Private pharmaceutical companies in Indonesia will be permitted to directly import Covid-19 vaccines to “balance the market”, the country’s health minster told parliament earlier this week.
Helen Brown
Indonesia’s daily economic life is underpinned by millions of small and medium enterprises that are found in the laneways, roadsides and retail streets of this busy nation. They account for 97 percent of the domestic workforce and 60 percent of national economic growth.
The people have spoken, awarding the ReelOzInd! 2021 Peoples’ Choice Award to Don’t Forget Us (La Tansouna).
Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES) executive director Jared Greenville says growth prospects for Indonesia’s food market are enormous.
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi reminded her ‘good friend’, Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, that Australia is a party to the ASEAN Treaty of Amity and Cooperation.
Indonesia will zero in on strengthening the global health architecture, among others, during its mid-pandemic G20 presidency, according to Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto.
Brothers Dion and Michael ended up in the hospitality industry almost by accident – if you can call a combined love for cooking and priceless family recipes an accident, that is.
November was a big month for Southeast Asia’s telecom industry. In addition to the potential merger between Thai telcos True and Dtac, Indonesia’s state-owned tower operator Mitratel debuted on the Indonesia Stock Exchange with a $1.3 billion IPO.
The startup will use the money to acquire PT Bank Jasa Jakarta (BJJ), an Indonesian bank, with the aim of growing its digital banking services into the nation.
Ben Husen, a journalist from Lhokseumawe in Indonesia’s ultraconservative Aceh Province, has a secret: he has yet to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Sistem kesehatan di Indonesia telah mengalami kemajuan signifikan dalam dua puluh tahun terakhir. Dari sisi keterjangkauan, jumlah peserta Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional kini telah mencapai lebih dari 82% dari total jumlah penduduk hanya dalam jangka tujuh tahun.
The controversy emerged after Greenpeace critiqued Indonesia’s deforestation policies and the criticism was said to be untrue.
Since Bali reopened its international airport on October 14 to fully vaccinated tourists from 19 countries, not a single international tourist has flown directly to the island on a commercial flight.
Indonesia’s home-grown, super-app giant Gojek has pledged to lead the country’s transition to electric vehicles, a key element in the nation’s plan to become a world leader in battery production.
Two senior Indonesian ministers have held a two-day tour of the nation’s outermost islands adjacent to the South China Sea, in a move seen as reaffirming outlying development and safeguarding borders.
In the face of the ecological disaster partly caused by throwing away nappies, an Australian couple is attempting to prompt change by working with a village near West Papua’s largest city.
