
News by Country: Indonesia
8 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)
· Indonesia: Garuda terminates contracts of 700 workers amid low
demand; Covid-19 cases surges to almost 400,000 (The
Star, 27 October 2020)
· Job seekers finding competition tougher in pandemic
(Jakarta Post, 26 October 2020)
·
WB urges
digitalization of COVID-19 aid programs (The Jakarta Post, 23
October 2020)
·
Waves of
protests continue against jobs law (The Jakarta Post, 21
October 2021)
·
COVID-19
Vaccine Update: Indonesia to Provide Coronavirus Vaccine to 9.1 Million People
at First Phase Between November-December 2020 (Latestly,
20 October 2020)
·
Indonesia’s GDP to decline more than thought as virus
keeps spreading (The Jakarta Post, 14 October
2020)
·
Workers, students stage another round of protests
against Job Creation Law (The Jakarta Post, 12
October 2020)
·
Indonesia: 35 percent of workers laid off due to
COVID-19 (Saigon News, 10 October 2020)