Indonesia

INDONESIA: Joko Widodo gifted new Australian Minister Anthony Albanese with a bamboo bicycle when he toured the presidential palace gardens south of Jakarta earlier this month. As soon as Singgih Susilo Kartono realized the leaders would be riding the Spedagi model he had handcrafted in a little town on the island of Java, he was ecstatic. During the symbolic bike …

JAKARTA: Due to concerns from two creditors, the ratification of Garuda Indonesia’s deal to restructure the airline’s more than 9 billion dollar debt has been postponed for a week, according to an administrator. Garuda’s restructuring proposal was approved by the majority of its creditors last week, and the agreement was set to be formalized in a meeting on Monday. The …

INDONESIA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced a cabinet overhaul on Wednesday, June 15, in response to outrage over a series of policy shifts on palm oil exports. During an official ceremony at the presidential palace, the president named Zukifli Hasan, the chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) and a former forestry minister, as the country’s new commerce minister. The …

Indonesia – Indonesia has sought aid from G20 member nations to set up a worldwide investment organization to address destiny pandemics, Indonesian spokesperson on the G20, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, has stated.   “Indonesia is pushing for a worldwide settlement to construct fitness resilience thru the established order of a Financial Intermediary Fund (FIF) as an attempt to mobilize investment reassets and …

Indonesia – Indonesia may be facing another legal crisis as the  controversial draft criminal law is imminent (a complete review of the current criminal law). Deputy Minister of Justice and Human Rights Edward Omar Sharif Heariezi said the  law  should be passed by July this year at the latest, but the date has not been released. A draft of the …

Indonesia – Indonesian President Joko Widodo argued over a series of policy U-turns on palm oil exports when the cabinet was reorganized on Wednesday. The Minister of Trade was dismissed. Zulkifuri Hasan, the leader of the National Delegation Party (PAN) and  former Minister of Forestry, has been appointed as the  new Minister of Trade of the country. His predecessor, Muhammad …

Indonesia – Long earlier than Australia`s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made his first bilateral go to Jakarta, Indonesia`s accept as true with in Australia turned into already slipping. According to Lowy Institute`s first ballot  on Indonesia in a decade, Indonesians` accept as true with in Australia had slipped 20 factors in 10 years — from 75% in 2011 to …

Indonesia – Indonesia’s agriculture ministry announced on Monday that a statewide livestock vaccination program will begin this week, after the number of cattle infected with foot and mouth disease surpassed 151,000. Some vaccines came on Sunday, and another 800,000 doses will come soon, according to ministry spokesperson Kuntoro Boga Andri. He didn’t specify how many immunizations had been delivered thus …

Indonesia – The lead representative Anies Baswedan expects that the greatest presentation in Southeast Asia, the Jakarta Fair Kemayoran, can offer the members a chance for network trade. They expect that there will be a course of involvement trade, network trade, through this open door. In view of this, the exhibition exercises are not simply about communication among guests and …

Indonesia – The Indonesian National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) inked a memorandum of understanding with the Belgian Coordination Unit for Threat Analysis (CUTA) in Brussels, Belgium, to strengthen efforts to prevent terrorism.”Coordination and collaboration between countries, especially Indonesia and Belgium, is necessary to handle the dynamic threats of terrorism,” BNPT’s Head Boy Rafli Amar noted in a written statement on Friday. …