Bali puts entire village on lockdown after hundreds tested in Bangli regency
JAKARTA, May 4, 2020, The Jakarta Post. The Bali administration has made the decision to…
Indonesia
Indonesia is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. It is an economy with a population of 261 million people. When it co-founded APEC in 1989, Indonesia’s real GDP was USD 288 billion, and its real per capita GDP was USD 1,600. By 2016, its real GDP more than tripled at USD 1 trillion, while its per capita GDP more than doubled at USD 4,000.
India’s coronavirus lockdown curbs buffalo meat exports, hitting Ramadan supplies
KUALA LUMPUR/MUMBAI, May 3, 2020, Reuters. For more than a decade Kuala Lumpur street vendor…
Indonesia repatriates nearly 70,000 migrant workers from Malaysia
JAKARTA, May 2, 2020, Jakarta Globe. People’s Consultative Assembly Speaker Bambang Soesatyo has asked the…
Authorities beef up security at border checkpoints due eases the movement control in Malaysia from May 4
KUALA LUMPUR, May 2, 2020, Bernama. Tight border control is a key measure necessary to…
Indonesia struggles to stem layoffs
JAKARTA, May 2, 2020, NST. About a third or around 15,000 from about 40,000 manufacturing…
Indonesia prevents dengue, malaria to avoid double health burden amid corona
JAKARTA, May 1, 2020, ANTARA. As Indonesia battles the novel coronavirus disease, another health threat…
Indonesia rallies to keep Covid-19 vaccines, drugs affordable
JAKARTA, May 1, 2020, The Jakarta Post. As countries and private institutions rush to produce…
Tight control of movement in the main towns near the Papua New Guinea’s border with Indonesia
PORT MORESBY, Apr 30, 2020, RNZ. Measures against the spread of covid-19 have changed the…
Indonesia enhances health protocols at borders amid mass return of workers from abroad
JAKARTA, Apr 30, 2020, The Straits Times. Indonesia is ramping up health protocols at key…
Jakarta to give away masks for free
JAKARTA, Apr 30, 2020, Jakarta Globe. Jakarta plans to give away two cloth face masks…
‘Focus on Covid-19 at home’: China’s army spokesperson while US warships are near the South China Sea
BEIJING, Apr 29, 2020, Hindustan Times. China scrambled aircraft and sortied ships to track and…
Jakarta would see its peak of coronavirus cases in mid-May, movement restrictions may eased starting from July: Experts
JAKARTA, Apr 29, 2020, The Jakarta Post. The government has claimed that Jakarta, the country’s…