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Indonesia has potential to become developed, prosperous country: President

Indonesia is likely to become a developed and prosperous nation based on its own social and economic capital, ...

BPK encourages govt to increase finance accountability: President

President Joko Widodo said that the State Audit Board (BPK) has encouraged the government to increase state finance ...

President wants realistic assumptions in 2016 state budget

The basic assumptions in the draft 2016 state budget should be set realistically in line with the latest economic ...

President holds plenary meeting to discuss 2016 state budget

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo held a plenary cabinet session at the Presidential Office here on Tuesday to discuss ...

Anti-graft body names three administrative court judges as suspects

- The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named three judges of the State Administrative Court (PTUN) in Medan, ...

ADB president praises Indonesia for progress made in enforcing reforms

President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Takehiko Nakao praised the Indonesian government for its progress in ...

Bank Indonesia increases BI rate to offset fuel price hike

Reacting to the subsidized fuel price hike, Bank Indonesia decided Tuesday to increase the BI Rate by 25 bps to 7.75 ...

Finance minister to reallocate social aid budget

Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro has said he would reallocate social aid budgets that did not have clear ...

Economic growth tends to drift towards lower limit: BI

Bank Indonesia (BI) has forecast that the countrys economic growth will tend to veer towards the lower limit of its ...

Giant Sea Wall believed to prevent flooding

The construction of the Giant Sea Wall mega project in North Jakarta is expected to prevent tidal flooding, which ...

Jakarta will still be hit by flooding : Ahok

Jakarta will still be hit by further floods during the peak of the rainy season in December this year and January next ...

Indonesia`s economy slows in third quarter

Indonesias economy has slowed in the third quarter this year, growing only 5.62 percent (year-on-year) from 5.81 ...

Indoensia's inflation may reach 9 percent

Indonesia's inflation may jump to 9 percent this year under the impact of the recent rise in the prices of subsidized ...

Rupiah weakening not to affect investment

Head of the Capital Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) M. Chatib Basri said the weakening of the rupiah exchange ...

Social protection prevents inflation impact: VP

Vice President Boediono said that compensation as part of social protection should be given to the poor in preventing ...