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Double protection for Indonesian frontliners amid COVID-19 spike

The Indonesian government has been working hard to provide all healthcare workers booster shots amid a surge in ...

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Encouraging Islamic boarding schools' economic independence

The Batanghari Ummul Masakin Islamic Boarding School, Jambi is among the schools that have benefitted from the economic ...

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Vaccine resistance, hoaxes impede immunization in Papua, West Papua

The Papua administration is striving to make sure that all of its athletes joining this year's PON National and ...

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Benefits of seaweed cultivation for Indonesian economy

American musician Davendra Banhart once said in an interview that it would be nice to be a seaweed since all it does is ...

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Importance of developing national defense industry

The National Private Defense Industry Association (Pinhantanas) received around 11 Letters of Intent (LoI) from several ...

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Caring and sharing for helping Indonesians in need during pandemic

Indonesia continues its fight against novel coronavirus that has claimed the lives of at least 104,010 citizens since ...

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PON Papua, an amalgamation of natural beauty and sportsmanship

The XX National Sports Week (PON) scheduled in Papua on October 2-15, 2021, will be a platform to clock achievements in ...

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Amid COVID spread, 'semi-lockdown' expanded to 21 provinces

Indonesia's most populated islands, Java and Bali, have been in "semi-lockdown" mode since July 3, 2021 ...

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New hope for Indonesia's capability to reduce imported polyethylene

PT Chandra Asri Petromecial Tbk's (CAP's) plan to build its second world-scale integrated petrochemical complex ...

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Mask up to beat COVID, protect vulnerable groups

It has been over 15 months since President Joko Widodo officially announced the country's first confirmed COVID-19 ...

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Indonesians urged to help maintain positive trend in COVID-19 handling

President Joko Widodo on Sunday announced the second extension of level 4 public activity restrictions, made effective ...

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Marking Children's Day 2021 by encouraging COVID-19 vaccination

Themed "Children are Protected, Indonesia is Advancing" with the tagline "Children Care Amid ...

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Papua struggles to bring COVID-19 cases under control

Papua has been struggling to cope with a drastic rise in COVID-19 cases over the past few weeks, with the Delta variant ...

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Oxygen aid flows in as Indonesia fights for breath

For healthy people, oxygen is everywhere, free and taken for granted. But, for COVID-19 patients in Indonesia, medical ...

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Eid Al-Adha brings messages of peace, COVID-19 mitigation

Muslim communities across Indonesia marked the eve of Eid Al-Adha on Monday evening with takbiran events at mosques ...

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Foreign aid starts arriving to help Indonesia fight COVID surge

With Indonesia recording an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases, several countries have stepped in to provide ...

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Papua, West Papua welcome revised special autonomy law

After several months of deliberations, the House of Representatives (DPR) ratified the bill amending the Papua Special ...

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Obeying health protocols is key to successful convening of Papua's PON

Jayapura city, which co-hosts this year's PON National Games along with Jayapura, Mimika, and Merauke Districts, is ...

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Govt pushes ahead with Papua games preparations despite COVID surge

The Indonesian government has hinted that it will go ahead with the scheduled convening of Papua's 2021 PON ...

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COVID-19 battered Indonesia grateful for vaccine donations

Indonesia has been struggling in the fight against the second COVID-19 wave triggered by the new Delta variant that has ...