Indonesia’s foreign debts still safe: Bank
Indonesia`s foreign debts rose 7 percent year-on-year to 372.9 billion USD in early December, according to Bank Indonesia (BI).
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Indonesia`s foreign debts rose 7 percent year-on-year to 372.9 billion USD in early December, according to Bank Indonesia (BI).
Indonesia recorded a trade deficit of 8.57 billion USD in 2018, the highest-ever level, according the country’s Central Statistics Agency (BPS).
The Indonesian government plans to continue building dams to irrigate paddy fields as existing facilities can irrigate only 11 percent, or 780,000 ha, of paddy fields, according to a recent broadcast.
Indonesia has found the missing cockpit voice recorder from a Lion Air jet that crashed into the Java Sea in late October, killing all 189 people on board.
Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is bringing music to the sky with a series of live acoustic concerts on domestic flights, the airline said.
As Indonesia’s only strategic partner within the ASEAN bloc, Vietnam will always be an important partner to the nation, stated Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P Marsudi in an annual press statement in Jakarta on January 9.
Indonesia’s state budget for 2019 will focus on maintaining the momentum of prosperity of the people, Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani said.
The Indonesian Government is speeding up construction on temporary houses for victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated.
The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an international press conference in Jakarta on January 9 to review its work in the past time and announce diplomatic priorities for 2019.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on January 8 that traffic congestion in Jakarta and its nearby areas results in annual economic losses of nearly 4.7 billion USD.
Indonesian security forces discovered two separate items suspected as bombs that were aimed at two high-ranking Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials.
The Indonesian Government will double its disaster response budget to 15 trillion rupiah (1.06 billion USD) in 2019 after a series of major natural disasters devastated three regions of the vast archipelago last year.
A 5.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the Philippines’ southern province of Zamboanga del Norte on January 7.
The Indonesian economic growth in 2018 is estimated to reach 5.15 percent, falling short of the target of 5.4 percent set in the state budget.
Indonesia’s Lion Air announced on January 3 that the carrier had ended its search for the second black box voice recorder of its Boeing 737 Max jet which crashed into the Java Sea on October 29, killing all 189 people aboard.
Indonesia posted a state budget deficit of 259.9 trillion IDR, or 1.76 percent of the national gross domestic product (GDP), in 2018, the lowest in six years, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said.
Indonesian authorities on January 1 said that casualties of the deadly landslide triggered by heavy rain had mounted to at least 15, while dozens remained missing in western Indonesia.
Two people died, three were injured and at least 41 people went missing after a serious landslide struck a village in Sukabumi, West Java province of Indonesia.
