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Online scams and punishment

Editorial 1 month ago

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Online scams and punishment

Rather than mounting rescue operations repeatedly, Indonesia should take the lead in a coordinated regional and international response, including legal harmonization, to clamp down on human trafficking and forced labor linked to transnational crimes.

Body found among wreckage of missing chartered airplane

Archipelago 2 months ago

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Body found among wreckage of missing chartered airplane

A body has been found in the wreckage of a small chartered airplane that lost contact mid-flight over South Sulawesi with 10 people on board, as search and rescue teams continue efforts to locate remaining passengers and crew amid adverse weather conditions.

Families ask BNPB to continue search for missing victims in N. Sumatra, W. Sumatra

Archipelago 2 months ago

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Families ask BNPB to continue search for missing victims in N. Sumatra, W. Sumatra

Joint SAR teams remain on standby at disaster sites and will be deployed if new information emerges on the whereabouts of missing persons.

A look at Asia’s 2025 winners and losers

Academia 3 months ago

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A look at Asia’s 2025 winners and losers

From cybercrime and disasters to an elfin plush toy trend, here are some of the worst and best to happen in the Indo-Pacific throughout the year.

Let hope overcome fear

Editorial 3 months ago

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Let hope overcome fear

Hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Sumatra fear that "good news" will never come because the central government insists everything is under control.

Disasters, women and the people we choose not to see

Academia 3 months ago

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Disasters, women and the people we choose not to see

Indonesia needs to reform its disaster management system so it is designed with vulnerable groups at the center, or we will continue to see the same established cycle of response with each disaster that strikes.

Police identify 290 North Sumatra disaster victims

Archipelago 3 months ago

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Police identify 290 North Sumatra disaster victims

Local and national police are continuing to search for at least 122 people still missing in the aftermath of the flooding and landslides that struck northern Sumatra on Nov. 26.

Sumatra flood victims scrounge for supplies after disaster

Archipelago 3 months ago

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Sumatra flood victims scrounge for supplies after disaster

She was one of the lucky ones on Wednesday, when soldiers in military fatigues oversaw the distribution of rice to flood survivors.

Sumatra floods: A test of national coordination, not just status

Academia 3 months ago

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Sumatra floods: A test of national coordination, not just status

Indonesia has real-time disaster maps using crowdsourced reports and a national portal for disaster risk reduction, but they lack integration

‘Nobody’s Girl’, sexual violence, Virginia Giuffre and ‘santriwati’

Academia 4 months ago

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‘Nobody’s Girl’, sexual violence, Virginia Giuffre and ‘santriwati’

Many cases of sexual violence in pesantren are not revealed because of threats received by victims from perpetrators, a study finds.

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