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More signs of all-out war against drug abuse

The governments plan to upgrade the National Narcotics Agencys (BNNs) status is an indication of its all-out efforts ...

Military likely to participate in drug eradication exercise: Minister

Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Political, Security and Legal Affairs Luhut Panjaitan has revealed that military ...

Prostitution involving artists is driven by lifestyle

The mode of prostitution involving a number of artistes is not because of economic necessity but rather caused by the ...

Coordinating minister chairs meeting on role of anti-narcotic agency

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Pandjaitan on Wednesday chaired another ...

Indonesia intensifies fight against drug traffickers

Drug abuse, which has particularly poisoned several young men, is one of the two most serious threats being faced by ...

129 Indonesians facing death sentence abroad over drug cases

Indonesias National Anti-Narcotic Agency (BNN) said 129 Indonesians are currently facing death sentence abroad due to ...

Executions of Drug Offenders Affect Indonesia, Brazil Ties

The Brazilian government had withdrawn its ambassador to Indonesia after its citizen, Marco Archer Cardoso Mareira, ...

Indonesia intensifies rehabilitation program for drug addicts

Being in a state of drug emergency, the Indonesian government has carried out the heaviest punishment, notably death ...

Execution of foreign drug convicts will affect ties temporarily

The execution of drug convicts given the death penalty in Indonesia is a matter of law enforcement, similar to the ...

President Jokowi will not pardon narcotics convicts

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will not pardon narcotics convicts, maintaining a firm stance with regard to efforts ...

Narcotics agency seizes 840 kilograms of crystal meth in W Jakarta

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) seized and confiscated 840 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine at Lotte Mart ...

Pilot tested positive for morphine not of QZ8501: AirAsia

President-Director and CEO of AirAsia Indonesia Sunu Widyatmoko has asserted that the pilot who has been tested ...

BNN needs 30 more rehabilitation centers for drug addicts

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) needs 30 more rehabilitation centers for narcotic drug addicts as part of efforts ...

Fights Against Illicit Drugs Intensified to Save Youths

Indonesia has to intensify fight against illicit drugs in order to save the nations younger generation, who are prone ...

Nobel-winning U.S. economist Gary Becker dies at 83

Gary Becker, whose work applying the principles of economics to a wide range of human behavior won the Nobel Prize in ...