
News by Country: Indonesia
5 February 2021
· Indonesia and Malaysia to continue
cooperation on combatting palm oil discrimination (CNA, 5 February 2021)
· Indonesia plans cuts to COVID-19
incentives for health workers (Coconuts Jakarta, 4 February 2021)
· Taiwan mulls lifting ban on
Indonesian workers if needed (Focus Taiwan, 2 February 2021)
· Coronavirus kills 647 health
workers in Indonesia (Anadolu Agency, 28 January 2021)
· Small enterprises expect further
slowdown this year (The Jakarta Post, 23 January 2021)
· Indonesia, Malaysia eye joint campaign in Europe to counter palm
oil critics (The Jakarta Post, 19 January
2021)
· Indonesian health workers receive COVID-19 vaccination (AP News, 14 January 2021)
· Indonesia freezes export of workers to Taiwan, Japan
(Focus Taiwan, 9 January 2021)
· Economic outlook 2021: Beware of prolong recession (The
Jakarta Post, 5 January 2021)
· A year of crisis and setback for Indonesia’s economy
(East Asia Forum, 30 December 2020)
· 507 health workers in Indonesia have died of virus: COVID-19 (Xinhua,
29 December 2020)
· Health workers must stay alert to avoid infection
(The Jakarta Post, 29 December 2020)
· COVID-19, Job Creation Law remain major challenges for workers
in 2021: KSPI (The
Jakarta Post, 28 December 2020)
· Pandemic stalls Indonesia’s push to escape middle-income trap (Nikkei Asia, 23 December 2020)
· Employers to pay up to $3k more for new maids from Indonesia
(Straits Times, 18 December 2020)
· Taiwan extends ban on Indonesian workers, citing coronavirus
surge (Straits Times, 16 December 2020)
· 363 Indonesian medical workers die of COVID-19
(Xinhua, 15 December 2020)
· 342 medical workers have died of COVID-19
(The Jakarta Post, 7 December 2020)
· Treating Indonesian workers for COVID-19 could cost Taiwan
US$3.5 million (Taiwan
News, 7 December 2020)
· Indonesia: Omnibus Job Creation Law – Changes To Indonesian
Employment Laws (Mondaq,
4 December 2020)
· Indonesian workers face temporary ban
(Taipei Times, 1 December 2020)
· CECC freezes two more firms sending workers
(Taipei Times, 29 November 2020)
· Taiwan bans 2 Indonesian agencies from sending migrants due to
COVID-19 (Focus
Taiwan, 27 November 2020)
· Jokowi promotes omnibus law to global business leaders in
special WEF dialogue (The
Jakarta Post, 26 November 2020)
· Covid-19 could worsen income inequality for fiscally weak
countries in South-east Asia
(Business Times, 24 November 2020)
· Indonesia surpasses half a million corona virus cases (The Jakarta Post, 23 November 2020)
· COVID-19 has deepened Indonesia's gender inequality
(Jakarta Post, 19 November 2020)
· Tourism suffers Rp 100 trillion in losses from COVID-19
(Jakarta Post, 19 November 2020)
· Media labor unions needed more than ever in precarious times
(Jakarta Post, 14 November 2020)
· Minister readies Rp34.23 tln funding for COVID-19 vaccine
procurement (Antara
News, 13 November 2020)
· Taiwan will not pay Indonesian migrant workers' recruitment
costs (Focus Taiwan, 11 November 2020)
· Indonesia urges Asian countries to revive economies through
tourism (Antara News, 11 November 2020)
· Medical association records 282 healthcare worker deaths due to
COVID-19 (Jakarta Post, 11 November 2020)
· Workers Sent Home Without Pay as Indonesia Faces Recession
(Indonesia Expat, 7 November 2020)
· We don't have fixed income': Returning migrant workers in
Indonesia call for targeted aid (CNA,
6 November 2020)
· Unemployment surges to decade high as COVID-19 causes millions
to lose jobs (The Jakarta Post, 5 November
2020)
· Indonesia Falls Into Recession for First Time in 22 Years
(Benar News, 5 November 2020)
· West Java sees mass layoffs due to COVID-19
(The Jakarta Post, 3 November 2020)
· Jakarta raises minimum wages for some businesses (Bangkok
Post, 1 November 2020)
· Workers, students return to street for new jobs law protest
(Jakarta Post, 28 October 2020)