Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia deemed the energy crisis that hit several countries in Europe and China as an opportunity to boost investment into Indonesia. At a press conference in Jakarta on Wednesday, the minister affirmed that the energy crisis had pushed up electricity prices in these countries, so it would
The COVID-19 vaccination coverage in Sleman district in the Special Region of Yogyakarta province has crossed 80 percent, meeting the requirement for herd immunity, the district’s Health Service has informed. “Sleman district had exceeded the vaccination target of more than 80 percent coverage. We were able to form herd immunity.
Education, Culture, Research, and Innovation Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim spoke of having encouraged to make traditional music popular to garner the love of the general public while visiting the Lake Toba Traditional Music Festival (FMTI). “Honestly, I always think about how to make traditional music popular and be loved by
The University of Indonesia (UI) has said it has entered into a collaboration with Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), to instill moral and national values in the country’s young generation. UI Rector Ari Kuncoro and NU chairman Said Aqil Siradj inked a memorandum of understanding to this effect
Indonesia and Sweden have agreed to cooperate and develop a road map for blue economy as a new source of economic growth. Indonesian Minister of National Development Planning and Head of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Suharso Monoarfa, Swedish Minister of Infrastructure, Thomas Eneroth, and Swedish Environment Minister/Deputy Prime Minister,
Indonesia’s criminal justice system still gravitates toward punitive action, penalizing wrongdoers in order to punish them, Secretary of the National Legal Guidance Agency (BPHN) at the Law and Human Rights Ministry Audy Murfi stated. “This punitive criminal justice system is mirrored through prison overcapacity that has reached up to 103