Indonesia is beckoning international tourists with dual campaigns, aiming at 200,000 visitors from Thailand this year. Indonesia’s Tourism Ministry and Tourism & Culture Department are joining forces to promote the country as a prime destination in Asia and on the global map with a national campaign, Wonderful Indonesia, and a special campaign for the capital, […]
Read MorePTT Exploration and Production (PTTEP) said on Tuesday it was suspending investment in Indonesia after the Indonesian government filed a $2-billion lawsuit against the Thai state-owned energy firm for alleged damage from an oil spill eight years ago. PTTEP executives, however, said Indonesia remained a strategic priority as it seeks to invest up to $4 […]
Read More[JAKARTA] Indonesia’s annual economic growth picked up slightly in the first quarter, supported by higher prices for some of the nation’s export commodities, statistics bureau data showed on Friday. South-east Asia’s largest economy grew 5.01 per cent on an annual basis in January-March, data from the bureau showed, above the fourth quarter’s 4.94 per cent […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The government will establish more short sea shipping routes by roll on roll off (ro-ro) ships in ASEAN. Having successfully launched a shipping route between Davao (Philippines) and Bitung (North Sulawesi) on Sunday, the government will cooperate with Malaysia. “After this, we will open a ro-ro shipping route between Dumai [Riau Islands] […]
Read MoreJAKARTA (REUTERS) – Indonesia’s economy is expected to have grown slightly faster in the first quarter of 2017, thanks to improved exports, a Reuters poll showed. South-east Asia’s largest economy was seen expanding 5 per cent in the January-March period on an annual basis, according to the median forecast of 18 analysts in the poll. […]
Read MoreTEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Finance Minister Sri Mulyani said that inflation figure in April 2017 is a good achievement. The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) records inflation of 0.09 percent in April. Inflation of the calendar year was at 1.28 percent and year-on-year inflation was 4.17 percent. Last month, the BPS recorded deflation of 0.02 percent. Sri […]
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