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President will raise status of narcotics agency head to ministerial level

President Joko Widodo has committed to raise the status of National Narcotics Agency (BNN) head to a ministerial level ...

Indonesia to wipe out all red light districts : Social affairs minister

Indonesia would be free of red light districts by 2019 following their closures in the past few years, Social Affairs ...

Govt to intensify fight against drug trafficking

President Joko Widodo has called for intense efforts to fight the distribution of narcotic drugs in view of the ...

50% of narcotics circulated in prisons: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has estimated that about 50 percent illegal drugs in Indonesia are circulated through ...

Every entrance must be closed to drug smugglers: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered that every entrance must be closed to drug smugglers. "Close any ...

Drug abuse is number one problem in Indonesia: President

Drug abuse tops the list of major problems being faced by Indonesia, stated President Joko Widodo (Jokowi). "This ...

Social Minister to visit flood victims in Kampar, Riau

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa is to visit flood victims in Kualu village, Tambang sub-district, ...

Government to Synergize Data on Poverty

Data on poverty is often confusing as it usually comes from various sources and different methods of data collection ...

Government to Synergize Data on Poverty

Data on poverty is often confusing as it usually comes from various sources and different methods of data collection ...

Vice President chairs meeting on poverty reduction efforts

Vice President Jusuf M. Kalla, in his capacity as chairman of the National Team for Acceleration of Poverty Reduction ...

Minister visits Jakarta bomb victims

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa on Tuesday visited a number of victims of last weeks bomb attacks at ...

Nine victims of terror attack remain in hospital

Nine victims of last weeks terror attacks on a police station and Starbucks Coffee shop near Sarinah Department store ...

Minister highlights need to seriously respond to radical ideology

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa emphasized the need for all relevant parties to seriously respond to ...

Peatland Restoration Agency established to prevent forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), under Presidential Regulation No. 1 of 2016, dated January 6, 2016, has established a ...

Commission informs president of supervision results of child protection

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) reported its supervision results of the child protection efforts ...