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Need to review visa-free facility amid COVID-19: MPR

Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Bambang Soesatyo, has asked the government to review its visa ...

Ministry devises strategy amid projected fall in tourist arrivals

The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy has prepared strategies to cope with an expected drop in foreign tourist ...

New normal's tourism protocols to focus on hygiene, health, safety

Indonesia's Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy / Tourism and Creative Economy Agency has said that protocols ...

Customs provides Rp1.48 trillion in fiscal incentives amid COVID-19

The Directorate General of Customs and Excise (DJBC) of the Ministry of Finance has provided Rp1.48 trillion in fiscal ...

Interactive Brokers launches largest no-load Mutual Fund Marketplace*

- Interactive Brokers Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:IBKR) today announced the launch of its new Mutual Fund Marketplace, which ...

BI sees potential for rupiah to strengthen

Bank Indonesia said there is more wiggle room for the rupiah to strengthen in the future as at the current exchange ...

Tourism industry to apply health protocol in "new normal" era

Indonesia's Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Wishnutama Kusubandio has urged the tourism industry to implement ...

Indonesia's forex reserves surge to US$127.9 billion in April 2020

Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves swelled to US$127.9 billion at April-end of 2020, from US$121 billion a month ...

News Focus

Indonesia's tourism industry projected to rebound in 2021

The tourism industry in several countries, including Indonesia, has been seriously crippled by the novel coronavirus ...

Rupiah appreciates against US dollar ahead of long weekend

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened significantly against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Thursday to ...

Opinion

Stranded far from home: the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

*Hana Naufanita is a research intern at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies ...

S&P projects Indonesia's economic growth at 1.8 percent in 2020

The international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) projects that Indonesia's economic growth will ...

COVID-19 estimated to cause 50-percent drop in tourism revenue

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Wishnutama Kusubandio has forecast a sharp 50 percent drop in foreign exchange ...

Foreign exchange reserves adequate to fulfill various needs: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) ensured that foreign exchange reserves of US$121 billion as of the end of March 2020 were ...

Indonesia's foreign exchange reserves in March plunge US$9.4 billion

Indonesia's official reserve assets stood at US$121 billion, as of March-end 2020, $9.4 billion lower, from the ...