Tag Archives: Indonesia

Film Producer from Indonesia, Asun Mawardi starring and directed on his own action movie, #66.  Asun bring the character as an assassin who claimed to feature the martial arts abilities. “This is my first experience of starring in his own films. The film requires me a lot of fight scenes and …

Thursday, 10 November 2016 JAKARTA: Indonesia plans to sell electricity to Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore as the government is targeting greater profitability from several coal mine-mouth power plants that are anticipated to be completed soon in Sumatra. According to National Development Planning Board head, Bambang Brodjonegoro, the plan was feasible …

Tuesday, 13 September 2016 Indonesia is hosting the fourth Asian SME (small medium enterprise) Conference 2016, from Sept. 13 to 17 in Kota Kasablanka shopping mall in South Jakarta. Cooperatives and SMEs Minister Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga said the conference should facilitate SME players in strengthening their competence to face …

Saturday, 10 September 2016   US-based technology giant Apple intends to establish two research and development (R&D) centers in Indonesia within three years. It has not specified the locations, but one is expected to be in Java and another outside Java. Apple and the Indonesian government had been intensively discussing …

Saturday, 10 September 2016 American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) Indonesia is holding the fourth annual Investment Summit, which will gather executives from the US and Indonesia, ranging from ministers and top officials to global American companies and businesspeople. The investment summit—co-sponsored by AmCham Indonesia and the US Chamber of Commerce …

Saturday, 10 September 2016 In a sweet surprise coming from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, powerlifter Ni Nengah Widiasih snatched Indonesia’s first medal on Thursday, early Friday in Jakarta, in the 2016 Paralympic Games. Ni Nengah lifted 96 kilograms in the women’s -41 kg category to come out as the bronze …

Friday, 9 September 2016 After facing a sluggish market last year, three steel companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) enjoyed better financial performances in the first half of 2016, leading to stock price increases of more than 100 percent year-to-date. Krakatau Steel (KRAS), a state-owned enterprise and the …

Thursday, 8 September 2016   The Indonesian government and House of Representatives have agreed on the economic growth assumption for 2017 at 5.1 percent, the same figure as this year after being revised. During a hearing between the House’s Commission XI overseeing finance and banking affairs, Bank Indonesia (BI), the …

Thursday, 8 September 2016   Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE), a subsidiary of state-owned energy firm Pertamina operating in the upstream oil sector, has reached an oil production rate of 63,509 barrels per day (bpd), 103.6 percent of the lifting target for this year of 61,305 bpd. However, the achievement is …

Thursday, 8 September 2016   Indonesia Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati does not expect a trade surplus in 2017 on account of gloomy global economic conditions. The minister, who just arrived from the G20 Summit in China, said many countries were preparing for an efficiency phase. At the hearing, the Central Statistics …