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Indonesia, Singapore to boost agricultural trade

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi and Singaporean Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan held a bilateral ...

Without labour deal, Southaeast Asia risks subsidising human smugglers - IOM

Southeast Asia needs legal channels of migration to help curb human smuggling, the International Organization of ...

Boat carrying Indonesians capsizes in Malaysia

A boat carrying Indonesian migrant workers capsized off the Asepang coast in the Malaysian state of Selangor on ...

Indonesia calls for ILO countries to stop forced labor

Indonesia has called members of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to be committed to stopping any form of ...

ILC lauds Indonesia for eliminating discrimination against employment and occupation

The International Labor Conference (ILC) has lauded Indonesia and 36 other countries for applying ILO Convention No. ...

Indonesia`s Presidential Election Showcases Country`s Divide

Never before in Indonesias history has the country been so clearly divided before the presidential election scheduled ...

President Yudhoyono encourages ASEAN leaders-parliamentary cooperation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono had encouraged an increase of cooperation between leaders of the ASEAN and ...

Migrant workers should avoid live bird markets: WHO official

An Official from the World Health Organization (WHO) said Indonesian migrant workers should avoid live bird markets in ...

Indonesia needs skilled workers to face AEC

Indonesia is facing crucial manpower problems and need to improve the competitiveness of its human resources to enable ...

Indonesian migrant workers evacuated amidst Sabah standoff

A standoff between Malaysian security forces and armed Filipinos, which was initially considered as a bizarre ...

Nunukan police anticipate exodus of Indonesian workers from Sabah

The Nunukan Police in East Kalimantan Province are anticipating an exodus of Indonesian migrant workers from Lahad ...

Only 8,000 Indonesian workers in Sabah have special ID cards

Only around 8,000 Indonesian migrant workers in Sabah, Malaysia, had asked for special identity (ID) cards for migrant ...

129 Indonesians repatrated from Syria

About 129 Indonesians are being repatriated from Syria amid rising tension happening in the country, a press statement ...

Malaysia deports 736 Indonesian migrant workers

Malaysia has in the past three days deported 736 Indonesian problematic migrant workers through Tanjungpinang, Riau ...

Govt has no right to ban women from working abroad

The government has no right to ban Indonesian women from working abroad but rather it must protect them against any ...