lake Toba in North Sumatra province. Earlier, Togu Simorangkir and his friends Anita Hutagalung and Irwandi Sirait, staged a peaceful rally nin which they have walked from the […]

The manufacturing sector serves as the main driver of national economic growth in the second quarter of 2021, according to Minister of Industry Agus Gumiwang. “Based on data from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS), the manufacturing sector greatly contributed to Indonesia’s economic growth. With a growth of 7.07 percent in the second quarter of 2021, […]

Indonesia has recorded 7.07 percent economic growth (year-on-year) in the second quarter of 2021, the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) has announced. “If we compare the economic growth with that of second quarter last year, Indonesia’s economic growth (in the second quarter of this year) is 7.07 percent,” Head of the BPS Margo Yuwono said, Thursday (05/08). […]

Indonesia’s economic growth in the second quarter of 2021 (7.07 percent) shows that economic recovery is on the right track, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati has stated. “The second quarter shows that the economic recovery is on the right track and economic recovery strategies are correct,” the Minister said on Thursday (05/08). She also […]

Agricultural sector is one of the sectors that has seen a stable growth amid pandemic, Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo has said. “Based on our data, agriculture sector in Quarter I to IV of 2020 continued to improve and remained stable, while in Quarter I and Quarter II of 2021, both data and field […]

Indonesia has recorded its highest economic growth of 7.07 percent for the first time in the second quarter this year since the sub-prime mortgage crisis, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto. “In the second quarter or in April-to-June period, Indonesia’s economy has grown 7.07 percent year-on-year, which is the highest quarterly Gross […]

Minister of Cooperatives and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Teten Masduki affirmed that the Government will continue to support Micro, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) particularly during COVID-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises will, first, continue to optimize MSMEs product marketing on online marketplaces and to reduce imported products. “We have […]

The Indonesian economy in the second quarter of 2021 has grown positively by 7.07 percent compared to that in the same period last year. This growth was sustained, among others, by the household consumption component which grew by 5.93 percent. “Consumption growth is at the level of 5.93 percent, even better than before the pandemic […]

In a bid to speed up the Gotong Royong vaccination scheme, the Government Tuesday (03/08) secured another batch of COVID-19 vaccine amounting 500,000 doses of Sinopharm vaccine. “The arrival of Sinopharm vaccine is a part of the Gotong Royong vaccination scheme, which is a collaboration between state-owned enterprises, including state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma, […]

The Government has announced its decision to extend the level-4 activity restrictions (PPKM) in several regencies/cities to 9 August. “After reviewing the development of several indicators this week, the Government has come to a decision to continue the implementation of the level-4 PPKM from 3 to 9 August 2021 in several regencies/cities by implementing adjustment […]