HOUSE PASSES SOCIAL WELFARE BILL INTO LAW

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Jakarta, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - The House of Representatives (DPR) at a plenary session chaired by House Speaker Agung Laksono here on Thursday agreed to pass the Social Welfare bill into law.

GOVT URGED TO RATIFY MIGRANT WORKERS CONVENTION

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Jakarta, Dec 18 (ANTARA) - The non-governmental organization (NGO) Solidaritas Perempuan (Women's Solidarity) has urged the government to ratify the United Nations Convention 1990 for the protectio

Seoul stocks edge up on won's appreciation

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SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korean stocks inched up late Thursday morning as a stabilizing won soothed investor jitters on the national economic outlook, analysts said.

MALAYSIA WILLING TO ACCEPT MORE YEMENI STUDENTS

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 (Bernama) -- Malaysia is willing to accept more Yemeni students as they are highly disciplined and have not created problems here, said Deputy Higher Education Minister Idris H

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