by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 10, 2024 | Indonesia, Business, Economy, Investment, News, Society, Visions
The US$32 billion Nusantara Capital City (IKN) project has met with another delay, as key infrastructure remains incomplete just weeks before its planned inauguration in mid-August in East Kalimantan. President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo says that the issuance of a...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 8, 2024 | Indonesia, Investment, Singapore, Sports, Tourism, Travel
Indonesia aims to become a top golfing destination in the region as neighboring Singapore has been shutting courses. Singapore’s land crunch has led to the closure of many of its public golf courses, including the Marina Bay Golf Course, its last public 18-hole...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 6, 2024 | Education, Indonesia, Lifestyle, News, Reports, Society
Data from Statistics Indonesia (BPS) shows that only 36.4% of children across Indonesia attended pre-primary schools last year, a slight increase from 35.3% in 2022. This puts Indonesia far behind the regional average. UNICEF data suggests that in East and Southeast...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 4, 2024 | Economy, Indonesia, News, Society
Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy says that Indonesia’s poverty rate in March 2024 was the lowest on record in the last ten years. “Based on Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data, the poverty rate in Indonesia stood at...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jul 3, 2024 | Digitalization, Economy, Indonesia, Innovation, Investment, Korea, Manufacturing, News, Technology, Transportation
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) says that Indonesia is becoming a global player in the electric vehicle (EV) ecosystem after the inauguration of the South Korean battery and electric vehicle ecosystem in Indonesia at PT Hyundai LG Indonesia (HLI) Green Power...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Jun 29, 2024 | Economy, China, Indonesia, News, Trade
Indonesia will soon impose up to a 200-percent import tariff on Chinese goods to mitigate the effects of the ongoing trade war between China and the United States. Indonesia’s Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan says that the policy will take effect once the related...
