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EV promotes Indonesia's automotive industry: minister

STORY: EV promotes Indonesia's automotive industry: minister DATELINE: Aug. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:45 LOCATION: Jakarta CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jakarta city 2. various of electric cars 3. various of Jakarta city STORYLINE: Indonesia's automotive industry grew 9.66 percent in the second quarter of this year, compared to the same period of last year, thanks to the sales of electric vehicles (EV), the country's Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita said in a statement Wednesday. According to data from the Association of Indonesia Automotive Industries, EV sales in the Southeast Asia's largest economy had recorded an increasing trend throughout January to May 2023. Kartasasmita said that the automotive sector is able to provide significant foreign exchange through its achievements in exports. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jakarta. (XHTV)

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Indonesia-Japan friendship group leader meets Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Ginandjar Kartasasmita (L), chairman of the Indonesia-Japan Friendship Association, meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 20. Ginandjar conveyed an invitation to Abe from Indonesian President Yudhoyono to visit Indonesia.

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APEC meeting ends

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 13 - Four of the participants in the two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Auckland pose for a photo Sept. 13. From left, Tung Chee Hwa, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Indonesia's chief economics minister, who represented President Habibie at the summit, Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Japanese premier meets Indonesian minister

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi (R) meets with Ginandjar Kartasasmita (L), coordinating minister for economy, finance and industry of Indonesia, in Auckland on Sept. 12. Obuchi urged Ginandjar to accept an international peacekeeping force in East Timor.

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Miyazawa meets Ginandjar

Japan's Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (L) meets Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Indonesia's coordinating minister for economy, finance and industry, in Tokyo on Oct. 30. Ginandjar said he is sure his country's economy will hit the bottom in 1999 and begin to recover in 2000 in view of the recent stability of its currency and low inflation. Ginandjar, making a two-day visit to Japan, called on Tokyo to help Indonesia improve its infrastructure under a new plan to spend 30 billion dollars to support troubled Asian economies.

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Indonesia-Japan friendship group leader meets Abe

TOKYO, Japan - Ginandjar Kartasasmita (L), chairman of the Indonesia-Japan Friendship Association, meets with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo on Feb. 20. Ginandjar conveyed an invitation to Abe from Indonesian President Yudhoyono to visit Indonesia. (Kyodo)

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APEC meeting ends

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Sept. 13 - Four of the participants in the two-day summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Auckland pose for a photo Sept. 13. From left, Tung Chee Hwa, chief executive of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Indonesia's chief economics minister, who represented President Habibie at the summit, Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi, and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung.

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Yosano meets with Indonesia's coordinating minister

AUCKLAND, New Zealand - Japan's International Trade and Industry Minister Kaoru Yosano (L) and Ginandjar Kartasasmita (R), Indonesia's coordinating minister for economics, finance and industry, emerge with broad smiles from their talks at an Auckland hotel Sept. 8.

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Miyazawa meets Ginandjar

-- Japan's Finance Minister Kiichi Miyazawa (L) meets Ginandjar Kartasasmita, Indonesia's coordinating minister for economy, finance and industry, in Tokyo on Oct. 30. Ginandjar said he is sure his country's economy will hit the bottom in 1999 and begin to recover in 2000 in view of the recent stability of its currency and low inflation. Ginandjar, making a two-day visit to Japan, called on Tokyo to help Indonesia improve its infrastructure under a new plan to spend 30 billion dollars to support troubled Asian economies.