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Papua's new iconic tourist attraction Youtefa Bridge opens to public

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during his 13th visit to Papua on Oct 28, 2019, inaugurated Youtefa Bridge connecting ...

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Metamorphosing Indonesia's economy toward competitive manufacturing

Joko Widodo (Jokowi), during his presidential inaugural address, demarcated five priorities for his second five-year ...

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Indonesia set to venture into novel era of electric vehicles

Indonesia is buoyant about emerging as a major producer of electric vehicles (EV) owing to quite abundant raw materials ...

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Greenpeace campaigns on clean energy, alerts Jokowi's cabinet

At least a dozen environmental activists climbed atop the two main monuments in Jakarta on Wednesday, to unfurl a ...

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Jokowi springs surprise with Prabowo's inclusion in new cabinet

Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) arch rival in two consecutive presidential elections, Prabowo Subianto, appointed ...

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Awaiting ministers to walk talk over public's developmental benefits

- the ruling PDIP, PKB, PPP, Golkar, Nasdem, PSI, Perindo, PKPI, Hanura, and the latest one, PBB -- during the 2019 ...

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Papua's crucial problems challenge Jokowi-Ma'ruf Amin administration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Vice President Ma'ruf Amin officially took their oaths of office on Sunday but ...

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Roundup- Jokowi's smooth and peaceful presidential inauguration

- the ruling PDIP, PKB, PPP, Golkar, Nasdem, PSI, Perindo, PKPI, Hanura, and the latest one, PBB -- during the ...

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Indonesia seeks inscription of more geoparks on UGGp List

Of Indonesia's 15 national geoparks, Batur in Bali, Ciletuh-Pelabuhanratu in West Java, Gunung Sewu in Yogyakarta, ...

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"Making Indonesia 4.0" roadmap to be highlighted in Hannover Messe

Hannover Messe 2020, the world's top industrial technology tradeshow, will give center stage to its partner nation, ...

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Taking a cue on new capital city design from Canberra

Indonesia is looking to Australia’s capital Canberra as a reference for its capital city in East Kalimantan, part ...

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Jokowi, Prabowo project reconciliation message to strengthen Indonesia

Incumbent President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his former strong contender in the recent presidential elections, Prabowo ...

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Realizing dignified world of work through ILO Convention No. 190

The nation’s people were left in a state of shock and disbelief after the case of Baiq Nuril Maknun, a former ...

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Forest fires destroy parts of Sumatran elephant habitats

Wildfires ravaging forest areas in Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South ...

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Lesson learned from Wamena rioting

A deadly riot that broke out in Wamena, the capital city of Jayawijaya District, Papua Province, on Sept 23, has left ...

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Suppressing armed Papuan rebels paramount to saving innocent civilians

Two motorcycle taxi (Ojek) drivers dying near the Muara suspension bridge in Amnunggi Village, Ilaga Sub-district, ...

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Indonesian forest fire chokes millions of people, animals

In June 2019, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMK) had warned that this year's dry season is ...

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Forest fire smog plays spoilsport in TdSi race in Riau

The Tour de Siak (TdSi) organizing committee apparently overlooked the weather factor while deciding to hold the event ...

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Nias Island prepped to engage international surfers, tourists

With the international maritime event of Sail Nias 2019 being organized from July to September 2019, the government is ...

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Habibie, the genius of Indonesia's first aircraft creator

Indonesia's third president Bacharuddin Jusuf (BJ) Habibie passed away on Wednesday at 6.05 p.m. after being in ...