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Indonesia fights to prevent child marriage amid COVID-19 pandemic

Eni, a resident of West Nusa Tengga (NTB),  regretted that she allowed her 14-year-old daughter to marry last May ...

Papua exploring cooperation with Japan to develop human resources

The Papua provincial administration is exploring cooperation with the government of Japan's Fukuoka Prefecture to ...

Agriculture Ministry strives to sustain farmers' welfare

The Agriculture Ministry has continually increased food production to fulfill the people's requirements by ...

Aceh Besar targets 10-11 percent poverty rate reduction by 2022

Aceh Besar Regent Mawardi Ali outlined a target to lower the poverty rate by 10-11 percent by 2022. "We can ...

Imports see first double-digit growth since June 2020

Indonesia’s imports rose by 14.86 percent year on year to reach US$13.26 billion in February, 2021 — ...

Pandemic has bumped up Indonesia's unemployment rate: minister

The unemployment rate has risen significantly in Indonesia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Manpower Minister Ida Fauziah ...

Central Java governor asks government to reconsider rice imports

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has asked the central government to reconsider its plan to import 1 million tons ...

West Sumatra's exports reached US$212.08 million in January 2021

The value of West Sumatra's exports reached US$212.08 million in January 2021, or a decrease by 8.33 percent from ...

DPD speaker cautions of impact of COVID-19 on child poverty

Speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) A. A. LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti cautioned the government of ...

International flights not opened for foreign tourists yet: Hartarto

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has said Indonesia has still not opened all ...

Tourist arrivals in Jakarta plunge 94% in one month

The number of foreign tourists visiting Jakarta dived 94.3 percent to 1,244 in January, 2021 from 21,858 in December, ...

Key market boosting tourist arrivals to Indonesia under lockdown

A lockdown is still imposed on the main market pushing foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia, so the tourism sector had ...

World bodies project Indonesia's economic growth at 4.5%: President

Several world bodies, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and Organization for Economic ...

Jokowi highlights condition to surpass growth forecast in 2021

Indonesia's economic growth can surpass the global 2021 forecast of four to five percent if it were to unify and ...

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Social security program seeks to address poverty challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered a global economic crisis, is posing a real challenge to many countries, ...