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BI cuts its outlook for loan growth to eight percent

Bank Indonesia (BI) has significantly reduced its outlook for loan growth to eight percent, from the previous range of ...

President Widodo defends regional head elections

President Joko Widodo has defended the direct election of regional heads, and said it reflects the people's ...

World Food Day Expo, SE Sulawesi, receives 82,975 thousand visitors

Some 82,975 people visited an exhibition organized to commemorate World Food Day in Puudambu Village, Anggata ...

Jakarta sets provincial minimum wage for 2020

The Jakarta government has announced its 2020 provincial minimum wage (UMP) of Rp4,276,349.86 (around US$304), an ...

IHSG closes higher after inauguration of new cabinet

The Jakarta composite index (IHSG) closed higher on Wednesday evening, following the inauguration of the new Indonesian ...

Taste! Feel! Enjoy! Korea in Jeonju…2019 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival to kick off on October 9

- Jeonju, a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy, will host the 2019 Jeonju Bibimbap Festival, a fiesta of traditional ...

Wiranto avers 90 percent plummet in forest fires

Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto claimed a sharp drop in the potential for land and ...

BI lowers interest rate to 5.25%

The Bank Indonesia (BI) Board of Governors agreed to lower the BI 7-day Reverse Repo Rate by 25 basis points (bps) to ...

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Ensuring no more exodus of native Papuan students

Law and order have been restored by the Indonesian police in Jayapura, Papua, and Manokwari, West Papua Province after ...

P&G, National Geographic and Global Citizen launch

- Procter & Gamble and National Geographic’s six-part docuseries ACTIVATE, co-produced by Global Citizen and ...

BI expounds on rationale behind benchmark rate cut

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo brought to light three reasons behind the central bank's decision to cut ...

Indonesian currency rises slightly before BI's governor bpard meeting

The rupiah recorded a slight rise in the Jakarta interbank market on Thursday morning as the market awaits the result ...

Haze-induced respiratory ailments inflict 1,136 Pekanbaru residents

At least 1,136 residents of Pekanbaru, Riau Province, have suffered from upper respiratory tract infection following ...

Jakarta should use electric cars to improve air quality: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has called on the Jakarta administration to switch to using electric vehicles for mass ...

Regional governments urged to encourage people to use renewable energy

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan has urged all regional governments in Indonesia to encourage ...