Jakarta has endorsed the expansion of the East Asia Summit (EAS) by welcoming membership for the US and Russia in the 16-strong regional forum. The move marks a shift in Indonesia’s EAS policy, previously geared away from admitting new members. Officials previously said expanding the forum to include the two would risk turning the EAS [...]
Chief Economic Minister Hatta Rajasa said Indonesia is still considered conducive for investment by foreign investors. “Foreign investors still regard Indonesia as a conducive place for investment in portfolio, real sector as well as manufacturing. Our exports are also increasing,” he said after a coordination meeting on an upcoming Asean Summit in Hanoi here on [...]
Once considered a sport for only certain people, over the past five years diving has become the preferred leisure activity of many Indonesians. An increasing number of people, especially youngsters in urban areas, have been caught in the craze to get underwater and explore the natural beauty of Indonesia’s seas. Some of them may have [...]
The United Nations-World Tourism Organization (UN-WTO) has predicted that the tourism sector in Indonesia this year would grow by six percent. “According UN-WTO Secretary General Thaleb Rifai, the Indonesian tourism sector would grow by six percent or three points above the world`s tourism development,” Promotion of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Culture and Tourism, I Gde [...]
The University of Indonesia (UI) may be set up as a research center for climate change in the Asia Pacific region (UI-RCCC) focusing on scientific data to support policy makers in dealing with climate change. The final decision for the establishment of the center will be made within the next three months with researchers from [...]
Indonesia, the world`s biggest producer of the Eucheuma seaweed, plans to process the commodity at home, an official said here on Thursday. “In the future we must process it more or, if possible, totally at home,” the deputy for natural resource development technology of the Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT), Prof Dr Jana Anggardiredja [...]
US President Barack Obama postponed his planned visit to Indonesia until June 2010. Indonesian presidential spokesman Dino Patti Djalal confirmed here early on Friday morning that the White House had contacted him directly about the postponement. “The communications is not directly from President Obama to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono but from the White House to [...]
Indonesia, the world’s biggest exporter of thermal coal, expects to exceed production targets for this year by up to 8 percent due to a mild El Nino and dry weather that will help to optimize the extraction rate. Bambang Gatot Ariyono, director for coal and minerals utilization at the energy and mineral resources ministry, told [...]
Indonesia’s economy may expand from an estimated 5.3 percent to 5.5 percent in quarter one this year, supported by stronger investment and exports, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said. There is even a possibility that growth may expand above this estimate, she said Monday at the Directorate General of Taxation. “We may see from January [...]
The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has sent a two-member Water and Sanitation team to Haiti to help provide clean water supply in the earthquake-devastated country. Erza Adimenggala and Harliandi Mahardika left for Haiti last Tuesday (March 16) and will stay in Leogane, Haiti, for about a month. In Haiti, they will help clean water process [...]
