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Visa free travel offered for 84 more countries: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli said the governmenr will waive visa requirement for short term ...

Slow budget absorption to cause economic contraction: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed that he had called on ministries, government agencies, and regional ...

Indonesia to reduce energy subsidies to 0.3 pct by 2019

The Finance Ministry plans to reduce the budget for energy subsidies in stages to 0.3 percent of the Gross Domestic ...

ADB revises down its growth forecast for Indonesia to 4.8 percent

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has revised its economic growth forecast for Indonesia, scaling it down this year to ...

Bank lending rate should be lowered to stimulate investment: VP

The bank lending rate, which currently stands above 10 percent, should be lowered as part of the efforts to stimulate ...

BI maintains interest to prevent capital outflow

Bank Indonesia (BI) said it has maintained its benchmark interest rate (BI rate) at 7.5 percent this year to prevent ...

Indonesia government ready to deal with Newmont`s move on arbitration

Indonesias minister of energy and mineral resources Jero Wacik said here Thursday that the government was ready to ...

Indonesia to Achieve 9.5 Million Foreign Tourist Target: Minister

Indonesia will achieve and even surpass its foreign tourist arrival target at 9.5 million this year, Tourism and ...

Young voters prefer Jokowi-JK pair: survey

Young voters in the age group of 17 to 22 years prefer the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla pair to the Prabowo Subianto-Hatta ...

Philippine senator turns self in on graft charge

A Philippine action movie hero-turned senator turned himself in on Friday after an anti-graft court ordered ...

Prabowo-Hatta electability increasing: Akbar

The Prabowo-Hatta presidential and vice presidential candidate duos electability is increasing, according to a number ...

Prabowo-Hatta, Jokowi-JK gaining balanced support

The Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa and the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla (Jokowi-JK) presidential candidate pairs are still ...

Prabowo-Hatta's electability rating exceeds Jokowi-JK: poll

The Prabowo Subianto-Hatta Rajasa pair's electability rating outshined that of the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla duo, ...

Capital expenditures remain low as expected: Finance minister

Finance Minister Chatib Basri said here on Wednesday that low capital expenditure until April was in line with the ...

Girls use internet more than boys in Sweden

Girls spend more time on the Internet than boys in Sweden, according to the Swedish Central Statistics Bureau (SCB) on ...