WEEKEND STORIES (62 news)

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Wisdom of Ramadhan amid coronavirus outbreak

Muslims around the world, including in Greater Jakarta, are witnessing a different kind of Ramadhan in wake of the ...

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Coronavirus: Frontline medics offer messages of hope, advise caution

"On this virus, I think we're in the middle of a massive experiment worldwide and the experiment is: will ...

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Reporting on COVID-19: Journalists torn between caution, duty

At a time when all Indonesian citizens have been asked to stay at home to curb coronavirus transmissions, there are ...

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Ojek taxi driver is on the road amid Jakarta restrictions

Sam has just delivered lunch to a customer in East Jakarta from a restaurant located around five kilometers away from ...

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Ensuring health and safety of supermarket workers

Amid the government-mandated physical distancing order to contain coronavirus transmission, Jakarta City appears to ...

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Poems of Rumi, Gu Cheng are still touching hearts, lives

“Lover whispers to my ear, Better to be a prey than a hunter. Make yourself My fool. ... so you may ...

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Looking thru beautifully brutal Asian action movies

“I’ve never really liked using these. They take away the rush. Squeezing a trigger, it’s like ...

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Exploring the taste of Asian drama movies

Amid the surge of Hollywood dramas, films coming from the Asian region can often tend to be overlooked but despite ...

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No more bad vibes with these Asian comedy movies

Thailand "What? The ATM is giving out free cash?" is where it all started. The scene is of two friends ...

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Beyond Hollywood: Asia's hidden gems on thriller movies

In the history of film thrillers, it is difficult to find an Asian name among filmmakers long dominated by the likes of ...

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When the ghost is in our mind

Watching scary movies arouses their own sensations and they can bring about mixed feelings such as surprise, stress, ...

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Valuable life lessons gleaned from animated movies

In the modern era, animation has metamorphosed owing to the emergence of computers that can create computer-generated ...

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Struggle of classic authoresses writing under pseudonyms

"Any woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would certainly have gone crazed, shot herself or ended ...

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Capturing the gender inequality through Asian writers' eyes

Sugar-coated it may be, but even when a teacher tells girl students how amazing they are on doing detailed work being ...

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Impact of female fictional characters as role models

The presence of role models is deemed an important aspect to ensure young women and girls feel empowered to pursue the ...

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Deciphering Indonesia in its myriad shades through its female writers

International Women's Day is celebrated worldwide to honor women and their accomplishments and acknowledge what ...

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Give us a chance, say people with disabilities

"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and ...

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Paternity leave offers opportunity for fathers to bond with newborns

Last month, Japan’s popular environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, grabbed global attention after astonishing ...

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Coronavirus outbreak: a common burden, do not discriminate

As the world reels from impacts of the coronavirus outbreak, not only health and economy should be highlighted but also ...

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Defining role of News aggregators and consumers' independence

The journalism and media industry has been through myriad changes in the last decade. From the rise of digital ...