Indonesia’s Parliament yesterday told the government to tax a wider range of plastic products than it had proposed, but held off on plans to levy sweet drinks and polluting vehicles.
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A spokesperson for Socar told Tech in Asia that the company is currently eyeing the Indonesian market.
Authorities in Indonesia have launched an investigation following the discovery of radioactive contamination in an empty lot in a housing complex near a nuclear research facility.
Australia is now the only country in the world with a permit to export feed grain to Indonesia after the ratification of a preferred trade agreement between the two countries earlier this week.
Economists state that economic relations between countries are a function of size & distance. Those with large economies gravitate toward each other, as do those in close proximity.
In late 2013, during a hearing convened by the local legislature of Indonesia’s Maluku province, a marine biologist named Abraham Khouw issued an ultimatum.
Australian policymakers need to include the island states of the western Indian Ocean in our Indo-Pacific strategy, even if only in a fuzzy way.
Indonesia will hold the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification this week despite a concern over the threat of COVID-19, the disease resulting from the novel coronavirus.
A surfeit of disinformation is hampering public health efforts to contain and counter the coronavirus disease before it turns into a fully-fledged global pandemic.
Three of 78 Indonesian crew members on board a cruise ship anchored off the coast of Japan’s Yokohama have tested positive for the coronavirus, Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said.
Much more than only trade and investment, the Indonesian President has grander ambitions for the two neighbours.
The government has confirmed that 362 Indonesians working as crew members aboard the MS Westerdam cruise ship docked in Cambodia are in a healthy condition.
“We owe it to God,” said Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto, a military doctor and radiologist whose expertise does not include pandemic viruses. “It’s because of our prayers.”
Indonesia’s nuclear authorities said on Monday (Feb 17) they would investigate the radioactive contamination of a patch of land in a housing complex outside Jakarta, and called for calm.
Amid competition concerns, local universities have urged the government to ensure a level playing field following a plan by Australia’s Monash University to establish a local campus.
Last week, Indonesia introduced legislation in parliament that would overhaul the country’s infamously inflexible labour laws that investors and experts say leave workers worse off.
