Month: February 2023

Climate displacement & migration in South East Asia

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Feb 28 2023 (IPS) – Global warming and climate breakdown are going to be disruptive to say the least. Humanity’s insistence on unsustainable development and rising greenhouse gas emissions will make the settlements of millions of people increasingly prone to extreme weather events and full-blown natural disasters.

Indonesia, Singapore To Enhance Military Cooperation To Support Regional Stability

Indonesia and Singapore have agreed to establish an annual defence forum, to strengthen their military partnership, in order to support stability in the Southeast Asia region, Indonesian Defence Minister, Prabowo Subianto, said yesterday. Subianto said that, the forum for defence partnership committee, which would have a military sub-committee in it,

Ministry launches PRIME STeP to develop technology at varsities

I hope that the universities which have been mandated (to get involved) in this project can be disciplined to maintain the quality, timeliness, and integrity (of the project) Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministry has launched the “Promoting Research and Innovation through the Modern and Efficient

Improve mitigation against floods, landslides: ministry

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs has urged all stakeholders to improve mitigation efforts against floods and landslides, considering the increase in rain intensity.”Mitigation has become an important measure to reduce the risk of floods and landslides; this will be a common concern of

Ministry lists possible challenges to new Criminal Code

Banda Aceh (ANTARA) – The Law and Human Rights Ministry has listed the possible issues that could arise in adopting the new Criminal Code.”Formulating a criminal code in a country with many ethnicities, religious beliefs, and cultures is not an easy thing,” Deputy Minister of Law and Human Rights, Edward

Use Adipura as guideline for regional development: Minister Bakar

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar has said she expects the Adipura Program to become a principle used by local governments to carry out regional development and create a clean and sustainable environment.”Regarding community development, Adipura can be a quite good guideline,” she remarked at the