WEEKEND STORIES (62 news)

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The "super journalist" is on duty

Some occasions of press conference or doorstep interview would demonstrate much about how today's journalists are ...

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Smartphone alters news consumption behavior among generations

Every morning, before leaving for school, Komarudin, also called Komar, a resident of the Kemayoran area, Central ...

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Cold, misty Year of the Metal Rat predicted

The curtains have risen for the rat to take over 2020 while being paired with the metal element, and as per the Chinese ...

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Celebrating unity in diversity as Chinese New Year arrives

The town has been painted red, quite literally, symbolizing good fortune, luck, abundance, and joy to enliven the 2571 ...

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Inside the centuries-old temple in Jakarta on Lunar New Year

In the half hour past midnight, crowds of Chinese descendants, dressed in all red attire, throng the main premises of ...

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A coffee adventure amid Jakarta's rain

The heavy rainfall over Jakarta for the past few weeks may seem to be the perfect reason to stay at home under the ...

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When it is raining: Create a weekend book club

“Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.” Vladimir Nabokov, a ...

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De-cluttering: Making the most of a rainy day at home

Last year was perhaps the time when the de-cluttering trend had hit its ultimate peak. There appears to be no ...

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Rave cave, cardio exercise meets night club experience

Everyone yearns to have a healthy and fit body, though effort and discipline are the main cornerstones to achieving ...

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Combating sexual violence on college campuses

It becomes a reasonable question to ask, but where can women be safe since both private and community spaces are ...

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Strong commitment paramount to combating workplace sexual harassment

Workplace sexual harassment is among the most challenging and insidious issues since victims are oftentimes in a ...

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Reviving the legacy of Sabeni, the Betawi fighter

Sabeni can solely be identified through a black-and-white portrait painting, bearing Sabeni bin Channam 1860-1945, ...

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Meet "Si Pitung": Betawi's revered bandit, loathed by the rich

In the mid-19th Century, bordering Batavia, Jakarta’s old city under Dutch colonial government, the powerless, ...

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Entong Gendut and fight for farmers' cause in early 1900s

As Indonesians get into the spirit of celebrating the country’s heroes on November 10, they have again begun ...

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Haji Darip from Klender, a forgotten warlord

November 10 became one of the historic days for Indonesians since Heroes' Day is celebrated and constantly reminds ...

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Air pollution issues still shroud South-East Asian countries

Despite being home to an abundance of rich natural resources, poor air quality and vast environmental degradation ...

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A pilot city of ASEAN Smart Cities Network: Jakarta

When quizzed about "Jakarta Smart City" (JSC), some people were quick to say that it was synonymous with ...

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Decades of fight to realize a "Drug-Free" ASEAN

Drug abuse has snatched sons from their mothers, split families, caused student dropouts after imprisonment for being ...

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Indonesia poised to become Southeast Asian giant in digital economy

With a population of some 570 million, Southeast Asia’s largest economies comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, the ...

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Startup, home for innovative young people

Startup, a company initiated by individual founders or entrepreneurs to search for a repeatable and scalable business ...