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Stranded far from home: the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

*Hana Naufanita is a research intern at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies ...

Use of village funds prioritized for COVID-19 efforts: official

The Indonesian Government is prioritizing the use of village funds, allocated from state and regional budgets, for ...

Two drug couriers in South Sumatra sentenced to death

The Palembang District Court on Thursday awarded the death penalty to two drug couriers and sentenced one more person ...

ASEAN Plus Three will weather COVID-19 crisis, Jokowi assures

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said he believes ASEAN and partners Japan, China, and South Korea, also known as ...

Jakarta police arrest soap opera actor over illicit drug consumption

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police's anti-drug squad personnel apprehended Achmad Reza, alias Reza Alatas, a popular ...

Three drug couriers nabbed in Jambi get 17 years jail

The Jambi District Court on Thursday sentenced three drug couriers — nabbed with about 231 kilograms of dried ...

Indonesian Govt to intensify labor-intensive infrastructure projects

The Indonesian government will intensify manpower-intensive infrastructure projects in different parts of Indonesia to ...

South Sulawesi police's manhunt ongoing to catch 10 other escapees

Five of the 15 prisoners, incarcerated for drug offenses, who fled police custody in South Sulawesi on March 29, 2020, ...

Indonesia's BNN destroys 1.3 tons cannabis, 86.95 kg crystal meth

Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) destroyed 1.3 tons of marijuana, 86.95 kilograms of crystal ...

Police thwart attempt to sell 11 kg of crystal meth

The West Jakarta Metropolitan Police's anti-drug squad thwarted an attempt by six drug dealers to trade crystal ...

Aceh police destroy 1.2 tons of marijuana seized during operations

The Aceh Police destroyed 1.2 tons of cannabis, 41.98 kilograms crystal methamphetamine, 2,644 ecstasy pills, and 1,041 ...

AJC proposes key to empower ASEAN agribusiness: how to participate more in agribusiness global value chains

- Does competitiveness of agribusiness really increase in ASEAN? The answer is yes according to the ASEAN-Japan Centre. ...

Coronavirus: Gojek bosses to give 25% of salary to drivers

The top executives of Jakarta-based company, Gojek, will donate 25 percent of their salaries to drivers using the ...

Govt to optimize industries manufacturing COVID-19 handling devices

The government will optimize industries that manufacture self-protection devices and other equipment for handling ...

COVID-19 to impact N Sumatra Ojek drivers' socio-economic existence

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) forecast on Tuesday a significant socio-economic impact of the ongoing global ...