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Jokowi orders prompt distribution of social safety net allowance

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed that social safety net funds, amounting to Rp110 trillion, be immediately ...

Disbursal of COVID-19 social assistance to be right on target

President Joko Widodo emphasized that social assistance to overcome the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic should be ...

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Economic stimulus, social safety get priority as slowdown looms

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, declared by the WHO as a pandemic, has wreaked havoc on the global economy ...

32,192 Indonesian migrant workers return from COVID-19-hit nations

- as the chair of Task Force for Acceleration of COVID-19 Handling -- in handling Indonesian migrant workers, who were ...

Jokowi instructs ministries to apply social safety net program

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed relevant ministries and institutions to implement a social safety net ...

Jokowi leaves for Solo upon receiving news of mother's demise

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) flew to his hometown in Solo immediately after receiving news his mother Sujiatmi ...

Ministry ensures deported migrant workers from Malaysia healthy

The Social Affairs Ministry has made assurance of the 114 Indonesian migrant workers deported from Malaysia to Riau ...

Indonesia introduces large-scale social distancing measures

University of Indonesia (UI), March 13, 2020, announced migrating from face-to-face class meetings to the online-study ...

President holds cabinet meeting via video conference

President Joko Widodo held a meeting with 41 cabinet members via video conference to discuss speeding up of preventive ...

Social ministry applies COVID-19 preventative measures on its workers

The Social Affairs Ministry has begun intensifying its surveillance over the spread of the novel coronavirus disease ...

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Give us a chance, say people with disabilities

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and ...

188 Indonesians start their 14-day quarantine in Sebaru Kecil Island

The government began the coronavirus observation process for 188 Indonesian workers of World Dream cruise ship on ...

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Integrated teams to combat stunting, enhance human resources quality

The Joko Widodo administration has outlined a reduction in the stunting and poverty rates as among the key targets for ...

Indonesia evacuates 68 Indonesians from Japan's Yokohama City

The Indonesian Government dispatched an evacuation team to Yokohama, Japan, to repatriate 68 Indonesians employed as ...

Relief aid dispatched to Karawang and Subang flood victims

The West Java provincial social affairs office has sent relief aid to flood-affected areas in the districts of ...