Indonesia’s national health insurance scheme (JKN), which covers 219 million active policy holders, is projected to record a 20 trillion rupiah (S$1.69 billion) deficit in 2024, raising the prospect that patients could face higher premiums.
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Several viral videos of Balinese performers wearing revealing outfits and dancing sensuously have forced the authorities to take action.
The remaining members of the Bali Nine could be set to return to Australia after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese lobbied the new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto for their release.
Mateus leads the Woe Dhiri Ke’o, one of several Indigenous communities in Rendubutowe, a rugged upland of Indonesia’s Flores Island, traversed by generations of farmers, herders and weavers.
There is more to the eye in the official photo and video of Indonesia President Prabowo on the phone to President-elect Trump. Australia misses the vital details.
Further bilateral cooperation on disability services is expected following the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) by the Australia-Indonesia Centre and the Indonesian National Commission for Disability (KND).
In June 2024, Australia launched its Landing Pad program in Indonesia to facilitate the expansion of Australian tech scaleups in Southeast Asia and help boost the region’s digital transformation.
On November 15, Indonesian state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia conducted the keel laying ceremony for the second Red White-class frigate in Surabaya City, East Java.
Nearly 10 million people have slipped out of Indonesia’s middle class since 2019, according to government statistics.
The 2024 Aquabike jetski World Championship made history by breaking the MURI record in the category of “The Most Hatak Sopisik Tortor Dance”.
Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy/Head of the Tourism and Creative Economy Agency (Menparekraf/Kabaparekraf) Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno invited business/health industry players from China, specifically traditional medicine, to invest in Indonesia.
Two prominent Australian livestock exporting companies have formed a joint venture to supply dairy cattle to Indonesia, in alignment with newly elected President Prabowo Subianto’s free milk for school students program.
The Indonesian government is conducting a study on the underground economy, which encompasses tax evasion and other illegal activities. According to Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, there is significant untapped potential for state revenue from these underground activities.
We often hear talk about the lives and living conditions of Indonesian migrant workers, many of them going to countries such as Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and states in the Middle East to find employment.
This study explores the outcomes of internal migration in Indonesia, specifically focusing on the intersecting themes of ethnicity, informality, and entrepreneurial migration.
Indonesia’s new President Prabowo Subianto posted a video of his phone call congratulating Donald Trump on his reelection, during which the former special forces commander referenced his American “training” and called the US-president elect “sir” multiple times.
