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ANTARA's top 10 Korean romantic comedy shows to binge-watch

Romantic comedies, or rom-coms, are a sub-genre of comedy and slice-of-life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous ...

Ministry readies strategies to intensify plantation exports

The Agriculture Ministry has come up with some strategies to boost Indonesia's exports of plantation commodities ...

Govt readies scenarios to prevent public from embarking on "mudik"

President Joko Widodo and his ranks are preparing scenarios to prevent people from embarking on “mudik,” an ...

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Internet infrastructure readiness as corona keeps people home

Researchers at the Monash Business School have created a Global Internet Pressure map that measures the strain the ...

Ensure all drugstores, staple food shops remain opened: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed government officials across Indonesia to ensure that drugstores as well as ...

President orders clarity in rules on large-scale social distancing

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has instructed his aides to formulate a regulation that can serve as a guideline for ...

Hajj dormitories to function as COVID-19 emergency hospitals

Religious Affairs Minister Fachrul Razi has extended assistance in terms of enlisting all hajj dormitories throughout ...

Aceh still main gateway for drug smuggling: police

Aceh remains one of the main entry points used by drug dealers to smuggle narcotics illegally into Indonesia, according ...

OJK shortens trading hours at Stock Exchange

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has decided to cut short trading hours on the Stock Exchange and Alternative ...

Pekanbaru's airport passenger symptomatic with corona sent to hospital

A male passenger at the Sultan Syarif Kasim II International Airport, Pekanbaru, Riau, was sent to a local hospital ...

President calls to provide special budget for COVID-19 handling

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called on all ministries and regional heads to apportion a special budget channeled from ...

Persahabatan Hospital confirms recovery of 11 COVID-19 patients

Persahabatan Hospital announced that 11 patients infected with COVID-19 had fully recovered as of Tuesday, 12:30 p.m. ...

Jokowi urges officials to ramp up cash-funded labor intensive programs

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged officials in the regions to add more labor-intensive programs, financed in ...

Government allots Rp10 trillion for laid-off workers

The Indonesian government has apportioned funding of Rp10 trillion as a precautionary measure to address the rising ...

SOE Ministry to dispatch COVID-19 lab equipment to 10 provinces

The Ministry of State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) plans to send laboratory equipment to 10 provinces as a form of ...