Indonesia

The Saudi Arabian government suspended the arrival of pilgrims from all countries, including Indonesia. This has done to prevent the spread of the corona virus in the fifth largest country in Asia. This decision was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, Thursday (02/27/2020) local time on the recommendation of the Saudi Ministry of Health. The Chairperson …

DKI Jakarta Governor Anies Rasyid Baswedan along with Chairman of the Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) Jusuf Kalla inaugurated the construction of the International Museum of the History of the Prophet Muhammad and Islamic Civilization, in East Ancol Beach, North Jakarta, Wednesday (26/2). This will be the International Museum of the History of the Prophet Muhammad and the first and largest …

The founder of the National Mandate Party (PAN) Amien Rais called the PAN V Congress atmosphere like a terrorist congress because it was escorted by around 1,300 police officers. Amien considered that the amount was excessive because the police were almost in every area of ​​the hotel where the V PAN Congress was being held. “I don’t blame the police, …

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 …