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Jokowi urges ministries to accelerate budget realization

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged ministries and institutions to accelerate budget realization to be able to ...

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 ...

Indonesia yet undecided on repatriating ex-foreign ISIS fighters

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) hinted at uncertainty over repatriation of some 600 ex-members of the legion of foreign ...

Aceh government transfers Rp50-million aid for its students in Wuhan

The Aceh provincial government has again transferred Rp50 million to meet the basic requirements of 12 Acehnese ...

Government considers impact of Indonesian FTF repatriation

The government took into account the impact on social and legal issues, as well as investment, before repatriating ...

Families of flood victims in Banten receive compensation

The Ministry of Social Affairs has handed over compensation to the families of 11 people who died in the flash floods ...

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, ...

Plea to revert Puncak as water catchment area

Chief of the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission VIII Yandri Susanto has urged the government to revert the ...

President wants prevention of violence against children prioritized

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed relevant ministries and non-ministerial government institutions to ...

Environmental impact assessment is critical: expert

Prof. Dr Eng. Suprihatin, an environmental expert at the Bogor Institute of Agriculture (IPB), highlighted the ...

Whirlwind wrecks 1,240 houses in South Sulawesi's Sidrap District

A whirlwind ravaged 1,240 houses in Sidenreng Rappang (Sidrap) District, South Sulawesi Province, and afflicted ...

Jokowi visits flash flood victims in West Java's Bogor District

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited flash flood and landslide victims in Sukajaya Sub-district, Bogor District, West ...

Death toll climbs to 46 in early 2020 floods, landslides

Death toll in the greater Jakarta and Banten floods and landslides increased, from 43 to 46, while 173,064 sought ...

Central Java sends aid packages to Banten, Jakarta, West Java

The Central Java provincial government shows sympathy for the victims of flash floods and landslides in Banten, ...

Ministry dispatches aid packages to schools reeling from floods

The Education and Culture Ministry has sent aid packages for schools in Greater Jakarta ravaged by floods. The ...