
News by Country: Indonesia
22 January 2021
· Bintan
Lagoon Resort to close down as Bintan tourism struggles amid Covid-19 outbreak (Straits
Times, 12 August 2020)
· Garment
workers seen losing up to $5.8b in wages during coronavirus (The
Jakarta Post, 11 August 2020)
· Government
expands wage subsidy to include 3 million furloughed, reduced pay workers
(The Jakarta Post, 11 August 2020)
· Govt
to expand social aid, incentives to boost household demand, economy (The
Jakarta Post, 7 August 2020)
· Indonesia's
coronavirus-hit economy shrinks for first time since 1999, by
sharper-than-expected 5.32% (Straits Times, 5
August 2020)
· Government
reopens migrant worker placement to boost economy amid pandemic (The
Jakarta Post, 2 August 2020)
· Doctors
and nurses dying as coronavirus cases surge in Indonesia (The Sydney
Morning Herald, 30 July 2020)
· Indonesia
pledges 6.85 bln USD corporate loans to offset pandemic risks (Xinhua Net,
27 July 2020)
· Asia
battles second wave of coronavirus with fresh lockdowns (The
Jakarta Post, 27 July 2020)
· Millions
of Indonesian migrant workers face hardship in Malaysia amid coronavirus
fallout (ABC News, 26 July 2020)
· Special
task force formed after nearly 100 journalists’ contract COVID-19 (The
Jakarta Post, 25 July 2020)
·
Civil society endowment fund: A call for collaboration (The Jakarta Post, 23 July 2020)
·
Indonesia records FDI decrease in second consecutive
quarter (The Jakarta Post, 23
July 2020)
·
No more lockdown please, Indonesians say as
coronavirus runs rampant (Straits Times, 22 July 2020)
·
With tourists gone, Bali workers return to farms and
fishing (Business Times, 21 July 2020)
·
Better governance needed for Indonesia’s COVID-19 job
stimulus programme (AEC News,
19 July 2020)
·
Businesses push for acceleration of omnibus bill
deliberations despite concerns (The Jakarta
Post, 17 July 2020)
·
Thousands stage rally against controversial bills
currently under deliberation (The Jakarta
Post, 16 July 2020)
·
400 Garuda Indonesia Employees Accept Early Retirement
Offer (Tempo, 15 July
2020)
·
Calls for Indonesian govt action after 14 doctors die
of Covid-19 in a week (Asia One, 15 July 2020)
·
Chinese nickel company promises to hire 5,000 locals
amid backlash (The Jakarta Post, 10 July 2020)
· New
COVID-19 test for Indonesian companies: How they treat their employees (The
Jakarta Post, 9 July 2020)
·
Turning scale to value is essential for companies in
Indonesia in post-pandemic world
(The Jakarta Post, 7 July 2020)
·
Furloughed Indonesian tourism workers hired to clean
beaches (Eco-Business, 6
July 2020)
·
How the COVID-19 pandemic will leave more young people
unemployed in Indonesia (The Jakarta Post, 5 July 2020)
· Lion
Air Group lays off 2,600 contract workers as flight traffic nosedives (The
Jakarta Post, 3 July 2020)
· Indonesia
now upper middle-income country, World Bank says (The
Jakarta Post, 2 July 2020)
· Alarm
in Indonesia over high number of Covid-related deaths among children (The
Telegraph, 29 June 2020)
· Commentary:
Indonesia is reopening for business even with record high COVID-19 infections (CNA, 28
June 2020)
· Jokowi
threatens to reshuffle cabinet over Covid-19 response (Free
Malaysia Today, 28 June 2020)
·
Millions of migrant workers head home due to virus
(The Jakarta Post, 25 June 2020)
·
Grab contributes Rp 77.4 trillion to Indonesian
economy (The Jakarta Post, 25 June 2020)
·
‘Crisis like no other’ will shrink Indonesia’s
economy, IMF forecasts (The Jakarta Post, 25 June 2020)
· Indonesia
warns unemployment could hit decade-high due to coronavirus pandemic
(Straits Times, 23 June 2020)
· Courier
companies raise more revenue, hire new workers amid pandemic (The
Jakarta Post, 22 June 2020)
· Australian
Covid-19 aid for Indonesia (New Straits Times, 18
June 2020)
· Grab
lays off 360 employees, cites pandemic (The
Jakarta Post, 17 June 2020)
· Trade
data point to severe economic contraction in Q2: Economists (The
Jakarta Post, 16 June 2020)