NEWS FOCUS (609 news)

News Focus

Pandemic brings lesson on vaccine independence

The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc globally, including in Indonesia. It has claimed many lives, increased the ...

News Focus

Workers in Papua trapped in vicious cycle of armed violence

The cycle of armed violence continues unabated, as workers in the Indonesian province of Papua became the recent ...

News Focus

Future of MRT after Jakarta no longer a capital city

The Jakarta provincial government appears mostly confident in its projection of the city becoming an economic hub and ...

News Focus

Building a digital ecosystem as the key of future SOEs

The COVID-19 pandemic has sent the world into isolation, with most people compelled to remain indoors and work from ...

News Focus

Eradicating corruption within SOEs

In October 2021, former Garuda Indonesia commissioner Peter Ghonta took the lid off various problems brewing in the ...

News Focus

Enhancing Indonesian state-owned enterprises through clustering

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given a period of one to two years for state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to make ...

News Focus

Ongoing quest for advancing state-owned enterprises

The Indonesian president harbors myriad hopes and expectations for state-owned enterprises and has striven to see them ...

News Focus

Thohir paves the way for good corporate governance

Good corporate governance (GCG) can help state-owned enterprises (SOEs) increase their value, investor confidence, ...

News Focus

New house, new life for earthquake victims in Pombewe

A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Central Sulawesi on September 28, 2018, triggering a huge tsunami and large-scale ...

News Focus

Looking at the finer nuances of the Indonesia-Singapore FIR agreement

On January 25, 2022, the Indonesian and Singaporean governments had approved agreements on extradition, Flight ...

News Focus

Govt bolsters strategies as Omicron wave sweeps Indonesia

Indonesia is currently witnessing the third wave of COVID-19 infections triggered by the Omicron variant, which, though ...

News Focus

Green economy for job creation

Sustainable economic growth is the great aspiration of the Indonesian people in the context of realizing a prosperous ...

News Focus

Responding to challenges of press in the age of digitalization

The development of information technology has created disruption in various fields, one of which is the print media ...

News Focus

Despite challenges, strong economic recovery appears on track

Indonesia's economy managed to grow 5.02 percent (yoy) in the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2021, indicating a ...

News Focus

Preparing disaster-resilient community in earthquake-prone Indonesia

Earthquakes are common in parts of Indonesia, the world's largest archipelagic nation located in the Pacific Ring ...

News Focus

Ensuring readiness of infrastructure ahead of 2022 Mandalika MotoGP

The government and the community continue to collaborate in readying supporting facilities for the MotoGP scheduled on ...

News Focus

Indonesia braces for hydro-meteorological disasters

With about 17 thousand islands scattered across the Indian-Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest archipelagic ...

News Focus

Long wait for indigenous vaccine expected to end mid-year

A recent announcement that the Red and White vaccine is expected to be ready for production by mid-2022 offers hope to ...

News Focus

Indonesia accelerates vaccination drive amid threat of Omicron spread

The Indonesian Government has expedited the implementation of the vaccination drive, including booster shot offers, ...

News Focus

Encouraging transparency by reporting state officials' wealth

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has reminded all state officials to deliver their Report of State Officials ...