Category: Indonesia
Indonesia: ‘Twin deficits’ still a brake on high growth ambitions
Things are gradually improving for Indonesia’s economy. Policymakers have successfully assuaged financial markets of their macroeconomic stability credentials (for now) [...]
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Malaysian shot dead in drug bust in Indonesia Nation
A Malaysian and an Indonesian were shot dead by Indonesia’s National Narcotics Agency (BNN) during a drug bust on Sunday in Bengkayang, West Kalimantan. According to [...]
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Indonesia’s environment minister proposes meeting to tackle forest fires
Indonesia may soon hold a coordination meeting to tackle the forest fires in various parts of the country, according to Environment and Forestry minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar. [...]
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Philippines extends rise; Indonesia gives up early gains
Philippine shares rose for a third straight session on Monday and outperformed other Southeast Asian markets, while Indonesian stocks reversed early gains to close lower [...]
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Indonesia’s Crackdown On Gays Is Fuelling Its HIV Epidemic
“It’s very hard to get people to come to the clinic. Now it’s even harder to reach them.” Since 2011, the percent of HIV-positive Indonesian men who [...]
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282 hot spots detected across Indonesia
Indonesian satellites on Sunday (August 6) morning picked up 282 hot spotsbelieved to be the highest number across the country this yearas the dry season continues. The worst [...]
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Bank Indonesia signals another rate cut could be on the table
Indonesia’s central bank has signalled a return to the easing bias that dominated its rates agenda last year. Bank Indonesia was Asia’s biggest rate cutter in [...]
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China, Indonesia to enhance cooperation
Chinese Foreign minister Wang Yi met with his Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi here on Sunday as the two sides agreed to enhance cooperation for better bilateral ties. [...]
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Indonesia’s Economy Grew Less Than Expected in Second Quarter
Indonesia’s economy expanded slower than economists estimated in the second quarter of 2017 as public spending fell. Big Picture President Joko Widodo has undertaken a [...]
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Indonesia Q2 GDP growth holds steady at 5pct
Indonesia’s economy grew slightly less that expected during the second quarter, with the rate of expansion unchanged from that seen in the previous three-month period. [...]
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Indonesia Says Google Agrees to Monitor Negative YouTube Content
Indonesia and Alphabet Inc.’s Google agreed to step up monitoring of content on YouTube after the government said it was concerned about the growing misuse of social [...]
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Indonesian woman among 3 nabbed in Sarawak for drug abuse
An Indonesian woman was among three people detained for drug abuse in two raids carried out at Kampung Serikin here yesterday. The 31-year-old woman, who tested positive for [...]
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Indonesia might be copying vigilante violence of Philippines
On July 22, normally mild-manned Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo instructed his police to shoot drug traffickers. “Be firm, especially to foreign [...]
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Google to tighten Indonesia YouTube monitoring
Group bows to pressure to censor videos inciting religious intolerance and radicalism Google has bowed to pressure in Indonesia by agreeing to tighten up monitoring of [...]
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Hundreds go on strike at Indonesia’s largest cargo terminal
Hundreds of workers have gone on strike at Indonesia’s largest container terminal, a union official said Friday (August 4), paralysing operations and forcing incoming [...]
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