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Collection of monthly news, found 807 news.

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Active generosity should be reflected in anti-poverty efforts

Over 74 years after it gained independence, Indonesia continues to face the challenge of poverty inflicting several ...

Poverty remains major problem in Indonesia: ACT chief

Poverty remains a major problem in Indonesia and concrete efforts to solve it is by being generous, according to ...

Govt to help fishermen by granting seized fishing vessels

Marine Affairs and Fisheries Minister Edhy Prabowo echoed the government’s intent to grant seized fishing ...

President highlights need to streamline BPJS management

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has reaffirmed the need for the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) ...

Rupiah strengthens following release of low inflation data

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the United States (US) dollar in the Jakarta interbank market at the weekend ...

Fishermen conduct ocean cleanup to facilitate healthy crab harvesting

Central Java’s crab fishermen group recently conducted an ocean cleanup by removing three tons of plastic waste ...

BI projects October inflation at 0.08%

The monthly inflation rate in October 2019 will reach 0.08 percent, fueled by an increase in the prices of purebred ...

Electrification for 1,123 villages in Papua, West Papua

State-owned electricity firm PLN hope to supply electricity to 1,123 villages in Papua and West Papua Provinces by the ...

Indonesia's consumer price index contracts 0.27 percent in September

The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) deflated by 0.27 percent month-to-month (mtm) in September 2019, reversing the ...

Energy Minister resolves to electrify Indonesia 100 percent by 2020

Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan has outlined an ambitious target to achieve a milestone in the ...

Iraqi refugees again rally before UNHCR Jakarta office

Iraqi refugees again demonstrated before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Jakarta office, ...

Kalideres refugees may be 'homeless' after Aug 31

Thousands of refugees sheltered at a temporary camp in Kalideres, West Jakarta, might have no place to go when the ...

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Refugees stranded for years in Indonesia, feel neglected

Haydee Alnoori, 40, his wife, and five children, one Jakarta-born, demonstrated with Iraqi refugees, brandishing ...

Baswedan puts refugee care onus back on UNHCR, central government

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan has put the onus of refugee care back on the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

Refugees again rally in Medan asserting neglect by UNHCR

Refugees from different nations again demonstrated in front of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) ...