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Community gives President Yudhoyono UN award

Community leaders and their knowledge on reducing risk of natural disasters in Indonesia have given President Susilo ...

News Focus: Towards establishment of ASEAN institute for peace and reconciliation

Eight years after the adoption of the ASEAN Security Community concept, the ten member countries of the Association ...

Gerindra consistently rejects new house tower project

Despite official efforts to downsize the House of Representatives (DPR) new tower project, the Gerindra Party faction ...

President Yudhoyono welcomes Asean leaders

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono welcomed heads of government/state of the ASEAN member countries, at Jakarta ...

Abhisit Vejjajiva arrives in Jakarta

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva arrived in Jakarta on Friday night to attend the 18th ASEAN Summit on May 7-8. ...

Kontras asks ASEAN to pay attention to human rights

The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has asked ASEAN leaders who will hold a summit ...

RI to foster ASEAN-eu economic cooperation

Indonesia, current chair of ASEAN, is leading an effort to foster economic and trade cooperation between ASEAN and the ...

ASEAN society criticizes EU-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement

The civil societies of the Southeast Asian nations grouped in the ASEAN Civil Society Conference (ACSC) / ASEAN ...

Solutions to migrant worker problems expected from ASEAN Summit

An activist hoped the 18th ASEAN Summit here this week would also address migrant workers` problems. Wahyu Susilo ...

ASEAN leaders must discuss human right issues : NGO

The 18th ASEAN Summit should discuss human right issues as part of efforts to protect the rights and minimize their ...

ASEAN urged to develop SME policy index

Participants of ASEAN Symposium entitled, "Towards a People-Centered ASEAN Community: Strengthening SMEs in ASEAN" ...

Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII) project funding round now open

The Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII) is now calling for applicants from Indonesia and Australia to submit project ...

Suu Kyi admires RI`s democratization process

Myanmar`s democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi said she admired the process by which Indonesia had become the democratic ...

VP : RI trying to increase people`s participation in ASEAN

Vice President Boediono on Tuesday stated Indonesia as chairman of ASEAN was trying to increase the role of common ...

VP : ASEAN civil society meeting to promote people-govt dialogues

Vice President Boediono expressed hope that participants of the ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People`s Forum ...