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Special autonomy successful in boosting development in West Papua

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan affirmed that the special autonomy status granted to Papua and West Papua by the ...

Indonesia needs investment of US$47 billion to develop ports: official

Indonesia needs US$47 billion in investment to develop ports across the country, a Transportation Ministry official ...

Education Ministry urges schools' closure if COVID-19 risk increases

The Ministry of Education and Culture has called on local governments to close schools once again if the risk of ...

Construction of roads near Indonesia-Malaysia border to continue: govt

Lawas (Sarawak, Malaysia) roads spanning 8.5 km of the planned 198.71-km-long roads; Malinau - Mensalong - Tau Lumbis ...

Government extends electricity-relief scheme until September 2020

The government has extended the disbursement of electricity subsidy for PLN customers, whose power consumption falls ...

Indonesia, UK united in push for affordable, accessible vaccines

Indonesia and the United Kingdom are united in the push for providing affordable vaccines to all levels of the global ...

PHE-Medco E&P Simenggaris to supply gas to mini-LNG refinery

PT Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE) Simenggaris and Medco E&P Simenggaris inked the third gas sales purchase agreement ...

Govt to disburse social aid to 8.3 mln households

The Indonesian Government has promised to distribute social aid funds to 8.3 million beneficiary households that have ...

Pelni stops ticket sales for passenger ships until June 8

State-owned shipping company PT Pelni (Persero) has stopped the sale of tickets for passenger ships until June 8 and ...

Data Gumbo enters Indonesian energy market with Air Drilling Associates’ adoption of GumboNet™, first use of blockchain in geothermal energy drilling

- Data Gumbo Corp., the trusted transactional blockchain network for tomorrow’s industrial leaders, today announced ...

Indonesia's shipping costs remain expensive: Jokowi

Indonesia's shipping costs remain expensive, though the government has carried out a sea toll program to reduce the ...

Sea toll road service contributes 0.3 percent to GDP: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed related ministries to intensify the contribution of the sea ...

11 native Papuan students fail to leave Papua to resume their studies

Eleven native Papuan students who wanted to return to their universities in cities outside the Papua and West Papua ...

Jokowi observes road construction at Indonesia-Malaysia border

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) observed a road construction project at the Indonesia-Malaysia border in Nunukan ...

National exam scrapped from 2021: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) announced the education and culture ministry’s decision to put an end to the ...