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COVID-19 will push up Indonesia's poverty rate: VP

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin has predicted the country's poverty rate would increase amid the COVID-19 ...

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Solace for those performing tarawih in solitude amid pandemic

After he has taken iftar, or the evening meal, which is eaten for breaking the Ramadhan fast, and he hears the nearby ...

Poverty still high in Indonesia: Ma'ruf Amin

Indonesia had been considered as a developed country, but the number of poor people and stunting was still high, Vice ...

Government stresses on curbing stunting to improve work force quality

The government has given due emphasis to efforts to reduce stunting in Indonesia under its program to boost the quality ...

Ma'ruf Amin chairs meeting on stunting, poverty eradication efforts

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin chaired a National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction’s ...

3.68 million in Central Java still in poverty

More than 3.68 million people in Central Java Province still live in poverty as of September 2019, the Central ...

Cigarettes contribute to the poverty line: BPS

Cigarettes have become one of the commodities that contributed greatly to the poverty line with a figure of 11.17 ...

Population of poor dropped 0.44 percent in 2019: BPS

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that the number of poor in September 2019 had totaled 24.79 million, ...

Nigeria studies Family Hope Program

The presence of a delegation from Nigeria to study the Family Hope Program (PKH) implemented by the government proves ...

2,550 houses of poor families in Aceh's Langsa city get renovated

The Langsa city administration has facilitated 2,550 houses of poor families to get renovated through the Public Works ...

Motortaxi drivers demonstrate before Malaysian Embassy

Hundreds of online motortaxi (ojek) drivers demonstrated peacefully before the Malaysian Embassy in South Jakarta, on ...

National Health Insurance covers over 222.5 million Indonesians

Some 222.5 million Indonesians are covered by National Health Insurance-Healthy Indonesia Cards, according to Dr. ...

APEC's goods trade tapers yet services trade picks up

Trade -- earlier the main driver of growth for the Pacific Rim region -- is slackening, and its moderation is having an ...

ACT distributes zakat al-fitr in Palestine, Syria

The philanthropic organization ACT (Fast Action Response) of South Sulawesi has delivered food for zakat al-fitr to ...

MK to decide judicial review on election law

The Constitutional Court (MK) will make its verdict on the judicial review of several articles in Law No. 7 of 2017 on ...