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Jakarta never designed to become nation's capital: West Java Governor

West Java's Governor M. Ridwan Kamil said Jakarta was never designed to become the nation's capital ...

Taking a walk down history lane in Cikini

The Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) Art Center may well be the most distinguishing feature of Cikini Raya Street in present ...

Remembering Taroenamihardja, first Attorney General of Indonesia

After being delayed for two years, the grave transfer of Indonesia's first Attorney General, Raden Gatot ...

Jakarta maximizing use of heavy equipment to accelerate mud dredging

The Jakarta provincial government has said it is maximizing the use of heavy equipment to speed up mud and garbage ...

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Tracking the spice trail to Banda

  On July 3, 1468, Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, married Margaret of York at the home of a wealthy ...

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Restoring popularity of Cianjur as a quality coffee producer

During the Dutch colonial era in Indonesia, forced labor for coffee cultivation was applied in West Java, including in ...

AGO questions five witnesses in BPJS-TK alleged graft case

The Attorney General's Office (AGO), on Monday, questioned five witnesses in an alleged graft case pertaining to ...

Youth Pledge evokes positive energy to unify the nation: Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) believes that the Youth Pledge, declared 92 years ago, has instilled positive ...

Situation under COVID-19 pandemic, Spanish flu similar: historian

Conditions under the COVID-19 pandemic that is plaguing countries around the globe, including Indonesia, bear ...

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On the importance of lockdown: lessons from plague control in Java

It has been nearly a month since Indonesia recorded its first novel coronavirus infection, but the authorities are yet ...

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Before coronavirus, the world once fought off smallpox

The whole world is currently battling a new virus strain that causes acute respiratory complications — the novel ...

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Lessons learned from Indonesia's polio outbreak to defeat coronavirus

With the number of new cases continuing to swell, the novel corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been ...

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Key takeaways from the cholera outbreak that devastated Batavia

At least 597,185 people worldwide have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious ailment caused by ...

Weekend Stories

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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Enthralling cultural experiences in vibrant Jakarta that never sleeps

Life in Jakarta, Indonesia’s capital city, never really seems to cease, with the wheels of the economy always ...