Indonesia

To reassure investors that their new wealth fund will not fall victim to corruption, Indonesia will need to come out of the shadows of neighboring Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal. In view of this, Isa Rachmatarwata, Director General of State Assets of the Finance Ministry shared that the Nusantara Investment Authority will take lessons from other sovereign wealth funds and follow a …

Despite the current issue facing, “Allahu Akbar” was heard through many supporters of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) chief Habib Rizieq Shihab while witnessing at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Detention Center. Few of the supporters who gathered at the Jakarta Metropolitan Police Headquarters with a pack of journalists not only supported screamed “Takbir” which means Allah is the greatest but also …

Islam Defenders Front chief Habib Rizieq Shihab shared that he would go to the headquarters of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police to answer the police’s summons on the alleged violation of the health protocol. Shihab, has recently lost six of his guards who were killed earlier this week. He cleared that he had never fled or gotten out of the legal …

The most anticipated COVID-19 vaccine finally arrived in Jakarta and it was immediately taken to the headquarters of the state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java, where it is now being kept under tight military and police guard. Indonesia has obtained 1.2 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine from Sinovac Biotech Ltd, a biopharmaceutical corporation headquartered in Beijing, …

The13th Bali Democracy Forum will concentrate on the challenges facing democratic countries in the Asia-Pacific region in the midst of COVID-19 in order to give way for ways to overcome the pandemic. The annual forum, initiated by Indonesia in 2008 aims to turn democracy into a strategic agenda in the Asia-Pacific region. The forum, led by Indonesia, has been facilitating …

There is a disturbing situation that happened recently and it was the six supporters of Indonesian Islamist cleric Rizieq Shihab who were killed in a shooting and this is raising fears since the clash in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country could reignite tensions between authorities and Islamist groups. Looking back, Mr Rizieq has informed the country to it’s plan for …

Indonesia doesn’t stop focusing on the WHO-initiated global COVAX vaccine facility for next year’s COVID-19 vaccine. Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi update this after receiving 1.2 million doses of Sinovac vaccine from China. The government was actually blessed by 1.2 million doses of the COVID-19 pandemic vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech recently as part of the first direct shipment batch from …

The coronavirus pandemic is one of the unprecedented times that the world has faced and it has delivered worst economic shock in decades by pushing governments to enforce lockdowns or laws of social distancing that have caused extensive economic harm. This year, It there were deep recessions caused by the pandemic that are expected to leave permanent scars over a …

President Joko Widodo is encouraged despite the country not having enough natural resources, Indonesia’s export market has its ability to stay at it’s potential to remain in being optimally explored by the other countries around the world. Previously, The President is convinced that there are variety of initiatives, including those undertaken by the state-owned bank PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia that …

In light of numerous cases happening around Indonesian maids across the world especially in Malaysia, The Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi urges the nation to look at the value of creating a secured migration passageway for Indonesian workers. In view of this, the request has made for the 2016 Memorandum of Understanding on the Placement and Security of Indonesian Domestic Workers …