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COVID-19 rise could worsen national economy: President

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked stock market players to remain alert as a rise in the COVID-19 ...

Hope Papua can emulate success of Tokyo

Despite pressures from various public organisations to cancel the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, scheduled for ...

Impacts of climate change, COVID-19 projected to be same: Indrawati

Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are projected to have the same impacts and put the same amount of pressures on ...

Indonesia's budget deficit reaches 1.72% of GDP in first half: govt

Indonesia’s state budget recorded a deficit of 1.72 percent of the GDP (gross domestic product), or 283.2 ...

Handling pandemic need same frequency across institutions, governments

Indonesian President Joko Widodo reminded all parties that handling the pandemic necessitated the same frequency across ...

Policy must be applied precisely in extraordinary scenario: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) drew attention to the importance of quickly and precisely applying every policy, as the ...

ASEAN, ICRC stress on building adaptability in face of disasters

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have ...

BI governor projects 39-percent rise in digital transactions in 2021

Indonesia's digital transactions are estimated to rise nearly 39 percent in 2021 to reach Rp370 trillion amid ...

Indonesia's economy to return to 5% growth in 2022: ADB

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that the Indonesian economy will return to high growth, last seen in the ...

APEC lays basis for sustainable fiscal management to drive recovery

Finance and central bank deputies from 21 APEC member economies are laying the groundwork for sustainable fiscal ...

Online violence against women up amid pandemic: minister

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati, has said cases of online ...

Industry Ministry maps nine challenges for industry

The Industry Ministry has mapped nine challenges for the country's industry and increased coordination with ...

BPS signals improving purchase power

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has indicated that the people's purchasing power has begun to improve, citing ...

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Mandate for new Medan mayor: Make city livable

Voters in 23 districts and cities in North Sumatra province cast their ballot for this year's simultaneous regional ...

Economic recovery challenging for government in Q4-2020 and 2021

The government is faced with the challenge of bringing about full economic recovery amid pressures from the COVID-19 ...