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Ensuring no more exodus of native Papuan students

Law and order have been restored by the Indonesian police in Jayapura, Papua, and Manokwari, West Papua Province after ...

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Indonesia strives to bolster practice of digital diplomacy

Social media has, in some form or the other, transformed the way in which the world communicates, including in terms of ...

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ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific, message to major powers

The ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific was successfully endorsed and adopted by the leaders of the Southeast Asian ...

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Extra care for Papua brethren crucial to maintaining Indonesia's unity

Mimika Chapter Ros Namsa Kabes. Kabes believes that the civil servant recruitment policies remain conducive for ...

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APEC endeavors to assist small businesses in global expansion

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) has devoted serious efforts to facilitate micro, small, and medium ...

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Indonesia grapples with ending tensions in Papua and West Papua

Indonesian security personnel in Papua and West Papua have striven to restore law and order, while the central ...

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Indonesians face challenge ahead to fight racis, separatism in Papua

A circle of violence broke out again in the Indonesian province of Papua on Wednesday and ended with the deaths of an ...

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Kalimantan forest to remain intact despite capital development

The Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration has assured that the development of the capital city will not damage the ...

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Gap of quality among Indonesia's universities is a serious problem

The Research, Technology, and Higher Education Ministry has announced the 100 best universities in Indonesia for the ...

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Refugees stranded for years in Indonesia, feel neglected

Haydee Alnoori, 40, his wife, and five children, one Jakarta-born, demonstrated with Iraqi refugees, brandishing ...

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Forest fires drive Sumatran tiger from their habitats

Indonesia, home to the Sumatran tiger, joined celebrations on International Tiger Day, observed on July 25, to raise ...

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Relocating Indonesia's capital to Kalimantan, 'the world's lungs'

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on August 16, 2019, officially announced his plan to move Indonesia’s capital city ...

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Awaiting people's participation in new capital city-related decision

The Indonesian Government's decision to relocate the country's capital city from Jakarta to East Kalimantan ...

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Jokowi challenged to improve Indonesia's competitiveness

Incumbent President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has pledged to focus on improving the quality of Indonesia's human ...

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Peace diplomacy a priority in Kashmir issue

Nearly four million Kashmiris have been under lockdown with movement restrictions and a near communications blackout ...

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Empowering Indonesian Diaspora to accelerate national HRD

Some seven million Indonesians living overseas are a huge asset for national development if they are synergized with ...

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Quality human resources will make Indonesia developed nation

At the beginning of the first term of his presidency in 2014, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had expressed his ambition to ...

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Indonesia needs Pancasila and fair economic prosperity

President Joko Widodo intentionally highlighted the importance of upholding Pancasila as Indonesia's sole state ...

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Understanding Jusuf Kalla's message to Indonesia

This year marks the end of Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla's leadership term as he will be replaced by ...

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All-out efforts to extinguish wildfires on Sumatra, Kalimantan Islands

Indonesian Defense Forces Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto, National Police Chief General Tito ...