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President urges financial industry to increase loans for SMEs

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on the financial industry to increase loan disbursement, especially ...

Police prepare security for public debate of election candidates

Jakarta police have made preparations to assure security during public debate between gubernatorial election ...

Exports to increase up to 3.2 percent in 2017: CSIS

Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) estimates that Indonesia is able to increase its exports of up ...

PLTU Batang to be operational in 2020

Construction of southeast Asias largest power plant in Central Java would be completed in 2020, its contractor PT ...

Indonesia entering transitional period of digital economy: Minister

Indonesia is currently entering a transitional period in terms of digital economy and is forecast to take 10 to 15 ...

Arrivals of foreign tourists down in November

Foreign tourist arrivals in the country declined by 3.68 percent from 1,040 million in October to 1,002 million in ...

Govt to retain focus on infrastructure development in 2017

Infrastructure is one of the backbones of economic growth so the government will retain its focus on infrastructure ...

Bappenas outlines priority in national development in 2017

The Indonesia National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) said the country would focus national development on ...

Repatriation not main option of tax payers having assets abroad

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said repatriation is not the main option of tax payers having assets abroad. ...

Manado-Bitung toll road to be ready in two years

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said the Manado-Bitung toll road is a priority for the government, and hoped that ...

Indonesian govt expediting plan to build high-speed train

The Indonesian government is increasing its lobbying with Japan to expedite its plans to build a semi-high speed ...

Yearender - Govt to operate six new toll roads in 2017

To smooth traffic flows in Java and Sumatra, state-owned toll road construction company PT Jasa Marga is developing ...

Yearender - Indonesia needs to brace for global challenges

Indonesia is expected to have a relatively improved economic performance in 2017, while still needing to prepare ...

National Islamic Alms launches index

The National Islamic Alms (zakat) Management Agency (Baznas) has launched an index to measure the role of zakat in ...

Indonesia, S Korea develop environmentally friendly businesses

Indonesia and South Korea are developing environmentally friendly small-medium enterprises (SMEs) or green businesses ...