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Preserving Indonesia's mangroves crucial for climate change mitigation

Indonesia, which is home to one of the world’s largest mangrove forests, has set a target of rehabilitating 150 ...

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Indonesia enters 2021 with "abnormal" natural disasters

As a country located in the Pacific Ring of Fire, Indonesia is prone to natural disasters such as volcano eruption, ...

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Expediting Indonesia's economic recovery process

Global economic activity will continue to increase, as various countries roll out COVID-19 vaccinations, coupled with ...

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Indonesia hopes for vaccine-driven economic turnaround

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has not only caused severe public health problems, but also crippled the economy of ...

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Eye on human capital, Indonesia ramps up fight against stunting

The Joko Widodo administration has set human resource development as its priority program for the second presidential ...

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Indonesia betting on SWF to attract foreign investment

The Indonesian government is determined to continue infrastructure development across the country despite the prolonged ...

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Indonesia strives for vaccine self-reliance in COVID fight

The second dose of China’s Sinovac vaccine has been administered across the country since January 27, 2021, ...

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Expanding utilization of waqf assets

Historically, the waqf has served an important role in economic empowerment of the Islamic community. This can be ...

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A shot in the arm for COVID efforts

With the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine administered without any adverse incident, President Joko Widodo ...

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Govt advises strict vigilance as COVID-19 cases spike

On January 13, 2021, President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received the country's first coronavirus vaccine shot at the ...

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New police chief faces pressing issues of terror, human rights

Indonesia will soon have a new police chief with the House of Representatives (DPR) approving Com.Gen.Listyo Sigit ...

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As Ali Jaber laid to rest, his preachings reverberate across Indonesia

Indonesian Muslims are mourning the passing of Syekh Ali Jaber, a Saudi Arabia-born ulema who held an Indonesian ...

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Komnas HAM accomplishes mission to uncover FPI shooting case

The National Commission on Human Rights' (Komnas HAM's) team of investigators concluded a probe into the fatal ...

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As COVID cases spike, govt clamps down on public movement

The Indonesian government has decided to tighten restrictions on the movement of people in Java and Bali from January ...

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Indonesia set to commence mass vaccination; Jokowi to get first jab

President Joko Widodo has picked January 14 and January 15, 2021 to launch the initial stage of Indonesia’s mass ...

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Vaccine availability offers hope amid hike in COVID-19 cases

Some 1.8 million COVID-19 vaccine doses ordered from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd arrived on Dec 31 at ...

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Lessons learned from foreign UUV discovery for Indonesia's defense

The recent discovery of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) belonging to a foreign nation deep inside Indonesia's ...

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Vaccine diplomacy: Indonesia aims for national, global access

Indonesia has just received its "year-end present" with an additional 1.8 million doses of Sinovac vaccine ...

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Year ender --- Drug offenders remain Indonesia's number one enemies

The novel coronavirus pandemic has severely affected international trade supply chains, partly owing to the impact of ...

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Year-ender - Indonesians count down to 2021 from home

For Jakartans, the most awaited moment this year is completely unlike last year, when Indonesia and other parts of the ...