Tag: Indonesia

The first batch of 25 Indonesian military health personnel for the Palestine humanitarian mission arrived in El Arish, Egypt, at 10 am local time on Saturday, August 10, 2024. […]

Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto briefed on Wednesday, August 7, 2024, 40 Indonesian Military (TNI) health personnel who will soon depart for Gaza, Palestine, on a humanitarian mission. […]

The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have collaborated to launch several strategic recommendations for developing countries to mobilize domestic resources aimed at increasing tax revenues. […]

Indonesia is included in the ranks of 108 countries that are threatened by the middle-income trap and find it difficult to become a developed country according to the World Bank report. […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo strongly condemned the airstrike in Tehran, Iran, on July 31, 2024, that killed Hamas Political Bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh. […]

Russia is set to open a new Consulate General in Denpasar, Bali, as per the directive from Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, apparently over the increasing number of Russians visiting Indonesia’s Island of Gods. […]

Indonesia joins the chorus of the International community in asking the Israel government to end its illegal occupation of Palestine following the July 19, 2024 “edict” of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). […]

Indonesia strongly condemns the resolution adopted by the Israeli parliament on Thursday, July 18, 2024, which rejects the establishment of a Palestinian state and effectively undermines the two-state solution. […]

The Chinese government will closely monitor the possibility of Indonesia imposing increased import duties on Chinese products, with a percentage could reach up to 200 percent, an official said. […]

Malaysia has expressed its willingness to collaborate with Indonesia in deploying a joint peacekeeping force to Gaza, Palestine, if mandated by the United Nations (UN), as recently conveyed by Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during a phone call. […]

President Xi Jinping has emphasized China’s commitment to improving the lives of its people and clarified its collaborative approach with other nations, entities such as APEC, and including superpowers like the United States, during a meeting at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. […]

China’s conditions for a meeting between U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping, as outlined by China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS). The conditions set by the MSS include the United States showing sincerity for such a meeting to take place.  […]

Sri Mulyani, Minister of Finance of Indonesia together with ASEAN +3 countries, renewed the Chiang Mai Initiative Multilateralism (CMIM). The guidelines will provide liquidity support with local currency for countries experiencing balance of payments difficulties. […]

Indonesian Minister of Finance of Indonesia Sri Mulyani take part in the 26th ASEAN +3 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (AFMGM+3) At the event, Sri met with ADB President and gained assurance that the ADB will support sustainable and inclusive recovery for developing country members by expanding its lending capacity. […]

A report by Ernst & Young stated, the global IPO market is heading to a bad turn in 2023. However, the reports show a potential bright spot in IPO activity in the Southeast Asia region to be very encouraging, with Indonesia as the most active country in Q1, having about 30 IPOs worth US$ 828 million. […]

The Indonesian government is completing its arrangements for being the Official Partner Country at Hannover Messe 2023 and prepares to deliver messages and strategic matters at the event. […]

The United States (US) government raises concerns about the popular social media app, TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company, ByteDance. Both the FBI and officials at the Federal Communications Commision considered TikTok as a potential national security threat due to its Chinese ownership and the possibility that the Chinese government could use the app to collect data on US […]

Bank Indonesia decided to maintain its interest rate despite recent benchmark rate increase carried out by the Federal Reserve. […]

The 29th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat resulted in seven priority issues and key milestones including the accession of Timor Leste. […]

As many as 92 human trafficking cases in Bangkok, Thailand, involve Indonesian nationals, according to embassy data. […]

The Director of Multilateral Cooperation Tri Tharyat who represented the Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs, conveyed the women empowerment message during the 49th OIC Ministerial Conference (KTM) held in Nouakchott, Mauritania, on March 16-17, 2023. […]

Indonesia urged for the enhancement of global collaborations to assist the economic growth of the least-developed countries (LDCs) during the Fifth UN Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) in Doha from March 5 to 9, 2023. […]

Turkey handed over the MIKTA (Mexico, Indonesia, South Korea, Turkey, Australia) chairmanship relay to Indonesia at the meeting in New Delhi on March 2, 2023. As a result of the handover, Indonesia will hold the position of MIKTA chairman for one year and has set 3 priorities. […]

Four residents of Pari Island in the Thousand Islands regency, north of Jakarta, officially filed a lawsuit with a Swiss court on January 31, 2023, demanding that global cement company Holcim Ltd. of Switzerland be responsible for the environmental damage it has caused. […]

The governments of Zimbabwe and Democratic Republic of Congo have respectively banned the exports of lithium and cobalt in 2022, which may affect the future of battery and electric vehicle industries in many countries including in Indonesia. […]

The Philippines and the United States are ramping up their military cooperation by doubling the number of troops in the joint exercises. This measure – which is done days after a spy balloon was spotted in the US sky – would give the superpower country a potential advantage in its efforts to thwart China’s attempt to take control of Taiwan. […]

The Indonesian Embassy in Turkey’s capital of Ankara has reported that at least 2 of 500 Indonesian citizens were killed while dozens others were injured in the aftermath of the magnitude-7.8 earthquake that rocked Turkey and Syria. […]

Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) on the importance to resolve the Myanmar crisis without allowing the crisis to “hostage” the 10-member states’ agenda. […]

The 2023 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, felt special since it was the first after the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak hit the world in 2020, which killed 6.74 million people. This year’s theme of “cooperation in a fragmented world” highlighted how countries would cope with the biggest issues such as the global recession and the Russia vs Ukraine war. […]

The global economic has seen a slowdown activity especially in past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Countries have issued stimulus measures, which included low interest rates and large-scale government spending, that led to an increase in the money supply and the potential of inflation. Supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic eventually prompted increasing costs for goods and […]