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Riau police discharged 62 officers in 2015

The Riau provincial police discharged 62 officers for committing serious violations last year. "Besides ...

Visa free facility, criminality

In early April 2015 a number of Chinese tourists complained about being forced to pay illegal levy by Indonesian ...

State expenditures soar in run-up to yearend: Minister

The Ministry of Finance noted that the realization of state expenditure in the Revised 2015 State Budget (APBNP) had ...

Rizal Ramli rejects Israel visa-free proposal

Coordinating Minister Rizal Ramli said he rejected the proposal visa-free visit for Israel. "There is a visa-free ...

Pertamina targets US$1.61 billion net profit

State-owned energy company PT Pertamina has set a target of earning a net profit of US$1.61 billion next year despite ...

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 ...