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Fixing voter list crucial for legitimacy of 2019 elections

With less than 20 days to go before over 192 million Indonesians are expected to cast their votes in the 2019 ...

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Entering a new era of the Indonesia and South Pacific relationship

Just a day after hosting a High-Level Dialogue on Indo-Pacific Cooperation themed "Towards a Peaceful, Prosperous, ...

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Renewing concrete Indo-Pacific cooperation and trust building

Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic nation that strategically straddles the Indian and Pacific oceans ...

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Tanjung Priok vies to become hub of Southeast Asia

The notion of a port often being synonymous with a nation's vital "gateway" has inspired numerous ...

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Prabowo pledges to build corruption-free Indonesia

Presidential candidate number 02 Prabowo Subianto conducted his open campaign at the Karang Pale field of Mataram city ...

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Easing congestion to reduce air pollution in Jakarta

Jakartans have been very enthusiastic in welcoming the country’s first subway called Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) ...

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Protecting Orangutans in natural habitat deemed crucial

- as well as three females -- Borneos mother Buntok (12), Paijah (15), and Danida (13). All six of the orangutan ...

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Accelerating rescue operations in flood-hit Sentani

Indonesia has been hit by at least two major floods during this current transitional period from the rainy to the dry ...

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Jacinda Ardern, the new face of leadership

“A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.” Stephen King, the king of horror stories, wrote the ...

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Indonesia forges regional cooperation to stabilize rubber prices

Indonesian rubber farmers have been hit by falling prices since Q4 of 2018, prompting the government to find ways to ...

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Challenging Amin-Sandi to enhance Indonesia's innovation

The third round of debate of two Indonesian vice presidential candidates, broadcast and live streamed by the ...

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Optimizing social media a two-way communication channel

Issues that are discussed by the public on social media are pieces of reflection that can be captured and processed ...

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Jokowi-Prabowo's struggles ahead of presidential race

Ma'ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno are apparently intensifying meetings with their loyalists and the ...

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Prioritizing preventive measures against forest fires

The Indonesian authorities have claimed that te number of forest fires had reduced some 85 percent over the past ...

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Developing online platform for traditional markets

The government of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has set itself the target of building and revitalizing at least five ...

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News Focus -- East Java accelerates flood mitigation efforts

Indonesia is currently transitioning from rainy to the dry season that usually begins in April or May. However, high ...

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Emirati women and diplomatic action

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) joined the celebration of International Women`s Day, marked annually on March 8 in ...

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Indonesia`s unfinished struggle in tackling rabies

Indonesia has been struggling to handle rabies in its different parts over the past years despite the related ...

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Taking a closer look at Indonesia's chances at UNHRC By Yuni Arisandy

Indonesia's global image is considered to be quite impressive since it has played active roles and held important ...

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MER-C volunteers depart for Gaza for Indonesian hospital`s construction

Some 32 volunteers of the humanitarian outfit -- the Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C.