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Indonesia encourages UNHCR to solve refugee issue

Indonesia is encouraging the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and countries ratifying the 1951 ...

Foreign firms funding Rohingya crisis: UN probe

Dozens of foreign firms originating from Asia and Africa are contributing to the Rohingya humanitarian crisis in ...

Indonesian embassy in Yemen shuts, shifts to Oman

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) signed a decree of temporary closure for security reasons of the Indonesian embassy in ...

South Halmahera's emergency response period extended: govt

The South Halmahera District Government has extended the emergency response period until July 28 because many ...

Refugees of South Halmahera earthquake face shortage of tents

Refugees of the earthquake that hit Gane Luar Village, South Halmahera District, North Maluku, on Sunday, are in dire ...

Five villages in Temanggung, Central Java, ravaged by dry spell

 The extreme dry season has adversely affected five villages in Temanggung District, Central Java Province, ...

ACT again dispatches aid to Yemen to address food crisis

ACT team noted in a written statement received here on Friday that the food packages were distributed to residents in ...

Government drafts regulations on use of unmanned aircraft

​​​​The government is drafting regulations on the use of unmanned aircraft systems, or ...

BPBD confirms 971 houses damaged in Halmahera 7.2-magnitude earthquake

North Maluku Province's Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) reported here on Wednesday that the recent strong ...

Government urged to find uninhabited island for UNHCR office

The Indonesian government could find an uninhabited island for a new office of the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

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Indonesia provides safe haven for refugees

Dozens of refugees from Afghanistan and other countries thronged a street in front of Ravindo Building at Jalan Kebon ...

Social Affairs Ministry allocates Rp267 million for refugees

The Ministry of Social Affairs has allocated Rp267 million as assistance to refugees who occupy a former building of ...

Social Ministry provides logistical assistance to refugees

The Ministry of Social Affairs has provided logistical and psychosocial assistance to refugees who originally occupied ...

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Dry spells spread to wider Indonesian areas, affect farming

Earlier this year, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) reminded the regional authorities to step ...

Minister emphasizes close cooperation to defeat common enemy terrorism

Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu called for close cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region to counter terrorism, the ...