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Southeast Asia’s human trafficking conundrum

JAKARTA, 6 May 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of people are vulnerable to being trafficked in Southeast Asia, with governments struggling to understand and respond collectively to the problem, say experts and government officials. full report

Java residents protest iron mine

 KULON PROGO, 18 April 2013 (IRIN) - “I want to return to being a farmer and to feeding my family, but I will continue to oppose the mine project,” said Tukijo, 47, speaking to IRIN from the main prison in Yogyakarta City, in central Java, Indonesia. full report

Indonesia’s natural disaster risks, costs rise

 JAKARTA, 17 April 2013 (IRIN) - When the Ciliwung River breached its banks in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, in January, Abdul Majid rushed to move his family and belongings upstairs. full report

Asia braces for spill-over of new bird flu strain

 BANGKOK, 8 April 2013 (IRIN) - Officials throughout Asia are implementing measures to protect people from a new strain of bird flu - H7N9 - that has so far infected 24 people in China, killing seven. full report

Child protection a low priority in Indonesia

 JAKARTA, 8 April 2013 (IRIN) - Efforts to protect children in Indonesia from abuse are obstructed by barriers to crime reporting, which may worsen with the threatened closure of police-run units that handle crimes against women and children. full report

Indonesia’s displaced Shias languish

 SAMPANG/MADURA, 3 April 2013 (IRIN) - Eights months after dozens of Shia Muslims on Indonesia’s Madura Island were driven from their homes by mobs from neighbouring Sunni villages, the displaced remain in poor conditions with no immediate prospect of returning. full report

Indonesia to override patents for live-saving medicines

 JAKARTA, 25 March 2013 (IRIN) - The Indonesian government hopes to implement one of the largest ever examples of “compulsory licensing”, which will enable the generic manufacture of drugs still under patent. full report

Indonesia aims for universal health care by 2019

 JAKARTA, 15 March 2013 (IRIN) - A new healthcare-for-all programme in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, is under scrutiny following the recent death of two patients who allegedly received inadequate hospital care. National officials are monitoring the city’s response and experience ahead of the rollout of a government scheme to provide universal health care by 2019. full report

Indonesian volcano survivors relocated, better prepared

 YOGYAKARTA, 8 March 2013 (IRIN) - When Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, north of central Java's capital Yogyakarta, started spewing thicker and more colourful clouds of smoke in October 2010, local residents wavered over the risk it signalled. The delay proved fatal. full report

Indonesia tries “cloud seeding” to prevent flooding in Jakarta

 JAKARTA, 4 March 2013 (IRIN) - Scientists in Indonesia are experimenting with cloud seeding, or firing salt-based chemicals into clouds to force out rain, to try and prevent flooding in the capital Jakarta, home to increasingly destructive rains. full report

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