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World Bank estimates Indonesia to grow at 5.3 percent

In the Indonesia Economic Quarterly report released here on Wednesday, the World Bank has forecast that Indonesias ...

Minister says Family Hope Program reduces poverty

Indonesian Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa says the ministrys Family Hope Program (PKH), a ...

Social media content can threaten unity: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has warned that social media has content that could threaten the unity of the nation. ...

Difficult to restrict purchase of subsidized gas: Minister

Indonesias Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Ignatius Jonan, has admitted it was difficult to prevent ...

Delivery of energy subsidy should be on target: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the delivery of energy subsidy, including for fuel oil and the ...

Snowstorm hits traffic in Istanbul; straits closed, flights cancelled

A snowstorm forced the closure of Turkeys key shipping straits and sweeping flight cancellations on Saturday (Jan. 7), ...

Government to focus on equitable development programs: President Jokowi

The governments work programs for 2017 and preparations for 2018 will focus on equitable development, President Joko ...

Hong Kong professor in food & nutritional sciences appointed to the Herbalife Nutrition Advisory Board

- Herbalife, a global nutrition company, today announced that Dr. Zhen-Yu Chen, an expert in food and ...

Yearender - Indonesia records highest number of natural disasters in 2016

Indonesia was battered by 2,342 natural disasters in 2016, the highest in the past 14 years, making it one of the most ...

President Jokowi commemorates Christmas in N. Sulawesi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) commemorated the National Christmas Celebration here on Tuesday afternoon. The ...

Minister Khofifah seeks protection of children from social media`s negative impact

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has urged parents to protect children from the negative effects of ...

Not all regions qualified to issue municipal bonds: Bappenas

Chief of the Indonesia National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang Brodjonegoro said not all regional ...

Bali`s economy grows faster than national average

Balis economy grew 6.17 percent in the third quarter of this year, exceeding the national average growth of 5.02 ...

President sets 12.700 million hectares as social forestry project

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued a license for the cultivation of 12.700 million hectares of land as a social ...

Cut funding for orphanages to stop sex abuse, says J.K. Rowling`s charity

Orphanages around the world often operate as centres for child trafficking and sexual abuse, and donors such as ...