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Indonesia hopes to earn US$10 billion from Iron and steel exports

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan (LBP) has said that the government has set a target of earning US$10 billion from iron and steel exports this ...

Minister highlight five movements to usher industrial transformation amid pandemic

Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita shed light on five movements for bringing about industrial transformation to address the evolving order in all sectors, including the manufacturing ...

Bio Farma upbeat about commencing Sinovac vaccine production in the first quarter of 2021

Indonesia's state-owned pharmaceutical holding, Bio Farma, is optimistic of starting production of the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinovac in the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, if the third phase of ...

Novel Baswedan: I have no expectations at all

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan spoke candidly of harboring no expectations from the verdict of the North Jakarta District Court on two police officers ...

Jokowi's plan to dissolve institutions is no gimmick: Law maker

President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi's) plan to dissolve 18 institutions and commissions clearly mirror the resentment of the head of state, who recently affirmed that it was no gimmick. Abdul ...

Police identify only 19 of 305 victims of pedophiliac Frans

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police, until Monday, identified only 19 of the 305 children sexually molested by French citizen, Francois Abello Camille (FAC), alias Frans (65), who died in hospital, ...

Dengue fever cases reach 71,633 until July 8

Indonesia's Health Ministry has recorded 71,633 cases of dengue fever in total across Indonesia as of July 8 this year. "We have noted that the provinces of West Java, Bali, East Java, ...

A scientist backs innovation of eucalyptus-based COVID-19 treatment

The Ministry of Agriculture's efforts to develop an eucalyptus-based COVID-19 treatment have won support from a scientist of Gadjah Mada University's (UGM's) Faculty of Pharmacy as the ...

President Jokowi highlights endeavors to get out of middle-income trap

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) shed light on varied efforts to lift Indonesia out of the middle income trap and become a high-income nation. At the Indonesian Rector Forum Conference, held ...

Bali: Seven doctors contract COVID-19, admitted to Udayana hospital

Seven doctors in Bali Province have been admitted to the Udayana University Hospital after testing positive for the novel coronavirus disease, the hospital’s director, Dewa Putu Gede Purwa ...