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Minister stresses on vocational training to reap demographic bonus

Minister of Manpower, Ida Fauziyah, on Tuesday underlined the need for more vocational training to build a skilled ...

GoFood pivots to Cloud Kitchen for empowerment of culinary MSMEs

The proliferation of technological advancements has ushered in myriad changes that have simplified daily life, one of ...

ministers deliver social assistance to workers impacted by COVID-19

Minister of Manpower (Menaker) Ida Fauziyah and Minister of Social Affairs (Menos) Juliari P. Batubara distributed ...

President keeps close eye on current global economic growth

President Joko Widodo has been watching carefully the current world economic growth that is experiencing a sharp ...

Minister confirms 99,543 abroad-returned Indonesians over pandemic

A total of 99,543 Indonesians have returned home from abroad as of May 19, 2020, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

95,102 Indonesians have returned from abroad: minister

A total of 95,102 Indonesians have returned from abroad as of May 13, 2020 in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign ...

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Flexible work: The new normal after the pandemic ends?

It is evident that the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has changed many aspects of people's lives across the globe, ...

Nearly half of global workforce facing job loss: ILO

A continued sharp decline in working hours globally amid the COVID-19 outbreak implies 1.6 billion workers in the ...

Roll out economic stimulus to keep real sector moving: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged ministries to ensure that the economic stimulus package is optimally implemented ...

Gojek launches 12 driver partner welfare programs amid corona pandemic

Application-based technology service provider company, Gojek, launched 12 driver partner welfare programs to contribute ...

Slowdown to hurt household, MSME, corporate, financial sectors most

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati predicted the household, micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs), ...

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Economic stimulus, social safety get priority as slowdown looms

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, declared by the WHO as a pandemic, has wreaked havoc on the global economy ...

MPR seeks government's attention for groups prone to COVID-19

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Bambang Soesatyo has called on the government to focus on the basic ...

Government readies social assistance for informal workers

The government has come up with a scheme to offer social assistance to informal workers impacted by the coronavirus ...

Third stimulus package to focus on health sector, says minister

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has hinted that the third round of stimulus measures will focus on the health ...