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Sole candidates versus blank boxes in 31 regions, bad precedent

House of Representatives' (DPR's) Commission II member, Guspardi Gaus, expressed concern over sole candidates ...

Macroeconomic assumptions in 2021 draft state budget remain optimistic

Macroeconomic assumptions in the 2021 draft state budget would remain optimistic but correspondingly realistic, given ...

Govt to tackle COVID-19, economic woes simultaneously: minister

The Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Luhut B. Pandjaitan, on Tuesday said the government is ...

President monitoring financial management of ministries

President Joko Widodo on Monday stressed that he would monitor the improvements and breakthroughs made by each ministry ...

President calls for accountable, precise handling of COVID-19 funds

President Joko Widodo has urged ministers and heads of state institutions to utilize the budgeted Rp695.2 trillion for ...

News Focus

Timely budget spending crucial for economic recovery amid COVID-19

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) delivered a strong rebuke to ministers and leaders of state institutions over the slow ...

Synergy instrumental in boosting budget absorption in health sector

The Ministry of Finance has intensified coordination and synergy with relevant ministries and institutions to spur ...

Opinion

Ukraine marks the anniversary of the adoption of its Constitution

*Volodymyr Pakhil is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Indonesia. The ...

Indonesia challenged to achieve its mandated food security: economist

Indonesia has had the 2012 Food Law that mandates the country to possess a roadmap to achieve an overall food security; ...

Addressing challenges of fake news for Indonesia`s fair elections

Less than four months from now, Indonesia will have a new pair of president and vice president as a result of the 2019 ...

Special Report

Xinjiang displays evidence of violent attacks in 1992-2015

The Xinjiang Autonomous Authority displayed evidences of attacks and violent clashes in China`s western province ...

Home Minister asks police to investigate hoax on cast ballots

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has asked the National Police Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) to ...

Indrawati re-emerges as most respected minister in 2018

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati reclaimed her earlier position of being the most respected minister in 2018 ...

Bandung should become place for cultivating tolerance: Foreign Minister

Bandung should become a place for cultivating world tolerance and peace owing to its track record of uniting Asian and ...

Central government not interested in Papua`s wealth: Kalla

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said that the central government has never taken interest in the wealth of Papua, but ...