ASEAN Finance Government Jakarta Governor channels over 5 trillion Rupiah into social assistance programs following reports on insufficient budget Following the disclosure of the Jakarta administration’s incapability to distribute social assistance… 00318 May 2020
ASEAN Finance COVID-19: Bank of Indonesia responds to council's request to print money up to 600 trillion Rupiah to finance country's economic slowdown The Bank of Indonesia (BI) has responded to the People’s Representative Council’s… 00317 May 2020
ASEAN Education Home-based online learning in Indonesia: Dozens of students resort to climbing atop highest hill in Yogyakarta due to poor internet connection Dozens of students in Indonesia’s Gunung Kidul regency of Yogyakarta have to… 00316 May 2020
ASEAN COVID-19: Indonesian govt approves 500 foreign workers from China as the employers cannot find qualified workers The Indonesian Ministry of Manpower’s decision to approve the permit of 500… 00315 May 2020
Current Affairs COVID-19: Grab cuts of senior leaders’ pay up to 20% and may stop driver's extra financial help after 1 June Following the extension of the circuit breaker period until 1 June, Grab… 003130 April 2020
Comments Netizens puzzled over BCA’s new policy to ban exercising and dog walking within condominiums' common areas Residents who live in condominiums are not allowed to exercise or walk… 003129 April 2020
ASEAN Current Affairs COVID-19: Increasing number of undocumented Indonesian migrant workers returning from M'sia by illegal routes at sea 20 undocumented Indonesian migrant workers returning from Malaysia were caught illegal-border crossing… 003128 April 2020
ASEAN COVID-19: Indonesia releases 38,822 inmates, allows online visit and providing hygiene kits to protect the overcrowded prisons Following the early release granted to 38,822 inmates as of 20 April,… 003128 April 2020
Current Affairs Indonesian official potentially faces dismissal after claiming women can get pregnant by sharing a swimming pool with men Two months after an official of Indonesia’s Child Protection Commission (KPAI) claimed… 003124 April 2020
Comments Labour Netizens voice anger towards dorm manager who locked migrant workers inside a room to prevent the spread of COVID-19 Recent reports on 20 migrant workers who were locked inside their room… 003123 April 2020
