Indonesia and India signed a wide range of agreements on Saturday covering culture, health, maritime, security and digital sectors. The signing ceremony was witnessed by Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of India’s Republic Day celebrations on Sunday. President Prabowo said his government will accelerate its economic partnership with India […]
Read MorePrabowo Subianto was sworn in as the 8th president of Indonesia, the world’s largest Muslim country. Foreign dignitaries were present at the inauguration ceremony organized in Jakarta on Sunday (October 20). At the time, he pledged to be the successor of President Joko Widodo, who has led the country for the past 10 years, […]
Read MoreJAKARTA, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto said his upcoming administration would maintain ties with “great friend” Russia after meeting President Vladimir Putin, adding that he hoped for stronger cooperation on defence, energy and education. Prabowo, who is currently defence minister, is set to take over the presidency from Joko Widodo in October. […]
Read MoreBy Resty Woro Yuniar Indonesia is sending mixed signals about Chinese investment in its nickel industry as it aims to align its policies with US tax credit eligibility under a trade deal with Washington, with the government denying placing limits on Chinese involvement even as reports suggest new deals are being structured to minimise their […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s outgoing President Joko Widodo will appoint Thomas Djiwandono, the nephew of president-elect Prabowo Subianto and his adviser for fiscal issues, as a deputy finance minister later on Thursday, a senior politician said. Sufmi Dasco Ahmad, a senior member of Prabowo’s Gerindra political party confirmed Reuters’ earlier report of the planned appointment, adding Djiwandono will […]
Read MoreJakarta: President Joko Widodo has delayed relocating his office to Indonesia’s new 500 trillion rupiah (US$32 billion) planned capital city, citing missed deadlines for critical infrastructure, in a move observers say signals that development on his legacy project is significantly behind schedule. Widodo last month said he would start working from the new capital – […]
Read MoreJAKARTA: Indonesia is reviewing rules in a government programme to subsidise micro loans, a senior minister said on Thursday, after the country’s banking regulator signalled it would turn down the government’s request to relax rules on loan restructuring. President Joko Widodo last month proposed reinstating until 2025 a COVID-era loan restructuring policy, which allowed banks […]
Read MoreIndonesia’s coordinating minister of investment said that Elon Musk will consider an offer to build an electric vehicle battery plant in the country, after the CEO of Tesla met with President Joko Widodo on Monday. Musk was not immediately available for comment after minister Luhut Pandjaitan made his remarks to reporters. Musk and Widodo met […]
Read MoreHundreds of people living near an erupting volcano in eastern Indonesia have been evacuated after authorities raised its alert status to the highest level, an official said Friday. Authorities raised the alert status for Mount Ibu, located on remote Halmahera island, to the highest level of a four-tiered system on Thursday after recording two huge […]
Read MoreChina’s top diplomat Wang Yi will visit Indonesia, Cambodia and Papua New Guinea from Thursday, the Chinese foreign ministry announced on Tuesday. During his six-day trip, Wang will join a high-level dialogue cooperation mechanism with Indonesia and attend a meeting of the China-Cambodia Intergovernmental Coordination Committee, ministry spokesman Lin Jian said. Lin referred to the […]
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