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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 ...

Intensive steps planned to overrcome poverty

The Indonesian government is planning to take labor intensive measures to develop retention basins and extend seed ...

NTT third poorest province of Indonesia

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) is the third poorest among the countrys 34 provinces with 22.61 percent or 1,159,840 of ...

Number of Indonesian poor reaches 28.5 million

The Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) said that the number of poor people in Indonesia in March 2015 stood at 28.59 ...

Cabinet reshuffle helps govt meet promises: President

President Joko Widodo defended the cabinet reshuffle that he had made on Wednesday, saying that it was the bridge for ...

2015 CGAP Photo Contest Now Open for Entries

WASHINGTON, June 24, 2015 (Antara/PRNewswire) -- As CGAP celebrates ten years of successfully highlighting ...

Climate factor causes rice price hikes: Observer

Agriculture observer Khudori said recent hikes in rice prices were mostly triggered by climate changes that caused a ...

Indonesian govt yet to settle many of its agendas: dpd - (d)

Indonesian Regional Representative Council (DPD) chairman Irman Gusman said the government has not yet settled many of ...

Jokowi leads cabinet meeting, focuses on infrastructure development

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo chaired an extended cabinet meeting on Monday, where he focused the ...

Indonesian minister hands over 6,800 fisherman cards

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Indroyono Soesilo handed over 6,800 fisherman cards to the representatives ...

Next Govt Expected to Continue Previous Economic Programs

The next government under Joko Widodo, who will be sworn in as Indonesias seventh president on Monday, is expected to ...

Jokowi ready to raise fuel prices

While a group of students in Malang, East Java, staged a protest against his plan, President-elect Joko Widodo said in ...

Mercedes-benz is not appropriate as operational vehicle: Bambang Widjojanto

Deputy Chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission Bambang Widjojanto assessed that the procurement of ...

Government successfully reduces poverty rate by 4.5 million: president

The government has been successful in reducing the poverty rate by some 4.5 million people over the last five years, ...