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Indonesia fights to prevent child marriage amid COVID-19 pandemic

Eni, a resident of West Nusa Tengga (NTB),  regretted that she allowed her 14-year-old daughter to marry last May ...

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Indonesia set to forge forward in TB handling amid COVID-19 pandemic

Several nations observed Tuberculosis (TB) Day on March 24 in a somber, concerned manner, as the fight against TB, one ...

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Indonesia still a long way from winning war on drugs

Indonesia has been striving for decades to win the war against drugs but, instead of moving closer to victory, it has ...

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Bank Sharia Indonesia vying for place among leading Islamic banks

Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim majority country, may have been rather late in entering the Islamic (sharia) ...

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Indonesia prepares for self-funded vaccination campaign

To achieve the target of inoculating 181.5 million people within a year, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin is ...

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Indonesia ropes in military, police to boost vaccinations

The Joko Widodo Administration has set a very ambitious target of completing the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination ...

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Micro-restrictions bring marked decline in COVID-19 cases

After struggling to contain the coronavirus pandemic over the last one year, Indonesia finally managed to bring down ...

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Daily disasters bring mitigation, prevention to fore

The Indonesian people need to find a way to live with natural disasters considering the nation’s geographic ...

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Stringent law enforcement crucial to keep forest fire cases down

Indonesia, home to the world's third-largest tropical rainforests, has been successful in significantly reducing ...

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Voice of the people prompts President to roll back liquor regulation

Indonesian President Joko Widodo rolled back a presidential regulation allowing investments in the liquor industry on ...

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Indonesian soldiers deserve accolades for community services in Papua

Indonesian soldiers in Papua and West Papua are necessitated to multitask, as the government works incessantly to ...

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After COVID warriors, Olympic-bound athletes to get vaccine shot

The Tokyo Olympics, which were postponed for a year owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, will now be hosted by Japan from ...

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Indonesia contemplates on revising controversial Internet law

- especially to correct articles open to multiple interpretations. “If its implementation leads to injustice, ...

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Indonesia keen to harness untapped sharia economic potential

Indonesia, with the world's largest Muslim population, constituting almost 90 percent of its 271 million people, ...

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Social security program seeks to address poverty challenge

The COVID-19 pandemic, which has triggered a global economic crisis, is posing a real challenge to many countries, ...

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As La Nina brings disaster, misery, demand for climate action grows

Hydrometeorological disasters, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwinds, have been simultaneously witnessed in ...

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Five volcanoes erupting sporadically in Indonesia since Jan 2021

Indonesia has the largest number and highest density of active volcanoes worldwide, as the country lies in the Pacific ...

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Respite for the displaced

Fatimah, a resident of Kurau village in Kurau sub-district, Tanah Laut district, South Kalimantan, said she is ...

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Indonesia steps up war against COVID-19

Indonesia has been carrying out a nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program since January 13, 2021 and it has been ...

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Government upbeat on 2022 economic growth

There are strong indications the nation is currently in a transitional period and moving toward better economic ...