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President urges SMEs to tap potential of digital economy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) sector to utilize the potential of ...

Special authority required to manage Lake Toba as world-class destination

Lake Toba located in North Sumatra Province is not just an ordinary lake but is the largest volcanic lake on Earth. ...

President urges to accelerate development of tourism sector in 2016

President Joko Widodo has called on his officials to expedite the development of Indonesias tourism sector in 2016 in ...

RI`s tourism grows above global average last year: President

Indonesias tourism industry rose faster than the global average of 4.4 percent last year, President Joko Widodo ...

President talks about Indonesia-Netherlands cooperation

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Prime Minister of Netherlands Mark Rutte discussed a couple of important issues for ...

IMO Council membership reaffirms Indonesia`s role as largest archipelagic nation

Indonesias re-election as a member of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)s Council is a reflection of the ...

President Jokowi to deliver Indonesia`s vision at cop21

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will deliver Indonesias vision during the negotiation process at the Climate Change ...

President lauds large-capacity livestock carriers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) praised the existence of large-capacity livestock transport ships capable of carrying ...

Productivity key to successful development: President

Encouraging productivity through hard work and positive thinking is one of the keys to successful development, ...

Minister urges Jakarta to build larger airport for thousand islands

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Rizal Ramli urged the provincial government of Jakarta to build a larger ...

Enable coastal areas access to banking services: President

President Joko Widodo has urged for the extension of banking services to cover coastal areas to spread development. ...

Indonesia Provides Temporary Shelters To Rohingya Refugees, Invites Int'l Cooperation

More than 1.5 thousand asylum seekers, mostly Rohingyas from Myanmar and some Bangladeshis, were stranded in ...

Landslides, No. 1 Killer in Indonesia in 2014

Being located in the Pacifics ring of fire and comprising over 17 thousand islands, Indonesia is prone to natural ...

President hopes research will provide solution to transportation

President Joko Widodo expressed hope that research can provide solutions to transportation problems besides food and ...

Geospatial Information Agency to verify 3,000 Indonesian islands

Geospatial Information Agency will verify some 3,000 unnamed islands in Indonesia and put their coordinate on the ...