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Expanding middle class can help Indonesia grow faster

Expanding the middle class can help Indonesia grow faster and share prosperity more broadly across the population, ...

Almost 35 percent informal sector workers have no health insurance

Almost 35 percent of the 1,800 household heads employed in the informal sector in Indonesia's six provinces have no ...

Social affairs ministry assists South Solok's flash flood victims

The Social Affairs Ministry has distributed the emergency aid packages worth Rp1.6 billion to assist residents of South ...

Indonesia, Romania hold discussions on cooperation in worker placement

Indonesia and Romania further discussed opportunities for cooperation in the placement of workers with specific skills, ...

Wamena riot survivors ail from diarrhea, fever, skin itchiness

Several survivors of the recent deadly rioting in Wamena currently accommodated in temporary shelters are ailing from ...

Indonesia hosts Foreign Policy and Global Health Forum

The government has been preparing for Indonesia to host the Foreign Policy and Global Health (FPGH) Forum next ...

Sri Mulyani recalls six prerequisites to emerging as developed nation

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati drew attention to six prerequisites that can serve as a foundation for Indonesia ...

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Quality human resources will make Indonesia developed nation

At the beginning of the first term of his presidency in 2014, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had expressed his ambition to ...

2020 State budget deficit to be Rp307.2 trillion

The Indonesian government will maintain the 2020 state budget deficit at Rp307.2 trillion or 1.76 percent of the Gross ...

Ministry channels Rp3.7 billion for Nduga conflict victims

The Ministry of Social Affairs has dispatched aid worth Rp3.7 billion for victims of the Nduga conflict in Papua in the ...

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Improving human resources to respond to global challenges

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), who has been reelected for the 2019-2024 period, is set to focus on the development of ...

Bappenas highlights key challenges faced in human resource development

Minister of National Development Planning and Chief of the National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) Bambang ...

54,789 earthquake victims lives in 15 shelters

More than 54,789 victims in South Halmahera District, North Maluku, are still living in 15 shelters following a ...

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Indonesia provides safe haven for refugees

Dozens of refugees from Afghanistan and other countries thronged a street in front of Ravindo Building at Jalan Kebon ...

Social Affairs Ministry allocates Rp267 million for refugees

The Ministry of Social Affairs has allocated Rp267 million as assistance to refugees who occupy a former building of ...