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Rupiah strengthens 132 points on Tuesday evening

The Indonesian rupiah closed stronger against the dollar at 12,909 on Tuesday evening on the rising amount of ...

Rupiah up 36 points, closes at Rp13,045 against dollar on Monday

The Indonesian rupiah rose by 36 points to close at 13,045 against the US dollar at the Jakarta inter-bank spot market ...

President of UN General Assembly calls for order in hall in an unusual manner

Peter Thomson, president of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, on Tuesday banged the gavel several times in ...

Indonesia sovereign state, won`t submit to pirates` will: Minister

As a sovereign state, Indonesia will not submit to the whims of pirates such as the Filipino separatist group, Abu ...

Don`t be pessimistic about growth in 2017: Minister

Indonesias Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Darmin Nasution, said there is no need to be overly pessimistic ...

Jakarta Bay reclamation to resume

The government has finally decided to resume the controversial Jakarta Bay reclamation project, which was suspended in ...

Arcandra to be reappointed minister?

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during his second cabinet reshuffle on July 27, appointed Arcandra Tahar as energy ...

Lawmaker raises controversy over merger of PGN into Pertamina

Lawmaker Siti Mukaromah advised the government not to rush forming an energy holding company with state-owned PT ...

Lawmaker asks government to issue perppu on oil and gas

A lawmaker urged the government to issue regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) while waiting for the House of ...

Land and sea warmest in 2015: State of the Climate report

Last year was the warmest year on record for land and sea, partly because seasonal El Nino climate patterns prevailed ...

South Sudan is "on brink of an abyss": UN Chief

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that "South Sudan remains precariously poised on the brink of an abyss," and he ...

House hails cabinet reshuffle

House Speaker Ade Komarudin lauded the policy of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to reshuffle his cabinet ministers as ...

Military should be involved in combating terrorism: Minister

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan believes that the ...

Prolonged occupation by Israel to trigger more global violence: Indonesia

If the international community were to restart a credible peace process, the grief, anger, and despair experienced by ...

DPR urged not to bargain over tax amnesty bill

Experts and observers warn the House of Representative (DPR) not to bargain over the tax amnesty bill, saying the bill ...