With the aim of sending a message about the world's worsening ocean plastics crisis, environmentalists in Indonesia have created a museum made entirely from plastics to convince people to rethink their habits and say no to single-use bags and bottles.
The Indonesian Government aims to eradicate extreme poverty by 2024 with a mix of additional spending on social assistance and spurring corporate social responsibility (CSR) outside Jakarta.
Indonesia's House of Representatives has approved the 2022 state budget bill, marking the beginning of the process of fiscal consolidation of the largest economy in Southeast Asia after nearly two years of heavy spending on COVID-19 response efforts.
Seven people have been killed and two houses collapsed following a landslide triggered by torrential rains on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, local authorities said on October 1.
The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) and the Singapore Coast Guard (SPCG) held an online meeting on September 28 to strengthen cooperation between law enforcement agencies of the two countries.
The Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) conducted the 26th edition of Exercise Eagle Indopura from September 13-21, according to the Singaporean Ministry of Defence.
Indonesia will continue to promote economic cooperation with Latin America and the Caribbean through the Indonesia-Latin America and Caribbean Business Forum (INA-LAC Business Forum) slated for October 14-15, according to an official of the Indonesian Foreign Ministry.
Indonesia has decided to buy back 1.16 billion USD worth of global bonds after launching a tender offer for a repurchase for the first time, below an amount it indicated last week, the Ministry of Finance said on September 21.
Indonesia has extended the public activity restriction policy, locally known as PPKM, in Java and Bali, which was previously set to end on September 20.
Indonesia may allow foreign tourists to travel to the resort island of Bali and other parts of the country by October, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has said.
Garuda Airlines - Indonesia's national flag carrier - is reported to plan to cut a large number of wide-body aircraft, while retaining dozens of narrow-body aircraft to focus on its low-cost subsidiary Citilinks.
Indonesia and the Philippines have received more COVID-19 vaccine aid via the COVAX Facility, while Thailand is confident in realising its goal of vaccinating 70 percent of the population.
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