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Jokowi welcomes relocation of Japanese companies to Indonesia

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has welcomed Japan’s willingness to relocate its companies to Indonesia and expand ...

Indonesia keen to join COVAX Initiative

Indonesia delivered an expression of interest to join the COVAX Initiative, co-led by the World Health Organization ...

Indonesian delegates hold meeting with WHO DG Ghebreyesus

Indonesia is endeavoring to bolster multilateral cooperation with overseas partners, including the World Health ...

Indonesia secures 100 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine from UK

The Indonesian Health Ministry has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC ...

Papua government follows up on FMG's hydropower plant investment plan

Papua government's officials from the Energy and Mineral Resources Office met with representatives of ...

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Indonesia relying on vaccine procurement to win COVID-19 fight

The Indonesian government has consistently expressed confidence in the potential of COVID-19 vaccines to help it win ...

Indonesia explores COVID-19 vaccine cooperation with UK, Switzerland

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir, and Health ...

Pandjaitan meets Chinese FM, discuss cooperation in facing COVID-19

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan as Indonesia's Special Envoy, met ...

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Omnibus law protests highlight need for dialogue

President Joko Widodo’s goal of getting Indonesia’s first ever omnibus bill passed into law has finally ...

Parties discontent with omnibus law can seek judicial review: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) accentuated that parties dissatisfied with the omnibus law on job creation can press ...

Rally clusters potentially trigger spike in COVID-19 cases: IDI

The Indonesian Medical Association’s (IDI’s) mitigation team opined that recent rallies against the job ...

BMKG intensifies mitigation efforts over spike in natural disasters

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has called to step up disaster mitigation efforts on account ...

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Developing Indonesia's defense capability

*Teguh Ariffaiz Nasution is a graduate of the University of Indonesia's international relations ...

Strike balance between health, economy while restoring public welfare

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati highlighted the importance of the government striking a balance between health ...

Zynga closes acquisition of Istanbul-Based Rollic, a leader in the fast-growing hyper-casual games business

Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, and Rollic, an Istanbul-based mobile games ...