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Government committed to realizing protection of workers

Deputy Minister of Manpower Afriansyah Noor emphasized the government's commitment to realizing the protection of ...

DPR to revise law to reset age limits for regional head candidates

The Legislative Body of the House of Representatives (DPR) has agreed to revise the Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) ...

MPR proposes establishing Indonesia's cybersecurity academy

Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Fadel Muhammad, suggested that the Indonesian ...

Digital certificates as Indonesia's weapon against land mafia

Amid an ever-growing economy, Indonesia still faces issues on status and ownership of land plots, for which people ...

Profiles of cabinet's new ministers, deputy minister, and agency heads

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated several new ministers, a new deputy minister, and new government agency ...

Indonesia's new Law Minister instructed to implement legal reforms

Indonesia's newly inaugurated Minister of Law and Human Rights, Supratman Andi Agtas, said that President Joko ...

Jokowi instructs Lahadalia to optimize potential of natural resources

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed the newly inaugurated Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Bahlil ...

Jokowi appoints Angga Prabowo as Deputy Minister of Communication

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) appointed Angga Raka Prabowo as Deputy Minister of Communication and Informatics at the ...

National Nutrition Agency formed to implement priority program

Head of the National Nutrition Agency, Dadan Hindayana, stated that the agency was formed to implement the priority ...

VP Amin reasserts Constitution's role in nation-building

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin emphasized that the 1945 Constitution is the cornerstone of Indonesian governance, ...

Iced coffee murder convict Jessica Wongso released on parole

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights announced on Sunday that Jessica Kumala Wongso, convicted in the Wayan Mirna ...

Indonesia unveils new red-and-white passport design on I-Day

Indonesia's Ministry of Law and Human Rights revealed the design of the new passport on Saturday, coinciding with ...

Ministry grants Independence Day remissions to 176,984 inmates

The Ministry of Law and Human Rights granted remissions to 176,984 inmates and children in conflict with the law to ...

Immigration arrests Russian national over suspected marijuana planting

The Ngurah Rai Immigration Office in Badung District, Bali, arrested a Russian foreign national suspected of planting ...

Indonesia pushes migrant worker protection at ASEAN DGICM meeting

Director general of immigration at the Ministry of Law and Human Rights, Silmy Karim, on Wednesday called for the ...