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Indonesia's poverty rate to touch 11.5 percent amid COVID-19: VP

Indonesia's poverty rate would likely rise to 11.5 percent by 2020-end in the event of no significant flattening of ...

Jambi police dispatch food aid for COVID-affected households

Jambi police on Wednesday sent a team of personnel to distribute 48 tons of rice to poor households who have been ...

Jakarta police again hand out 15,000 staple food packages

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police again dispensed 15,000 staple food packages to community members in the metropolitan ...

Sulawesi's Family Hope Program recipients express gratitude to Jokowi

Recipients of the government's Family Hope Program (PKH) in Palopo, South Sulawesi Province, were thankful to ...

Police seize 159 kg of drugs, likely smuggled from China

Indonesia’s National Police and the Customs and Excise Directorate General of the Finance Ministry have seized ...

Bulog to distribute 900,000 tons rice to 10 million families

The State Logistics Agency (Bulog) is prepared to hand out 900 thousand tons of rice under the government's social ...

Indonesia challenged to achieve its mandated food security: economist

Indonesia has had the 2012 Food Law that mandates the country to possess a roadmap to achieve an overall food security; ...

Government aid packages distributed to Bangka's households

Bangka District Head Mulkan steered the distribution of 2,368 aid packages to households in 10 villages in Merawang ...

Government's aid packages distributed to retired soldiers in Bekasi

Social Affairs Minister Juliari Batubara disbursed the government's aid packages to households of retired ...

At the ASEAN Ministerial Meeting, the Minister of Social Affairs described 4 key steps to overcome the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the poor and vulnerable groups

- In the presence of the ASEAN Minister, Social Minister Juliari P. Batubara conveyed the government's important steps ...

President misses ritual handshake, photo opportunity with community

Indonesian President Joko Widodo yearns to again revert to the old ritual of shaking hands and taking photographs with ...

President's incentives for fishermen, farmers for food availability

President Joko Widodo has prepared four special incentives for farmers and fishermen to maintain the availability of ...

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Indonesia braces for extreme dry season amid COVID-19

As it battles the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia, which is currently entering the dry season, is bracing for a ...

Police seize 71 kg drugs from trucks carrying food supplies

Indonesia's national police thwarted a local drug syndicate's attempt to smuggle 71 kilograms of drugs from ...

President stresses on swift synchronization of aid recipient data

President Joko Widodo urged ministries to promptly synchronize data on recipients of the central government’s ...