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Jokowi hopes infrastructure in 5 "new Balis" to be completed in 2020

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his hope that the construction works of infrastructure to support tourism ...

Jokowi orders ministries to trim weapon imports

President of Indonesia Joko Widodo has ordered his ministries to trim firearm imports and instead strengthen the local ...

PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA obtained Halal certification for all products

- PT. NIPPON SHOKUBAI INDONESIA (hereafter referred as “NSI”), an Indonesian subsidiary of NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., ...

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@jokowi tweets yet to comprehensively capture his foreign policy

Twitter is a daring and bold new world for foreign policy that most world leaders happily or reluctantly ...

Takeda continues strategic divestitures with sale of select OTC and non-core assets to STADA for $660 million USD

- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that it has entered into an ...

Indonesia's foreign policy prioritizes economic diplomacy

Economic diplomacy has become the priority in Indonesia's foreign policy for the 2019-2024 period. To conduct ...

Indonesia, Morocco ink partnership on economy, counter-terrorism

The governments of Indonesia and Morocco have signed four Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in the industry, maritime ...

Virgin Galactic completes merger with Social Capital Hedosophia, creating the world's first and only publicly traded commercial human spaceflight company

- Virgin Galactic ("VG"), a vertically integrated aerospace company, and Social Capital Hedosophia ("SCH"), a public ...

Indonesia adopts wait-and-watch stance after Baghdadi's death

Indonesia is keeping a close watch on the situation in Syria as it develops after the death of ISIS armed group leader ...

KKP records transactions reaching US$10.43 million at TEI 2019

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry (KKP) clocked transactions of maritime and fishery products reaching ...

Takeda agrees to divest select OTC and non-core assets to Acino for over $200 million USD

- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE:4502/NYSE:TAK) (“Takeda”) today announced that it has entered into an ...

Minister optimistic of Indonesia becoming part of global supply chain

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is confident about Indonesia becoming part of the ...

GSMA: $212 billion boost to Asia-Pacific GDP at stake at WRC-19

- Innovative 5G services will generate $212bn of economic expansion – 0.8 per cent of GDP growth – in APAC by 2034, ...

Project Management Institute announces the top 50 Most Influential Projects of the last 50 years

- Project Management Institute (PMI) today announced the top 50 notable and influential projects of the past 50 years ...

OIC representatives visit Bandung, Bio Farma's vaccine production site

Some 16 representatives from 15 member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) visited the vaccine ...