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The number of foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia in 2019 may fall short of the government’s target of 18 million after attracting only 13.62 million in January - October.

Indonesia will conduct a trial run on civil servants working from home, beginning with 1,000 staff of the National Development Planning Ministry on January 1, 2020.

Indonesia is striving to complete six refinery projects worth 60 billion USD of PT Pertamina in the next two years.

Indonesian coordinating minister for maritime and investment affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan said he expects investment in the energy sector excluding oil and gas to reach 63.6 billion USD by 2024.

The Indonesian government is mulling a plan to impose temporary additional duties on imports of textiles and textile products (TPT) as a safeguard measure to protect the domestic upstream industry from a recent surge in imports.

Indonesia and the Republic of Korea have signed a preliminary agreement on the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).

Indonesia's Lion Air is set to launch an initial public offering (IPO) in a listing that could reportedly raise up to 1 billion USD.

Indonesian people risk having their life expectancy shaved off by four years on average due to exposure to dangerous particulate matter caused by the haze from forest fires, according to the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Informatics said on September 20 that authorities are investigating a customer data leak at Lion Air, which reportedly affected millions of the carrier's customers.

Indonesia’s plan to relocate the capital city from Jakarta has received wide support from its citizens.

Indonesia’s new capital city will be modelled on Silicon Valley, a base for tech and creative companies, besides hosting the government apparatus, according to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.

The Indonesian government plans to gradually lower corporate income tax to attract more investment and boost the country’s cooling economic growth.​

The Indonesian Government has announced several tax incentives for oil and gas industry given the contracted exploitation in the country.

Indonesia-based telecom company Indosat Ooredoo plans to invest about 140 million USD to expand its nationwide 4G network coverage from 81 percent to 90 percent of the country’s 264 million population by the end of the year.

The public need not worry about a tsunami threat along Java’s southern coast if they take mitigation measures to minimise the impact of disasters, Indonesian agencies have said following rising concerns about the phenomenon.

Indonesia’s capital city of Jakarta, which was among the worst-polluted cities in Southeast Asia according to the World Health Organisation’s 2015-2016 data, plans to make artificial rain to reduce air pollution.

Indonesia’s poultry sector is stalling due to continuous falling of prices for the past 10 month.

In an effort to attract more foreign tourists, the Tourism Ministry of Indonesia is carrying out a tourism promotion campaign on buses in Russia’s two large cities of Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

The Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA) has applauded Indonesia for its move to block online cigarette advertising, as an attempt to protect young people from being exposed to tobacco, and urged other countries to follow suit.

Indonesia will focus on promoting e-commerce as a way to boost economic growth.