Day: June 25, 2021

Air Force Chief witnesses Indonesian-US joint exercise

Pekanbaru, Riau (ANTARA) – Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Fadjar Prasetyo witnessed a joint exercise between the Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) and US Pacific Air Force (PACAF), code-named Cope West 2021, at Roesmin Nurjadin Airbase, Pekanbaru, Riau. “In the coming years, the exercise Cope West is expected to

APEC looks to partnerships to back business recovery

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Finance ministers and business leaders from APEC member economies convened virtually, Friday, to deliberate on the ongoing responses for businesses as well as policies that economies can focus on to help businesses recover during pandemic. New Zealand Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson hosted

Indonesia committed to supporting three employment issues at G20 forum

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Manpower Ministry’s Secretary General, Anwar Sanusi, echoed Indonesia’s commitment to supporting three priority employment issues at the G20 Labor and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (G20-LEMM) forum in Catania. “The three G20 employment priority issues are very important, as they reflect the current factual conditions of employment as well

Policy must be applied precisely in extraordinary scenario: Jokowi

Jakarta (ANTARA) – President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) drew attention to the importance of quickly and precisely applying every policy, as the nation continues to reel from an extraordinary situation amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “I want to remind all of us that the pandemic is not over. We must be vigilant,

Fate of Papua’s 30 construction workers still hangs in balance

Jayapura, Papua (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Military was yet unable to give any confirmation on the condition of some 30 construction workers in Yahukimo District, Papua, after being attacked by an armed group in Bingki Village on June 24, 2021. Chief of the Sub-regional Military Command (Korem) 172/PWY Brig. Gen.

Indonesia, South Korea intensify health cooperation

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and her South Korean counterpart, Chung Eui-yong, accentuated the significance of bolstering bilateral cooperation in handling the COVID-19 pandemic. “In difficult times arising during the COVID-19 pandemic, South Korea is one of the countries with which Indonesia has established health cooperation,” Foreign