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Finance Ministry underscores three focuses to address COVID-19 impacts

Director General of Financing and Risk Management of the Finance Ministry Luky Alfriman drew special attention to the ...

Minister launches virtual showcase of Indonesian products in Singapore

Trade Minister Agus Suparmanto launched a virtual showcase of Indonesia's products through ...

Economist foresees potential economic rebound in Indonesia in mid-2021

Indonesia's economy could recover at the latest by mid-2021 owing to the discovery of the COVID-19 vaccine in early ...

The new normal brings in a new era but we can navigate through the path: a strong message given at the ASEAN 53rd Anniversary Online Symposium organized by AJC

On 20 August 2020, the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC) together with the ASEAN Committee in Tokyo (ACT), which consists of ...

Ensure a smooth food supply chain nationwide: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), in his state-of-the-nation address on Friday, highlighted the significance of ensuring ...

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Government links food security to national defense

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has cautioned that the COVID-19 pandemic is posing a serious threat to food ...

Villages can aid food self-sufficiency amid pandemic: minister

Indonesian villages have continued to produce food amid the COVID-19 pandemic and are therefore expected to serve as ...

Indonesians should exclusively use domestic products: Economist

A Medan State University (Unimed) economist believes that Indonesia can no longer overly rely on imports amid the ...

PUPR Ministry to remodel irrigation system in planned food estate

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry has decided to redesign the irrigation system in the planned Food ...

Indonesia challenged to achieve its mandated food security: economist

Indonesia has had the 2012 Food Law that mandates the country to possess a roadmap to achieve an overall food security; ...

Community compliance is a driving factor: DBS Bank researcher

Community compliance to health protocols will become a driving factor behind the socio-economic impacts arising from ...

President upbeat about social assistance boosting purchasing power

President Joko Widodo is optimistic that the government's social assistance programs would increase the ...

Government urged to increase social assistance budget, recipients

Center of Reform on Economics (CORE) Indonesia economist Muhammad Ishak Razak urged the government to increase the ...

Indef urges government to direct greater attention to COVID-19 control

The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) has called on the government to focus more on ...

Economist envisages 2020 tax revenue to touch Rp1,223.2 trillion

Research Coordinator at Danny Darussalam Tax Center (DDTC) Denny Vissaro has projected this year’s tax revenue to ...