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This Week’s Headlines (Aug. 23 - 29, 2025)
Jakarta’s hospitality tax relief, Indonesia–South Korea halal collaboration, and scrapped benchmark price rules in coal and mineral sales are among This Week’s Headlines (Issue 176).  ... Read More
29 Aug 2025
Economy
International Cooperation
This Week's Headlines
Indonesian Delegation to Push for Climate Finance from Developed Countries at COP30
Deputy Minister of Environment Diaz Hendropriyono stated that Indonesia’s delegation will raise the issue of climate finance from developed countries for developing nations at the COP30 Climate Summit  ... Read More
28 Aug 2025
Business News
Financial
International Cooperation
US to Exempt Palm Oil, Cocoa and Rubber from Tariffs, Indonesia says
The United States has agreed to exempt Indonesian exports of palm oil, cocoa and rubber from a 19% tariff imposed earlier this month, Indonesia’s senior economic minister said on Tuesday, August 26.  ... Read More
27 Aug 2025
Business News
Commodities
International Cooperation
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Prabowo Forms Mineral Industry Agency to Advance Indonesia’s Rare Earth Development
President Prabowo Subianto has inaugurated Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Technology (Mendiktisaintek) Brian Yuliarto as the first Head of the Mineral Industry Agency at the Merdeka Palace  ... Read More
26 Aug 2025
Business News
Economy
This Week’s Headlines (Aug. 16 - 22, 2025)
Indonesia's QRIS in China, the government's shadow economy target. and strengthened German-Indonesian partnership are among This Week's Headlines (Issue 175) at Business Indonesia.  ... Read More
22 Aug 2025
Economy
Financial
International Cooperation
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Indonesia’s PSN to launch IDR 7.5 Trillion Nusantara 5 Satellite in September
PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN) is targeting the launch of the Nusantara 5 satellite in early September, with an estimated investment of IDR 7 trillion to IDR 7.5 trillion.  ... Read More
21 Aug 2025
Business News
Digitalization
Investment
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Bank Indonesia Cuts Benchmark Rate to 5% Amid Growth Support Measures
Bank Indonesia (BI) announced a surprise cut to its benchmark interest rate on Wednesday, lowering the 7-day reverse repurchase rate by 25 basis points to 5.00 percent.  ... Read More
20 Aug 2025
Economy
Financial
Pertamina Discovers New Gas in North Kalimantan, Near Malaysian Border
PT Pertamina Hulu Indonesia (PHI), through its subsidiary PT Pertamina EP (PEP) Tarakan, has recorded a new gas flow discovery from the Sembakung Deep (SBKD)-001 exploration well in the Sembakung Area  ... Read More
19 Aug 2025
Commodities
Energy
This Week’s Headlines (Aug. 9 - 15, 2025)
Crackdown of illegal resource exploitation and Indonesia's latest retail data are among This Week's Headlines (Issue 174) at Business Indonesia.  ... Read More
15 Aug 2025
Agribusiness
Commodities
Economy
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Luhut to Meet U.S. Trade Secretary in September Over Tariff Talks
Chairman of the National Economic Council (DEN) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan is set to meet U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick in September 2025 to advance ongoing sectoral tariff negotiations  ... Read More
14 Aug 2025
Business News
International Cooperation
Trade