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Cyber gender-based violence up 920% amid pandemic: commission

Cyber gender-based violence (KBGS) increased by 920 percent amid the pandemic compared to 2019, Commissioner of the ...

COVID-19: One worker of Benjina's fishing firm dies, 28 quarantined

One worker of fishing firm PT Pusaka Benjina Resources (PBR) in the remote island of Benjina, Maluku Province, ...

Grand prize winner announced in $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition

XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, ...

Ministry busts smuggling of 11 job seekers into Iraq, UAE

The Manpower Ministry thwarted an attempt to smuggle 11 job seekers into Iraq and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be ...

Local govts asked to offer services for violence, trafficking victims

The Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) has encouraged regional governments to offer services to ...

Indonesia, Australia agree on joint operation against illegal fishing

The governments of Indonesia and Australia have concurred on conducting joint maritime patrol called Operation Gannet 5 ...

Missing valid data on migrant workers hinders protection management

The non-existence of valid single data on migrant workers has hindered the management of protection of Indonesian crew ...

Govt asks ASEAN nations to strengthen legal integration

The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) has urged ASEAN nations to strengthen legal integration ...

Online prostitution involving children must be dealt with seriously

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has urged the government to seriously deal with online prostitution ...

Malaysian PM Yassin ensures protection of Indonesian migrant workers

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, during his official visit to Indonesia, has made assurance of offering ...

Widodo, Yassin discuss protection of Indonesian migrant workers

Indonesian President Joko Widodo and visiting Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin discussed the placement and ...

Indonesia hopes for conducive condition for Rohingya repatriation

Indonesia hopes that Myanmar can immediately create a conducive situation in Rakhine State to support the repatriation ...

Year Ender 2020

ASEAN's concrete actions paramount to ending Rohingya's misery

Some 399 Rohingya boat people, including women and children, were stranded in Aceh, Indonesia's westernmost ...

Repatriation of 4,600 migrant workers via Entikong in Jan-Dec 2020

The Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI), West Kalimantan, recorded that some 4,600 migrant workers ...

43 Indonesian human-trafficking victims repatriated: Foreign Minister

At least 43 Indonesians who reportedly fell prey to human-trafficking operations in the Middle Eastern countries were ...