Pangkalpinang, July 4 -- About 95 percent of the 80 thousand cooperatives established under the Red and White Village Cooperatives (KMP) program have been registered with the Law Ministry, Villages and Development of Disadvantaged Regions Minister Yandri Susanto stated.

"Thank God, as of today, 95 percent of the Red and White Village Cooperatives have been recognized as legal entities," he told the media in Pangkalpinang City, Bangka Belitung Islands Province, on Friday.

Despite this progress, the minister acknowledged ongoing challenges in completing the administrative and legal requirements of such cooperatives, notably in regions on Papua Island.

To address these challenges, Susanto said his ministry, in collaboration with the Minis...