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Pandemic has bumped up Indonesia's unemployment rate: minister

The unemployment rate has risen significantly in Indonesia due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Manpower Minister Ida Fauziah ...

Investment, job opportunities key to economic growth : president

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said attracting investment and creating jobs would be key to driving ...

COVID-19 pandemic affected 29.12 million from working age population

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah revealed that the COVID-19 pandemic had affected 29.12 million people from the working ...

BPS lists three issues central to Golden Indonesia 2045 goal

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has highlighted three crucial issues that Indonesia needs to take into account to ...

Public involved in deliberation on Job Creation Law: Manpower Ministry

Members of the public, including employers and labor unions, were involved in the process of deliberation on the Job ...

Rupiah strengthens against dollar on forex reserve hike

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Monday evening on the back ...

Cash labor-intensive program absorbs 402,449 workers by Aug-end: govt

The Public Works and Housing Ministry claimed that 402,449 workers were employed through the cash labor-intensive (PKT) ...

IHSG expected to perform positively over positive regional markets

The Jakarta Composite Share Price Index (IHSG) can potentially strengthen early this week amid positive trend at the ...

Rupiah appreciates against US dollar over improving US manpower data

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market early this week in tandem with ...

Bappenas endorses budget planning to lower impacts of COVID-19

The Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (PPN/Bappenas) has encouraged local ...

Manpower minister projects over 5.23 million more to become unemployed

Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah has pegged the number of unemployed people in Indonesia to reach between 2.92 million ...

Open unemployment rate slides to 4.99% in Feb: BPS

Indonesia's open unemployment rate dropped to 4.99 percent in February, 2020 from 5.01 percent a year earlier, ...

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Laid-off workers to benefit from Pre-Employment Card Program

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has triggered massive layoffs globally, including Indonesia, hammering ...

Ministry projects COVID-19 to spike unemployment by five million

Unemployment in Indonesia is estimated to increase by five million over the economic pressure caused by the COVID-19 ...

Indonesia to steadily boost economic relations with South Africa

Indonesia will continually strive to intensify economic relations with South Africa in 2020, Indonesian Ambassador to ...