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Stimulus program addresses COVID-19-triggered unemployment: ministry

Manpower Ministry's Secretary General Anwar Sanusi stated that the government's stimulus program had ...

BPJAMSOSTEK seeks to increase MSME participation

The Workers Social Security Agency (BP JAMSOSTEK) is focusing on increasing participation from micro, small and medium ...

Local governments urged to verify aid recipients

Minister of Social Affairs, Tri Rismaharini, has urged local governments to verify data on recipients of social ...

Social Ministry distributes 200 million kg of rice to needy families

The Ministry of Social Affairs with the cooperation of the National Logistic Agency (Bulog) were distributing a total ...

National Nurse Union backs extension of PPKM

Indonesia's National Nurse Union (PPNI) supports the government's policy to extend Community Activity ...

Recycling industry processing just one-third of nation's waste: govt

The domestic recycling industry has the capacity to process just two million tons of plastic waste out of the 6.8 ...

Frequency of flights dipped 90% owing to mudik ban

Flight frequency at Indonesia's airports plunged by 90 percent after the ban on mudik (Eid al-Fitr exodus) on May ...

China's Macau repatriates 93 Indonesian migrant workers

At least 93 Indonesian migrant workers were repatriated by authorities in Macau, China through the Hong Kong ...

Women's role crucial in expediting economic recovery during pandemic

House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Puan Maharani has said that the role of women is central in speeding up health ...

PUPR Ministry should mobilize construction sector to leverage economy

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) to mobilize the national ...

Number of unemployed up 2.6 million due to pandemic: minister

The number of unemployed people in Indonesia has risen by 2.6 million to reach 9.7 million due to the COVID-19 ...

Law on job creation will benefit MSMEs: observer

Law Number 11 of 2020 on Job Creation will significantly benefit micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and ...

COVID-19 pandemic affected 29.12 million from working age population

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic had affected 29.12 million people from the working ...

Pandemic uncovered inequalities, environmental challenges: APEC Report

COVID-19 has brought persistent challenges of widening inequalities and environmental damage, yet to be addressed ...

Pension ecosystem reform encourages medium-, long-term growth

Deputy Minister of Finance Suahasil Nazara stressed on the need to reform the country’s pension ecosystem to make ...