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Remembering Taroenamihardja, first Attorney General of Indonesia

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

Ministry to renovate Graha Widya Patra museum

The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has decided to renovate Graha Widya Patra, or Gawitra oil and gas museum, at ...

PON Papua

Papua PON torch relay starts in Sorong, West Papua

The flame for the XX Papua National Games (PON) torch relay has departed from Sorong, West Papua, to five customary ...

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 ...

News Focus

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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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 ...

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Taking closer look at Netherlands before King's Indonesia visit

Eight Indonesian journalists are bracing for their five-day trip to the Netherlands at the invitation of the Dutch ...

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 ...

Patients at Magelang's mental hospital learn batik crafting as rehab

Batik crafting, apart from the purpose of provisioning skills for patients of Magelang’s Prof. dr. Soerojo Mental ...

Discovering Jakarta

Looking closely at Chinese community in Jakarta

The Chinese people have a long history of migrating overseas, with approximately 50 million ethnic Chinese living ...

Discovering Jakarta

Exploring the past through Kota Tua Jakarta museums

A Hermes statue welcomes everyone to the courtyard situated in the middle of a neoclassical structure of the Jakarta ...

Discovering Jakarta

From palmist to living statues: transgressing sightseeing at Kota Tua

Under the searing heat of Jakarta’s Old Town (Kota Tua), sat a man, in a red plain shirt and Batik headband, ...

Health minister encourages Indonesian women to emulate Kartini

Health Minister Nila Moeloek has encouraged Indonesian women to emulate the countrys popular female figure, RA ...

Princess Astrid visits Bogor Botanical Garden

Princess Astrid, representing King Philippe of Belgium, visited the Bogor Botanical Garden in Bogor, West Java, as ...