Waves of layoffs continue to hit the digital industry. Tech companies in various countries fire thousands of employees. The demand to be more efficient combined with low funding will trigger a mass layoff in digital startups.

The Cianjur earthquake killed 318 people and destroyed tens of thousands of buildings.

Cartoon: Imam Yunianto

The King of Malaysia finally sworn in Anwar Ibrahim as the new prime minister while the National Alliance decides to become opposition.

Implementation of co-firing at the Indramayu coal power plant leaves behind environmental impacts and health problems. Co-firing of forest biomass has the potential to cause deforestation and it does not reduce emissions.

Indonesian Judges Association’s national conference elects Yasardi, a judge with a religious court background, as chairperson. A movement of change commences.

Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia Rut Krüger Giverin discusses the termination of the REDD+ emission reduction cooperation agreement by Indonesia last year.

Startups must be able to make adjustments to the dire situation. Now is the time to live like cockroaches and do everything to survive.

There is no equity of pleasure and greed, but there is equity in the skin cancer and rising sea levels that swallow islands as the earth warms and the Poles melt.

The G20 taught BUMN employees the importance of inclusive international cooperation. #InfoTempo

The experience of taking the South Korean high-speed train to Busan.

Negotiations among the elite characterize the process of selecting the TNI commander. The neutrality of the military is at stake.

SWITZERLAND’s Miss Universe Alia Guindi walks while waving her arm at the audience in the Fashion on the Street event at the Zero Point of Tulungagung, East Java, Wednesday, November 23. The show with various fashion creations made from batik in the series of the 817th Anniversary of Tulungagung Regency is held as an event to promote tourism, culture and local Tulungagung batik crafts that are now becoming more popular in foreign countries. ANTARA FOTO/Destyan Sujarwoko

SOUTHEAST Asia has faced numerous human rights violations and abuses, ranging from the worst crimes against the Rohingya and other religious and ethnic minorities in Myanmar to extra-judicial killings in the Philippines under President Duterte’s administration. Many enforced disappearances have also occurred across the region, along with violence against human rights and democracy defenders, attacks on freedom of religion and belief, freedom of expression, and some other incidents. 

It does not mean the region has no institution that addresses human rights issues. Since 2009, member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have had the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights or AICHR. But critics said this body has been ineffective and ‌incapable of protecting human rights in the region. 

To commemorate the International Human Rights Day on December 10, TEMPO TALKS presents Yuyun Wahyuningrum, the representative of Indonesia to AICHR who will explain about human rights problems in the region and how her organization addresses the issue on TEMPO TALKS