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Indonesian government to purchase 10,000 tons of rubber from farmers

Indonesia's Public Works and Public Housing Ministry plans to purchase 10,000 tons of rubber from farmers for use ...

News Focus

Omnibus bill on job creation: game changer for whom?

When the House of Representatives’ legislation body started a hearing session on the omnibus bill on job ...

Central Java workers receive packages of essentials on May Day

Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo symbolically distributed packages of essentials to thousands of workers laid off ...

88,759 Indonesian migrant workers have returned home: minister

At least 88,759 Indonesian migrant workers have returned from countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong ...

36 medical workers suspected of coronavirus infection

As many as 36 medical workers from different hospitals in Kudus District, Central Java Province, have shown positive ...

Government upbeat about economic stimulus preventing layoffs

The Indonesian government is optimistic that the economic stimulus it has offered to the real sector would be able to ...

Labor-intensive program to help maintain rural economic growth

Expansion of the labor-intensive program is projected to compensate for the impact of economic slowdown in rural areas ...

Opinion

Stranded far from home: the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

*Hana Naufanita is a research intern at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies ...

Use of village funds prioritized for COVID-19 efforts: official

The Indonesian Government is prioritizing the use of village funds, allocated from state and regional budgets, for ...

Jokowi projects tourism boom in 2021

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has forecast the tourism industry to boom in 2021 after the 2019 novel coronavirus ...

COVID-19 estimated to cause 50-percent drop in tourism revenue

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Wishnutama Kusubandio has forecast a sharp 50 percent drop in foreign exchange ...

Ministry asked to launch labor-intensive program for tourism workers

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed the tourism and creative economy minister to launch a labor-intensive ...

Car sales fall as coronavirus outbreak cuts demand

The automotive sector has been among the worst affected by the coronavirus outbreak in Indonesia, with demand for motor ...

Member of Jakarta's mosque congregation tests positive for COVID-19

One of the 186 members of an Islamic congregation at Kebon Jeruk Mosque, Tamansari, West Jakarta, was found to be ...

Indonesian Govt to intensify labor-intensive infrastructure projects

The Indonesian government will intensify manpower-intensive infrastructure projects in different parts of Indonesia to ...