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Jokowi to reduce number of school drop-outs

Indonesian president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is determined to reduce the number of school drop-outs in the country, the ...

Social affairs minister targets non-cash assistance for 3 million families -

The Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa is targeting that as many as 3 million families will get non-cash ...

Minister says Family Hope Program reduces poverty

Indonesian Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa says the ministrys Family Hope Program (PKH), a ...

Difficult to restrict purchase of subsidized gas: Minister

Indonesias Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Ignatius Jonan, has admitted it was difficult to prevent ...

Delivery of energy subsidy should be on target: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the delivery of energy subsidy, including for fuel oil and the ...

BUMN leaders asked to take part in tax amnesty program

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati on Wednesday invited leaders of state companies (BUMNs) to persuade them to ...

Kupang appreciates scholarship offer from Australia`s Monash University

The city administration of Kupang appreciates scholarship offer from Australias Monash University for children of ...

Excise increase not in line with public aspiration: YLKI

The governments plan to increase excise on cigarettes by about 10.54 percent next year is not in line with the ...

Indonesian government withdrawing child workers

Very often, fighting poverty is a life long struggle for a poor family in any of the least developed countries or even ...

Cigarette price hike yet to be decided

The government is yet to take a decision on increasing the excise rate and sales price of cigarettes in the country as ...

Java, Bali may face power crisis in 2019: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is concerned that the islands of Java and Bali may face an electricity crisis in 2019 ...

Indonesian govt to lift subsidy for 18 million electricity subscribers

State-owned electricity company PLN confirmed that its verification of the firms subsidized household customers ...

Children make up 58 percent of victims of sexual abuses

The Indonesian Commission for Children Protection said children made up 58 percent of the victims of sexual abuses in ...

Richest 62 people own same as half world`s population: Oxfam

The wealthiest 62 people now own as much as half the worlds population, some 3.5 billion people, as the super-rich ...

Putting Out Forest Fires Crucial to Saving Lives

At least 307,360 people in six Indonesian provinces, from June 29 to October 5, 2015, sought medical treatment for ...