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Govt Continues To Support Oil And Gas Industry

The Indonesian government remains committed to supporting the oil and gas industry in the country despite a shortfall in global ...

House Speaker Supports Perppu Issuance To Protect Children

House Speaker Ade Komarudin has said he supports the government's recent decision to issue a Perppu (a government regulation ...

African Day Highlights Over Sixty Years of Africa-Indonesia Partnership

African Day is being commemorated in Jakarta to highlight over six decades of partnership between Indonesia and African ...

Timor Leste to Join ASEAN in 2017

The Democratic Republic of Timor Leste will become a member of the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2017, ...

Indonesia Must Build Nuclear Power Plant Immediately: Minister

The Minister of Research, Technology and Higher Learning Education, Mohamad Nasir, said Indonesia must immediately build a ...

Lion Air Has Grounded 40 Pilots

Airline company, Lion Air, has imposed sanctions and grounded 40 of its pilots as punishment for their involvement in a strike ...

KPPU To Summon Lion Air Over Flight Cancellations

The Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) will summon airline company Lion Air over the alleged cancellation of ...

China Donates Rp2 Billion to PMI

Chinese company PT Bauing Construction Group has donated Rp2 billion to the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI).The donation was ...

Indonesia Should Reform Its Pension System: World Bank

The World Bank has suggested that Indonesia should reform its pension system before the country starts facing the problem of ...

President Orders Cancellation Of Bylaws Impeding Ease Of Doing Business

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered scrapping of all bylaws impeding the ease of doing business and investing in ...