Indonesia

Foreign workers will have more leeway to apply for jobs in Indonesia, one of it being the startup industry. This was acknowledged by the Communication and Informatics (Kominfo) Minister, Johnny G. Plate, regarding the draft omnibus bill on job creation, or RUU cipta kerja. The purpose of the policy, according to claim of the state-minister to streamline the entry of …

One of the incentives provided by the Indonesian government to the tourism sector to overcome the impact within the country amid the COVID-19 outbreak caused by the novel coronavirus, was discounts on airline. The drastic drop in airline ticket prices will be expected in March. As reported by The Jakarta Post, that there was a document issued by the Transportation …

CT Corps Chairman Chairul Tanjung talked about global and domestic economic conditions at the CNBC Indonesia Economic Outlook 2020. According to him, one thing to watch out for at home is the scandal and the Jiwasraya case. “Now we have a new virus in the country called Jiwasraya virus,” Chairul Tanjung, who is commonly called CT, said in his speech …

The Indonesian General Election Commission (KPU) has written two times to the president regarding the inauguration of the replacement of the former member of the Indonesian KPU Commissioner, Wahyu Setiawan (WS), who was caught red-handed by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) on January 8. Until now the KPU is still waiting for the invitation for the inauguration of KPU members …

As many 188 Indonesian crew members of World Dream cruise ship have been evacuated by a naval hospital ship. Then, the Indonesian government will send them to an uninhabited island near Jakarta for coronavirus observation. This was told by health officials on Tuesday. According to Achmad Yurianto, secretary-general of the Health Ministry’s disease control and environmental health directorate, the crew …

Intense rain over the last two days affected a number of regions getting flooded. Thousands of houses and public facilities across Bekasi, Karawang, and Subang regencies in West Java were the places that affected. According to West Java Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) operations manager Budi Budiman, the widespread flooding was the result of constant rain. It caused a number of …

The Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani, responded to the lifting of Indonesia from the list of developing countries by the United States (US) by saying that it did not have to cause excessive fear, but instead had to boost Indonesia’s competitiveness. “Indonesia has so far been included as a middle-ranked country, so indeed it must continue to increase competitiveness,” she …

Feeling to be a sacrifice for the Jiwasraya mega corruption case, Benny’s camp began the counterattack of Jiwasraya President Director Hexana Trisasongko. Previously, Benny Tjokro only spilled what happened by mail, but this time Benny had reported it to the Jakarta Metropolitan Police. Muchtar Arifin, as Benny Tjokro’s lawyer said, his client reported the President Director of Jiwasraya for alleged …

The Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security (Menko Polhukam) Mahfud MD discusses the issue of money politics that often undermines the Republic of Indonesia’s constitutional system. Money politics practices still occur in the Regional Head Election (Pilkada). That was conveyed by Mahfud when he was a speaker at the Workshop of the Association of Indonesian Regional Representatives Council (ADKSI), …

Reality was exposed by The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) on Monday regarding four houses in Bandung City, West Java that produced some four million carisoprodol-containing pills. Previously, the houses were raided by the agency’s personnel and local policemen on Sunday. “This is a violation of the law. Several substances used for producing these illicit drugs are actually for pharmaceutical drugs …