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Amnesty International urges Indonesian parliament to ratify domestic workers law

Amnesty International has urged the Indonesian Parliament to speed ratification of the Domestic Workers Law prior to ...

247 Indonesians abroad under threat of death penalty

Some 247 Indonesians working abroad have been sentenced to die after being convicted of crimes they allegedly ...

Malaysia deports 93 problematic Indonesian workers

The Government of Malaysia has deported 93 problematic Indonesian migrant workers in Sabah through Tunon Taka ...

38 Indonesians facing death penalty in Saudi Arabia, official

About 38 Indonesians are facing death penalty in Saudi Arabia for conducting various crimes, the Foreign Affairs ...

President Yudhoyono concludes Malaysian visit

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday concluded his two-day visit to Malaysia after attending the 9th annual ...

RI pushing for implementation of Lombok Ageement

The Indonesian government continues to evaluate the implementation in Malaysia of the Lombok Agreement on the ...

Remittance of RI migrant workers reaches US$3.39 mln

The remittance sent home by Indonesian migrant workers up to June this year has reached US$3.39 million or about ...

Iindonesia calls for UN peacemaking forces in Syria

Muslim-majority countries that are members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will meet in Mecca, Saudi ...

Govt continues returning workers in Syria

The government has continued making efforts to return its citizens in Syria due to worsening security conditions in ...

RI to stop sending domestic helpers in 2017

Indonesia will stop sending domestic helpers to foreign countries beginning in 2017, Manpower Transmigration Minister ...

news focus: RI concerned over violence in Syria, calls for peaceful solution

The anti-government protests in Syria and the harsh responses by President Bashar Al-Assad`s regime has reportedly ...

RI to stop exporting informal sector workers in 2017

The Indonesian government is planning to stop sending informal sector workers such as domestic helpers to other ...

2011 historic year forRI overseas manpower placement agency

Head of the National Agency for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (BNP2TKI) Moh Jumhur Hidayat ...

RI lifts moratorium on sending workers to Malaysia

Indonesia is again to send migrant workers to Malaysia after revoking its moratorium on dispatch of workers to the ...

RI pondering "live-out" system for its migrant workers

Often called "foreign-exchange income heroes" Indonesian migrant workers overseas, particularly those employed as ...