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President asks National Scout Movement to promote discipline, caring

President Joko Widodo has asked all members of the National Scout Movement to lead two national movements to help ...

Ministry urges SMEs to adapt, innovate to survive COVID-19

The Ministry of Cooperatives and Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has urged MSME players to adapt their businesses and ...

Govt accelerates absorption of budget to boost economy

The Indonesian government is making efforts to accelerate the absorption of the budget prepared by it, including the ...

COVID-19 a reminder of importance of knowledge, technology: President

President Joko Widodo on Wednesday said the coronavirus pandemic has reminded the nation and the state of the ...

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A tale of Indonesian soldiers' care for boosting Papuans' literacy

owned school. The students and teachers warmly welcome t‏hese voluntary teachers. Edowardus Burman Tenjap, a ...

Nazara endorses digital transformation amid arising COVID-19 challenge

Deputy Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara has encouraged digital transformation since the emergence of the coronavirus ...

Indonesian soldiers run library to boost Papuan students' literacy

The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border Security Task Force from the 125/Simbisa Infantry Battalion demonstrated its care ...

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Indigenous vaccine in the making

The world is racing against time for developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has ...

Monthly 15-kg rice assistance allotted to 10 million PKH beneficiaries

Some 10 million beneficiaries of the Family Hope Program (PKH) will receive the government's social aid of 15 ...

Indonesian economy to contract 0.49 percent this year: minister

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, Airlangga Hartarto, has predicted the Indonesian economy will contract 0.49 ...

Two Afghan refugees leave Indonesia after waiting 6 years for asylum

Two Afghan refugees, Asadullah Haidari (39) and Murtaza (22), who had been waiting for six years for an asylum from a ...

COVID-19 threatens to push aviation industry into bankruptcy: minister

Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi has said the COVID-19 pandemic is threatening to push the aviation ...

Bio Farma ensures Indonesians given priority in vaccine distribution

PT Bio Farma Director Honesti Basyir has made assurance that Indonesians will be prioritized during the distribution of ...

COVID-19 vaccine to be registered after clinical trials conclude

The COVID-19 vaccine from Sinovac will be registered with the Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) on ...

Indonesian economy in better shape than other countries: minister

Despite contracting 5.32 percent year-on-year (yoy) in the second quarter of 2020, the Indonesian economy is still in a ...