Australian economist Sean Turnell and Japanese journalist Toru Kubota arrived home Friday after an amnesty by the Myanmar junta for thousands of prisoners including four foreign nationals arrested since a military coup that has thrust the Southeast Asian nation into turmoil. Turnell, a former economic advisor to ousted civilian
INTRODUCTION ACAPS’ Humanitarian Access Overview provides a snapshot of the most challenging contexts for humanitarian access globally. ACAPS analysts considered nine variables to rank and compare humanitarian access levels against worldwide. Data was gathered per specific crisis at the national, subnational, and regional levels. Information was then aggregated
JAKARTA, Tourism Malaysia has won the National Tourism Organisation of The Year for the third time in a row at the 13th Indonesia Travel and Tourism Awards (ITTA) 2022/2023. ITTA, organised by the ITTA Foundation, honours travel agencies, hotels, hospitality investors and foreign tourism boards for their efforts in
Jakarta The Health Ministry is encouraging all regional public hospitals in the 34 provinces in Indonesia to become hospitals at the main level that are capable of performing open heart surgery. “The number of heart disease cases consumes the largest health funding in Indonesia, followed by stroke, kidney disease,
Jakarta Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and Transmigration Minister Abdul Halim Iskandar has emphasized the role of varsities in developing villages through the community service program (KKN). “I hope that UGM students who undergo KKN in villages can help and accelerate the equitable distribution of development,” he remarked at
Magelang, Central Java Indonesia’s demographic bonus must be utilized for the benefit of national development, according to Manpower Minister Ida Fauziyah. “We will receive a demographic bonus; Indonesia’s population will be dominated by (people in the) productive age. This bonus must be used for the benefit of national development,”