Tag: Public Affairs

The government’s plan to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) to 12 percent by 2025 amidst low wages of workers will only severely burden low income Indonesian people and laborers and push away the expected economic growth target of eight percent, says the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI). […]

President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated a number of ministerial-level officials for the 2024-2039 term in a ceremony held at the State Palace in Jakarta, on Monday, 21 October 2024. […]

President Prabowo Subianto inaugurated members of the 2024-2029 Red-and-White Cabinet of the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka administration in a ceremony at the State Palace in Jakarta, on Monday, October 21, 2024. […]

Prabowo Subianto read the phrase “Honden en Inlander Verboden”—which means “Dogs and Natives Prohibited”—inscribed on a moss-covered plaque of a former Dutch building in the late 1970s. This phrase ignited his passion for building a better Indonesia. Now, on October 20, 2024, Prabowo is officially inaugurated as Indonesia’s 8th President. […]

Today, October 20, 2024, seven months after the General Elections Commission (KPU) anounced the results of the February 14 presidential election, General (ret.) Prabowo Subianto is inaugurated as the country’s President along with his election running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka as Vice President. […]

President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, said on Friday, October 18, 2024, that members of labor union and trade union confederations across the country have agreed to stage a massive national strike in November. […]

East Ventures, a venture capital firm in Southeast Asia, sees six of its portfolio companies included in the prestigious 2024 Forbes Asia 100 to Watch 2024 list, the annual award categorization that showcases small companies and startups in Asia-Pacific that grabbed investors’ attention − and their checkbooks. […]

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will likely nominate its own cadre and rule out an outsider to contest the November 27, 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election. […]

The eleventh National Congress of Golkar Party has unanimously endorsed Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Bahlil Lahadalia as the party chairman for the 2024 -2029 period after all party branch offices in the country’s 38 provinces and 514 regencies/cities expressed their support for him. […]

New Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) Minister Bahlil Lahadialia said he will continue the programs that had earlier been carried out by his predecessor Arifin Tasrif and vowed to take actions to increase oil and gas production efficiency. […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Monday, August 19, 2024, reshuffled cabinet and appointed three heads of government bodies just weeks before he will leave office. […]

Indonesia allocates Rp3,613.1 trillion (US$229.6 billion) for government expenditure in the 2025 State Budget (APBN), including for the central government spending at Rp2,693.2 trillion (US$171 billion) and regions across the country at Rp 919.9 trillion (US$58 billions). […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo delivered his State of the Union address on the occasion of the 79th Anniversary of Indonesian Independence on Friday, August 16, 2024, claiming a success in developing Indonesia during his two terms in office. […]

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Friday, August 16, 2024, apologized to Indonesian people for their disappointment towards him and every dream that has not been realized during his tenure as president as he delivered his State of the Nation Address for the 79th Anniversary of Indonesian Independence. […]

The decision by Airlangga Hartarto to tender his resignation as chairman of Golkar Party on Saturday, August 10, 2024, and make it public on the following day has drawn widespread speculations of great pressure from both internal and external party for him to quit the post which he had served since December 2017. […]

Ecological disasters are serious threats to the community around the sand and rock mine in the coastal area of Palu-Donggala in Central Sulawesi as the rainy season has caused flash floods at several points since Wednesday, August 7, 2024. […]

State-owned mining company PT Aneka Tambang (Antam) and China’s battery giant, Contemporary Emperex Technology Co. (CATL), are developing midstream nickel industry. […]

Deputy Minister of Investment Yuliot Tanjung said the government has planned to grant import facilities for agricultural company as part of the measures to accelerate sugar and bioetanol self-sufficiency in Merauke regency, South Papua. […]

The Upstream oil and gas regulatory task force (SKK Migas) has recorded state revenue of US$7.6 billion (Rp114 trillion) for the first half of 2024 or beyond the state revenue target of US$5.41 billion (Rp 81 trillion) of the same period. […]

Vietnam’s electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, VinFast, which has entered Indonesia earlier this year, is setting up a new dealership in the Jakarta suburb of Depok and will soon invest US$1.2 billion to build a local assembly plant with a capacity of 60,000 cars per year. […]

Success of the development of Indonesia electric vehicle industry heavily depends on domestic demands, price difference between electric vehicle (EV ) and Non EV and the availability of EV infrastructure and after sales maintenance, a senior government official said. […]

Minister of Investment/Head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) Bahlil Lahadalia said the latest copper smelter built by PT Freeport Indonesia (PTFI) will further strengthen the electric battery ecosystem in Indonesia. […]

Jakarta − The Centre for Research Energy and Clear Air (CREA) said that the economic burden related to air pollution from the operation of three coal-based power plants (PLTUs) in West Java and Banten reached US$885 million (Rp13.1 trillion) per year. […]

Indonesian private integrated mining and metallurgy company PT Trimegah Bangun Persada (NCKL) or Harita Nickel, booked a revenue of Rp 23.86 trillion (US$ 1.45 billion) in 2023, up 149.4 percent from the previous year. In addition, the company also recorded profit of Rp5.62 trillion in 2023, or an increase by 20.4 percent from the previous year. […]

The government has vowed that it will indiscriminately take actions to eradicate the rampant online gambling. […]

Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics Nezar Patria said on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, that data in 282 ministries, institutions and regional administrations kept in the Temporary National Data Center have been impacted by ransomware digital attacks. […]

A new survey of adults in 18 of the world’s 20 largest economies (G20 countries) has revealed a majority of support for tax reform and broader political and economic reform. […]

PT Kilang Pertamina Internasional (KPI), a subsidiary of State oil and gas company PT Pertamina, is opening the opportunity for investors and strategic partners to develop environmental friendly green refineries. […]

State oil and gas company PT Pertamina launched a Sustainable Finance Framework, aimed at ensuring the company’s sustainability efforts are integrated into the company’s funding strategy, allowing Pertamina and/or Pertamina’s Subholdings/Subsidiaries to access funding for green projects and energy transition projects. […]

The government says that Indonesia has the potential to be a leading regional producer of hydrogen and ammonia, with its competitive adavantage in clean hydrogen production. […]