Indonesia

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 …

The choice of place to become the second quarantine center in Indonesia has been determined. The Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture, Muhadjir Effendy choosed Sebaru Island located in the Thousand Islands (Kepulauan Seribu) to be able to accommodate 188 Indonesian crew members who will soon be evacuated from the World Dream cruise ship. It is reported that the …

Indo Barometer Executive Director, Muhammad Qodari in a Press Conference in Jakarta, Sunday (02/23/2020) stated that the level of public trust in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) institution has decreased. Decreasing the level of trust is not too significant, but it’s just enough to make Qodari surprised, because the KPK is usually ranked in the top three with the Indonesian …

The Government of the United States of America (US) considers Indonesia to be included in the ranks of developed countries in international trade. For this reason, the US excludes Indonesia from developing country status. Responding to the attitude of the US government, Indonesia must view this as a challenge. Therefore, both the business community and the government need to work …

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) asked political parties not to recklessly provide recommendations to candidates who will run in the elections simultaneously this year. Prospective regional head (Cakada) who will be carried by political parties must be a clean figure, do not have a track record of alleged corruption. As stated by Acting KPK spokesman, Ali Fikri that his party …

Due to the current 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and sent several of its crew back home, Dream Cruises announced that departures of its several cruise ships were suspended. President of Dream Cruises Michael Goh noted in his press statement as quoted by Antara, in Jakarta on Monday that 188 Indonesians crew members had been transferred to an Indonesian naval …