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Indonesia's central bank forecasted 4.8% economic growth in 2015

Bank Indonesia (BI), Indonesias central bank, had estimated the economy to grow by 4.8 percent in 2015, slightly ...

Establishment of Indonesia`s Peatland Restoration Agency lauded

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) installed Nazir Foead, former conservation director at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), ...

Almost 95 percent of Japanese investments in in Java

Almost all or 94.8 percent of Japanese direct investments valued at US$14.2 billion in Indonesia in the period of ...

Infrastructure, work ethics key to beat competition: President

President Joko Widodo highlighted the importance of infrastructure and work ethics in the current era on Friday, ...

Singapore, biggest investor in Indonesia in 2015

Singapore was the biggest largest investor in Indonesia in 2015, according to Capital Investment Coordinating Board ...

Peatland Restoration Agency established to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), under Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 2016, dated January 6, 2016, has established a ...

Environment ministry to establish peat land restoration agency

The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry will establish a Peatland Restoration Agency for land conservation ...

Target overshot in state budget deficit, 2.8 percent of GDP

Finance Minister said the target was overshot for the state budget deficit in 2015 reaching Rp318.5 trillion or 2.8 ...

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 ...