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Authority destroys armed criminal group SMB's base camp in Jambi

The Jambi authority decimated all buildings used as a base camp for Serikat Mandiri Batanghari (SMB), an armed criminal ...

Government aims to reduce poverty rate to nine percent

Indonesian Social Affairs Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has outlined a target to bring down the country's ...

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 ...

Social minister and head of BNPB visit South Halmahera

Social Affairs Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita along with Head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency ...

54,789 earthquake victims lives in 15 shelters

More than 54,789 victims in South Halmahera District, North Maluku, are still living in 15 shelters following a ...

Observer suggests placing refugees on empty reclamation islands

Dinna Wisnu, a teacher and observer of international relations from Bina Nusantara University, opined that refugees can ...

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 ...

W Jakarta provides medical check for pregnant refugees

The Kalideres public health center in West Jakarta has provided a free medical checkup for foreign refugees who ...

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 ...

West Jakarta accommodates 1,100 refugees

An official confirmed that some 1,100 foreign refugees were currently being accommodated in West Jakarta. "It ...

Social Ministry provides logistical assistance to refugees

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

Indonesia wins UN public service award

Indonesia was presented with an award in the ‘Ensuring Integrated Approaches in Public Sector Institutions’ ...

Minister commits to offering working capital to disabled

Social Affairs Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has minced no words in his pledge to offering working capital to ...

Indonesian minister, Argentinean VP discuss on social welfare policies

Indonesia's Social Affairs Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita welcomed Argentina's Vice President Gabriela ...