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Preserving Indonesia's mangroves to nurture blue carbon potential

The Indonesian government has set an ambitious target of restoring 600 thousand hectares of mangrove forests across the ...

Minister defends construction of Gresik smelter

Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia on Wednesday responded to protests surrounding the construction of Freeport ...

Poverty reduction not attainable solely through social aid: VP

Vice President Ma’ruf Amin believes that extreme poverty cannot be reduced merely by offering social ...

Report book on Widodo administration's achievements in Papua released

A report book documenting the commitment and achievements of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in accelerating regional ...

VP Amin attends XX Papua PON closing ceremony

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin attended the closing ceremony of the XX Papua National Sports Week (PON) at the Lukas ...

Manpower Ministry to continue efforts to reduce extreme poverty

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has said that her ministry will continue to push intervention measures to reduce the ...

PON Papua

VP Amin visits Papua to close PON, fulfil other agendas

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin and his entourage visited Papua Province on Friday following a series of ...

Amin expects indigenous people to benefit from Papua's development

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin called on the Papua and West Papua provincial governments to push for development, so ...

Amin sees extreme poverty rate dipping to 8% by 2024

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has expressed hope that the extreme poverty rate in Indonesia will decline to eight ...

VP asks Maluku to focus poverty alleviation programs on five districts

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has asked the Maluku provincial government to focus programs on eradicating extreme ...

PON Papua

PLN assures of electricity supply post PON

State electricity company PT PLN has assured it will supply 400 megawatts of electricity to Papua after the ...

Magnitude-5.3 earthquake strikes West Papua's Tambrauw

An earthquake of magnitude 5.3 jolted northeast of Tambrauw District in West Papua Province on Wednesday morning, ...

PON Papua

On a quest to em'power' Papua

Salmon Kareth, the 49-year-old manager of state electricity company PLN's Jayapura Customer Service Unit (UP3), ...

Regions with extreme poverty to receive two additional benefits: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin confirmed that two additional social benefits will be allocated to regions with cases of ...

PON Papua

PON XX Games torch exemplifies Papua-West Java unity

Anthropologist of Papua Enrico Yori Kondologit unexpectedly received a call from an official of the PON XX National ...