Members of Parliament are concerned because the number of people unemployed within the country continues to increase every year.

The Australia West Papua Association is concerned that local people in the areas where the attacks against the Indonesian military occurred will suffer as security operations are conduc

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Stakeholders of the social security scheme are at odds over the amount of insurance premium contributions they should pay for the five mandatory national s

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Workers and the poor have rejected the government's idea of gradually implementing social security programs and to impose premiums for the services, saying

Tito Summa Siahaan – Indonesia should more widely distribute the benefits of strong economic growth and protect poor and vulnerable households from sudden changes in the economy, the Wo

Jakarta – In the absence of transparent political funding in the country, alleged misuses of state funds for the interests of those in the navel of power have become banalities of daily

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Skepticism and uncertainties are haunting the planned implementation of five mandatory social security programs in 2014 and 2015.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Lawmakers and workers unions are questioning the constitutionality of the recently passed Social Security Providers (BPJS) Law, claiming that the House vio

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several worker and employer association groups say they will file a judicial review request of the recently enacted Social Security Providers (BJPS) Law to

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – At 8:20 p.m.

Anita Rachman & Dessy Sagita – For the thousands of workers who trooped to Jakarta on Friday to demand the House of Representatives pass the social security scheme bill into law, th

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has suspended once again the endorsement of the social security providers (BPJS) bill after discord with the government over a

Ismira Lutfia – Hundreds of women marched from the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle to the State Palace on Sunday to call for the government to implement the National Social Security Syst

Nani Afrida, Jakarta – The presidential advisory council has warned the President to be more careful in disbursing social funding to the provinces as the money has allegedly been used t

Arya Dipa, Bandung – A forum held by university students concluded that the government failed to bring prosperity to the people.

Jakarta – The State Enterprises Workers Union (FSP BUMN) filed on Monday for a judicial review of the 2004 Social Security Law with the Constitutional Court, saying that the court shoul

Ronna Nirmala – Around 5,000 people rallied in front of the House of Representatives on Friday to demand lawmakers ratify pass the much-discussed and delayed social security bill.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The main obstacle to the immediate passage of a long-awaited bill on social security is the government's reluctance to relinquish control of four lucrative st

Jakarta – An alliance of major labor unions fighting for a national social security program has coordinated with certain political parties at the House of Representatives to initiate an

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – An NGO is planning to file a judicial review regarding the 2010 Law on the 2011 State Budget, calling it unconstitutional for not allocating adequate funds f

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – The government must shift its policy approach on Papua away from the welfare model and toward one focused on resolving the political turmoil there, a leading sec

Ulma Haryanto & Arientha Primanita – Jakarta is no city for buskers, beggars, roadside sex workers, the homeless, delinquents and the mentally challenged who are poor.

Jakarta – The 2004 Social Security Law remains dead in the water pending the passage of the Social Insurance Management Agency (BPJS) bill, and the issuance of supportive regulations on

Dion Bisara – The government plans to increase this year's subsidies for energy and other basic commodities in what some analysts see as a populist policy to help prop up its sagging po

Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has called on the central government to stop the direct cash aid program for the poor because of rampant illegal fees.

Jakarta – The distribution of direct cash aid (BLT) for the poor as of Monday has reached fewer than 15 percent of municipalities and regencies across the archipelago.

Jakarta – Poor communication by the government with its people and its neighbors has seen the birth of an unfavorable national security agreement and massive protests against a fuel con

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Theologically, Islam encourages its adherents to perform philanthropic deeds in the widest sense, but Indonesian Muslims often only do so in the light of persona

Dili – President Xanana Gusmco Thursday criticized the East Timorese government's decision to begin paying benefits to former guerrilla freedom fighters as premature and destined to pro

Max Lane – The Indonesian government's policy, announced last month, of giving a A$40 handout to people on an income of less than $25 per month as compensation for rises in fuel prices

Max Lane – It has been almost a month since the Indonesian government increased the retail price of petrol by 126% and of kerosene by 300%.

Jakarta – Indonesia could be forced to cut back on a state funded compensation scheme for the poor which was supposed to compensate for a reduction in fuel subsidies planned for October

The government has cut fuel subsidies, but raised subsidies for other things including health and education for the country's poorest families.

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Jimbaran, Bali – Aside from mismanagement, poverty and overpopulation have aggravated the development of a social security system in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The Indonesian government will pay out 495.8 billion rupiah (S$112 million) in subsidies for the poor and public transport operators to offset planned fuel price hikes.

Jakarta – The number of city residents purchasing rice via the city-run inexpensive rice program increased by nearly 70 percent to 118,417 families in May from 69,998 families in March,