Indonesia to boost 2021 COVID-19 recovery budget to $44 bln -finmin

Indonesia will expand its COVID-19 recovery budget this year from earlier targets to 619 trillion rupiah ($44.20 billion) to provide better support for the health sector as well as to help businesses, ...

Indonesia parliament passes President Joko Widodo's $185 bln 2021 budget

Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday approved President Joko Widodo's $185 billion budget for 2021, which his finance minister described as both supportive for Southeast Asia's largest economy and also ...

Indonesia must retain belief in FIFA World Cup dream despite agonising loss to Saudi Arabia

Despite an agonising loss to Saudi Arabia, Indonesia should not be giving up on their World Cup dream just yet.
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Rescuers turn to heavy machinery as hope fades of finding survivors of Indonesia school collapse

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescue authorities made the tough decision on Thursday to start using heavy machinery to move large sections of a collapsed school, with no more signs of life ...
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Indonesian rescuers race to find dozens of students in rubble of collapsed school

SIDOARJO, Indonesia (AP) — Rescue workers continued to search on Wednesday for dozens of missing students suspected of still being buried under the rubble of a collapsed school in the province of East ...