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Early childhood education paramount for human capital development

Access to high-quality early childhood education is deemed vital to the continued progress in the development of human ...

Indonesia's stock, bonds market attractive: Investment strategist

The Indonesian stock and bond market remains an attractive option amid the global economic turmoil, an investment ...

Habibie encouraged Indonesia's competitive advantage

The late former president B.J. Habibie made valuable contributions to improving the competitive advantage of Indonesian ...

RI urges ASEAN to increase solidity to tackle global uncertainty

Indonesia appealed to ASEAN members to continually bolster solidity and intra-regional cooperation to placate tensions ...

Rupiah strengthens amid concern over trade war developments

The rupiah strengthened against the US dollar at the Jakarta interbank market on Wednesday morning amid concerns over ...

Prabowo Subianto officially names Dhanil Anzar as his spokesman

General Chairman of the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party Prabowo Subianto has formally announced that Dahnil ...

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Komodo Island to be developed into very exclusive tourist attraction

The controversy over Komodo Island has died down after the central government gave the go-ahead for temporarily closing ...

Rupiah projected to weaken after IMF lowers economic growth forecast

Indonesia's rupiah exchange rate traded at the Jakarta interbank market, Thursday, is forecast to weaken, as the ...

Rupiah weakens amid Johnson's election as new British PM

The rupiah exchange rate traded among banks in Jakarta on Wednesday morning weakened by 37 points to Rp14,022  ...

Rupiah strengthens as BI's interest rate declined

The Indonesian rupiah exchange rate traded on the Jakarta interbank market Friday has strengthened with a decline in ...

Tax receipts expected to fall short of target

Indonesia's tax receipts in 2019 will probably fall Rp140 trillion short of its target in the state budget due to ...

Rupiah may rise on Fed's dovish turn

Exchange rate of the rupiah traded at the Jakarta interbank market on Friday had an opportunity to strengthen after the ...

Jokowi-Amin urged to improve rural economy

The Joko Widodo-Ma'ruf Amin administration should be able to make rural areas a source of new economic growth, ...

Indonesia's private consumption rises to 5.3 percent: World Bank

Indonesia's private consumption rose to 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2019 from 5.2 percent in the fourth ...

Indonesia's economic growth to plunge to 5.1 percent in 2019: WB

The World Bank has projected that Indonesia's economic growth in 2019 will decrease to 5.1 percent over global ...