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Indonesia launches 'Golden Visa' to lure foreign investors
Reuters, Published on 25/07/2024
» JAKARTA - Indonesia launched a long-term visa scheme on Thursday intended to attract foreign investors, President Joko Widodo said, with amounts of up to US$10 million giving them a 10-year visa and access to Southeast Asia's largest economy.
Indonesia regains upper-middle income rank on growth rebound
Reuters, Published on 03/07/2023
» A strong post-pandemic rebound has pushed Indonesia back into the upper-middle income band of countries, according to the World Bank, putting it back on track to pursue its high-income status goal.
Indonesia on value-adding crusade
Bloomberg News, Published on 25/02/2023
» The value of Indonesia’s nickel exports surged tenfold in five years after it forced buyers to set up refineries in the country. Now Southeast Asia’s biggest economy plans to use that blueprint to vault nto the ranks of higher-income economies by processing everything from copper to fish.
Indonesia and Malaysia agree to fight ‘discrimination’ against palm oil
Reuters, Published on 09/01/2023
» BOGOR, Indonesia: Indonesia and Malaysia, the world's biggest producers of palm oil, agreed on Monday to work together to fight "discrimination" against the commodity after a meeting between leaders from the countries.
Indonesia bans bauxite exports in latest protectionist move
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/12/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia will impose a ban on bauxite exports from the middle of next year, the country’s latest move aimed at boosting domestic processing of its mineral resources.
Jokowi readies G-20 deals to showcase Indonesia’s growing clout
Bloomberg, Published on 08/11/2022
» Indonesia is using the Group of 20 summit next week to power through deals ranging from infrastructure to carbon trading that spotlights its ambitions as a Southeast Asian economic powerhouse.
Indonesia weighs impact of tin export ban
Reuters, Published on 20/10/2022
» JAKARTA: Indonesia has yet to decide the timing of a possible ban on tin exports and is still making calculations about its impact, President Joko Widodo said on Thursday, as the country pushes to step up domestic processing.
Indonesia's China-funded rail project on track despite cost overrun
Reuters, Published on 13/10/2022
» TEGALLUAR, Indonesia: A high-speed railway project in Indonesia, part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, is on track for a 2023 launch despite ongoing negotiations between the two countries about the project being over-budget, officials said on Thursday.
Crisis to crisis: What Asia learned from the financial chaos of 1997
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/07/2022
» Twenty-five years ago this month marked the beginning of economic, political and financial market turmoil that would become known as the Asian Financial Crisis. Currencies and stock markets tumbled. Governments were overthrown. Poverty rates soared.
Indonesian farmers stage protests against palm oil export ban
Reuters, Published on 17/05/2022
» JAKARTA: Hundreds of Indonesian smallholder farmers on Tuesday staged a protest in the capital Jakarta and in other parts of the world's fourth most populous country, demanding the government end a palm oil export ban that has slashed their income.