News - IDN
6 articles tagged IDN, newest first
2026-09-06
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│ Indonesia volcano eruption closes eight │
│ airports │
│ feature - The Washington Post - │
│ independent/independent [IDN] │
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│ Anak Krakatau eruption Sept 5-6 forced │
│ closure of Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta and │
│ seven other airports, stranding 170,000 │
│ passengers. │
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│ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0 │
│ 9/06/indonesia-volcano-airports-closed/ │
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2026-08-27
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│ Indonesia House panel endorses Destry │
│ Damayanti as central bank chief │
│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [IDN] │
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│ House Commission XI endorsed Destry │
│ Damayanti on Aug 27, the full plenary │
│ confirmed her Sept 1, and she was sworn in │
│ as permanent Bank Indonesia governor on │
│ Sept 2, closing the vacuum opened by │
│ Warjiyo's abrupt June resignation. The JCI │
│ rose 1.14% on the confirmation. Not │
│ restored to the pre-resignation level: a │
│ governor confirmed through a political │
│ process after a shock resignation leaves │
│ the institution more exposed than before. │
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│ https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/ │
│ indonesia-house-panel-endorses-destry-damay │
│ anti-central-bank-chief-lawmaker-says-2026- │
│ 08-27/ │
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2026-08-10
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│ Indonesia's President Nominates Central │
│ Bank Deputy as New Governor │
│ feature - The Diplomat - unknown/unknown │
│ [IDN] │
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│ Prabowo nominated sitting deputy governor │
│ and interim chief Destry Damayanti, a │
│ former Bank Mandiri chief economist, as │
│ permanent BI governor, filling top posts │
│ with career insiders; the rupiah │
│ strengthened to its best level since June │
│ 18 on the continuity read, while the │
│ institutional question the abrupt Warjiyo │
│ exit raised stays open. FX signal and │
│ independence signal booked separately; │
│ score held with confidence up. │
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│ https://thediplomat.com/2026/08/indonesias- │
│ president-nominates-central-bank-deputy-as- │
│ new-governor/ │
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2026-08-09
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│ Bank Indonesia needs more than a new │
│ governor │
│ large - East Asia Forum - unknown/unknown │
│ [IDN] │
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│ After Warjiyo's July 27 shock resignation, │
│ acting governor Destry Damayanti was │
│ formally submitted as the sole nominee (Aug │
│ 10) with the DPR fit-and-proper vote │
│ pending (possible recess delay; │
│ carry-forward); the rupiah steadied on the │
│ nomination. Insider continuity is the │
│ stabilizing read; held. │
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│ https://eastasiaforum.org/2026/08/09/bank-i │
│ ndonesia-needs-more-than-a-new-governor/ │
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2026-07-27
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│ Indonesia faces crucial choice after │
│ central bank chief's surprise resignation │
│ feature - Reuters - wire/independent [IDN] │
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│ Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo │
│ resigned without explanation July 27, weeks │
│ after aggressive tightening, with Senior │
│ Deputy Destry Damayanti named acting │
│ governor; Reuters frames the succession as │
│ a test of central-bank independence under │
│ Prabowo. Multiply corroborated (Reuters, │
│ Jakarta Post, Tempo, CNA): drove Indonesia │
│ monetary independence 5 to 3. │
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│ https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/indone │
│ sia-central-bank-governor-perry-warjiyo-sur │
│ prise-resignation-6280466 │
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2026-07-08
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│ Modi Notches Up Global Honors With Another │
│ Medal From Indonesia │
│ medium - Bloomberg - │
│ independent/independent [IND,IDN] │
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│ Modi's July 6-8 Indonesia visit produced 20 │
│ MOUs (incl. BrahMos cooperation) and │
│ Indonesia's top civilian honor, deepening │
│ SE Asia ties. India alliance_reliability │
│ held at 1 (partly offsetting US-deal │
│ friction). │
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│ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/202 │
│ 6-07-08/modi-notches-up-global-honors-with- │
│ another-medal-from-indonesia │
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