Indonesia’s employers, workers still locked horns over 2023 minimum wage
Labor unions have called relentlessly for a minimum wage increase of around 13 per cent, as September’s fuel price hike had greatly impacted living costs.
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Indonesian firms cut staff, costs as global crisis hits home
Export-oriented industries are among the hardest hit, with many reporting sales plunging 30 to 50 per cent or even more, depending on their reliance on the overseas market.
Putin will not attend Group of 20 Summit in Bali
Experts said Putin's absence would hurt the summit, with no progress likely to be made on the Ukraine war and its global economic fallout.
Indonesia faces the music at UN human rights review
The countries conducting the review at the UN headquarters raised concerns about rights violations in Papua, citing reports of escalating violence.
Going heavy on metals: Jokowi vows to keep minerals at home
Jokowi said it is critical to building a “big ecosystem” of nickel downstreaming instead of only exporting raw materials.
Cautious COP27
In the face of a gloomy outlook next year, it is more critical now than ever that countries join hands to brace for the hardships.
COP27: Indonesia can lead the global ‘just’ climate transition
“Just transition” provides essential opportunities for a country like Indonesia, which faces an existential challenge from rising seas and other catastrophic effects of…
Two more drug companies have medicinal syrup licences revoked
Health authorities have so far reported 320 cases of acute kidney injuries – mostly in infants – with 195 fatalities since January.
Governments in Asean should embrace second-life plastic
If governments have been slow to roll out waste management systems, they should be looking at ways to support the dynamic commercial sector now doing it for them.
With syrup medicines banned, how are Indonesian parents treating their sick children?
With a number of syrup-based medicines now banned by the country, parents share their current, temporary solutions for their children’s light illnesses.