Day: December 19, 2022

Inflation, recession to hit the world simultaneously in 2023: OJK

The world will be concomitantly confronted with the rise in inflation rate and risk of recession in 2023, Chairman of the Financial Services Authority’s (OJK’s) Board of Commissioners Mahendra Siregar stated. In handling these issues, the government either has to raise the interest rate to reduce inflation or reduce the

44 mln expected to travel during Christmas, New Year holidays

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Monday said that 44 million people are expected to travel before and during the upcoming Christmas and New Year celebrations. During a closed meeting on preparations for the holidays here on Monday, the President asked all ministries and non-ministerial institutions to prepare policies and

Second home visa policy facilitates global investors: Ministry

The second home visa policy aims to facilitate the entry of international tourists, global talents, businessmen, and global investors to Indonesia, the Law and Human Rights Ministry stated. “Let us make an analogy. Immigration has developed a ‘toll road’ to facilitate the entry of international tourists, global talents, businessmen, and

Solo’s Manahan Stadium ready to host U-20 World Cup matches

The Surakarta City Government in Central Java has started to prepare the Manahan Stadium as one of the venues for the U-20 World Cup that will be held in May 2023. “Manahan Stadium is currently being used for the first round of League 1. Before the U-20 World Cup, we

Climate change will pose challenge to food security: UGM professor

Climate change will be one of the challenges to food security in the future, so it needs to be considered while preparing food policies, a professor at the Faculty of Agricultural Technology, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, said. “Climate conditions are increasingly difficult to predict and more extreme. Pest and disease

People must support COVID handling during holidays: spokesperson

The community must help control and tackle the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 during Christmas and New Year, according to the spokesperson for the COVID-19 Handling Task Force, Professor Wiku Adisasmito. “Everything depends on our efforts to control it. The collaboration between the community, police, and event organizers to