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President Jokowi visits Plaza Andalas to greet people

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited the Plaza Andalas shopping mall here on Tuesday evening to greet people. ...

Jakarta bay reclamation project has potential to widen social gap

The pros and cons related to the implementation of the Jakarta Bay reclamation project have continued to surface, ...

Jakarta Bay reclamation project might marginalize urban poor

The Jakarta Bay reclamation project has become controversial after a bribery case concerning the mega project came to ...

Biotech/GM crops planted on two billion hectares from 1996 to 2015

- Today, the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA) released its ...

Arfak mountain residents rely on herbal medicine

The people of Arfak Mountain District in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua have, since generations, relied ...

More signs of all-out war against drug abuse

The governments plan to upgrade the National Narcotics Agencys (BNNs) status is an indication of its all-out efforts ...

Government to Synergize Data on Poverty

Data on poverty is often confusing as it usually comes from various sources and different methods of data collection ...

Government to Synergize Data on Poverty

Data on poverty is often confusing as it usually comes from various sources and different methods of data collection ...

Rice imports to reinforce food resilience

On paper, Indonesias rice production is adequate to meet its domestic needs, yet uncertain climate conditions such as ...

Rice imports aimed at curbing poverty rate: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla defended rice imports from Pakistan and India, saying they are aimed at curbing poverty ...

Poverty rate rose in September 2015

The number of Indonesians living in poverty rose by 780 thousand to 28.51 million in September 2015, from 27.73 ...

Indonesia govt has disbursed 95 pct of village funds

In Indonesia, based on data at the Ministry of Home Affairs, there were 81,309 villages in 2013, consisting of 72,944 ...

Indonesia`s Gini ratio down to 0.408 in 2015: Bappenas

Indonesias income gap ratio, or the Gini ratio, has fallen from 0.413 in 2014 to 0.408 this year, according to an ...

Govt proposes life insurance aid for haze disaster victims

The government will propose a life insurance assistance for 1.2 million holders of Welfare Family Card (KKS) affected ...

Muhammadiyah holds Eid Al-Adha prayer on Wednesday

Muhammadiyah, the second-largest Indonesian Muslim organization, held the Eid Al-Adha prayer on Wednesday across ...