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Halal certification expands gains for tourism villages: RI minister

Jakarta, June 4 -- Indonesia's Tourism Minister Widiyanti Putri Wardhana said halal certification for businesses in tourism villages can help expand economic benefits for local communities. "Halal ce... Read More


Trade Ministry prepares new regulations for natural resource exports

Jakarta, June 4 -- The Indonesian Trade Ministry has finalized three new ministerial regulations on the export reform for the country's strategic commodities, including crude palm oil (CPO), coal and ... Read More


Kalimantan plant shows promise as potent diabetes treatment

Jember, Jawa Timur, June 4 -- Researchers at the University of Jember (UNEJ) have found that Ampelocissus rubiginosa Lauterb, a wild plant endemic to Kalimantan Island, shows strong potential as an an... Read More


Indonesia, China exploring agri-research center cooperation in Salor

Jakarta, June 4 -- The Indonesian Ministry of Transmigration and the Chinese Embassy in Indonesia are exploring a partnership to develop an agricultural research center in the Salor Transmigration Are... Read More


Indonesia's BPOM backs safe nicotine therapy products for smokers

Jakarta, June 4 -- Indonesia's Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) has assured the safety of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) products after establishing regulatory standards, as part of efforts ... Read More


Indonesia's agencies tighten border checks against drugs

Jakarta, June 4 -- Indonesia's quarantine and narcotics agencies will integrate data systems and strengthen early detection at ports and airports to combat increasingly sophisticated drug-smuggling me... Read More


Indonesia expands probe into international wildlife smuggling

Jakarta, June 4 -- Indonesian authorities raided a wildlife storage facility near Jakarta and seized 11 protected green tree pythons as part of an expanding investigation into an international wildlif... Read More


Indonesia's export growth led by coffee, tobacco shipments

Jakarta, June 4 -- Indonesia's exports surged in April, driven by strong non-oil shipments of coffee, spices and tobacco products, as rising global demand helped offset weakness in energy exports and ... Read More


BI ramps up market intervention as rupiah hits Rp18,000 per US dollar

Jakarta, June 4 -- Bank Indonesia (BI) has ramped up its market interventions to defend the rupiah after the currency breached a historic critical threshold, tumbling to around Rp18,000 per US dollar ... Read More


Purbaya confident natural resources reform to help stabilizing rupiah

Jakarta, June 4 -- Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa voiced strong optimism that stricter enforcement of natural resource export proceeds (DHE SDA) will inject vital foreign exchange liquidity int... Read More