The Indonesian and Australian armies on Friday agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation for developing their capabilities. The agreement was inked during a video conference between Indonesian Army Chief of Staff, General Dudung Abdurrachman, and Australian Chief of Army, Lieutenant General Rick Burr, on Friday. During the video conference, Abdurrachman expressed
The price of fermented food products made from soybean, namely tofu and tempe, will increase in Indonesia in the coming months due to soaring international soybean prices, the Trade Ministry has informed. “The global soybean supply is currently disrupted. There is a decline in soybean production in Brazil, which was
Bank Indonesia (BI) has increased the transaction limit for the Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard (QRIS) from Rp10 million to Rp20 million per transaction. “We have just decided to double the QRIS limit, from previously it was just increased to Rp.10 million, now it is Rp20 million per transaction,” BI
Riau police on Thursday incinerated 82.9 kg of crystal methamphetamine seized in four recent anti-drug raids. Before they were destroyed, the drugs were examined at the National Police’s forensic laboratory, Riau Police chief, Inspector General Mohammad Iqbal, informed. The arrested suspects had hidden the drugs in Chinese tea bags, he
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has reiterated Indonesia’s commitment to conserving up to 32.5 million hectares of the national marine area by 2030. “Our commitment is to achieve 32.5 million hectares of marine conservation area by 2030,” he said at the One Ocean Summit, which was broadcast via the Presidential Secretariat’s
Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is designing a solar-based smart dryer for producing herbal medicine raw ingredients, or simplicia. “Drying medicinal herbs is the main process for producing simplicia, which aims to reduce the herbs’ moisture content and extend the product’s shelf life,” an agroindustrial technology official at