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Active generosity should be reflected in anti-poverty efforts

Over 74 years after it gained independence, Indonesia continues to face the challenge of poverty inflicting several ...

Poverty remains major problem in Indonesia: ACT chief

Poverty remains a major problem in Indonesia and concrete efforts to solve it is by being generous, according to ...

Jokowi confirms Rp115-trillion government spending on BPJS health

The government had spent Rp115 trillion on Indonesian healthcare insurance BPJS Health until 2018, according to ...

WB points to learning poverty afflicting one-third Indonesian children

Over one-third of the children in Indonesia experience learning poverty, or are incapable of reading and comprehending ...

President highlights need to streamline BPJS management

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has reaffirmed the need for the Healthcare and Social Security Agency (BPJS Kesehatan) ...

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Meet "Si Pitung": Betawi's revered bandit, loathed by the rich

In the mid-19th Century, bordering Batavia, Jakarta’s old city under Dutch colonial government, the powerless, ...

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Indonesia prioritizes fight for healthy golden generation

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has made the health and development of Indonesia’s human resources, especially ...

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 ...

Coordinating Minister to form task force to deal with stunting

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Muhadjir Effendy has said that his office will set up a special ...

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Air pollution issues still shroud South-East Asian countries

Despite being home to an abundance of rich natural resources, poor air quality and vast environmental degradation ...

28 countries to participate in World Zakat Forum in Bandung

Some 300 zakat (alms) managers from 28 nations will attend an international conference of the World Zakat Forum (WZF) ...

Selfie-taking Belarus tourist reportedly falls off Bali cliff

A local police chief confirmed that Belarus tourist Siarhei Barbushyn reportedly lost balance and fell off the Tanjung ...

Researcher hints at gender bias, lesser female ministers in cabinet

The lesser representation of women ministers in Jokowi’s second-term administration’s Indonesia Moving ...

Legal aid office under Molotov cocktail attack by unidentified person

An unidentified person flung a Molotov cocktail at the Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) office in the North Sumatra ...

Indonesia's KIS program barometer for world's social security program

The National Health Insurance and Healthy Indonesia Card (JKN-KIS) program has become a barometer for the world's ...