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On Jakarta anniversary, a 'present': pandemic showing signs of slowing

There has been no grand celebration to commemorate Jakarta's 493rd anniversary this year as the Indonesian capital ...

816 security personnel deployed in Jayapura as precautionary measure

Some 816 police and military personnel are on standby in areas around Jayapura, Papua, as a precautionary measure ...

Seven Papuans tried in Balikpapan are not political prisoners: police

Indonesia's National Police spokesman, Inspector General Argo Yuwono, dismissed a claim that seven Papuan youths, ...

Special autonomous status ushers in progress for Papua: official

Michael Manufandu, a senior official of Papua, opined that the special autonomy status granted to Papua and West Papua ...

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Omnibus bill on job creation: game changer for whom?

When the House of Representatives’ legislation body started a hearing session on the omnibus bill on job ...

COVID-19 disrupts Baliem Valley tradition to welcome Ramadhan

Muslims in Walesi and Tulima villages, Walesi Sub-District, Jayawijaya, Papua, did not hold the joint stone-burning ...

Indonesia's cultural capital makes communication diverse, creative

Sociologist at the University of Indonesia Dr Imam Prasodjo believes that Indonesia’s invaluable wealth, ...

A closer look at Taiwan's efforts to tackle COVID-19

The threat of emerging infectious diseases to global health, economy, trade, and tourism refuses to die ...

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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 ...

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Alluring dark poems of South American poets

Mama told us of a white forest in Russia: “... and we made little men out of snow and put hats we stole from ...

Thousands of residents participate in "Mekotek" Tradition in Badung

Thousands of residents in the Munggu Village area, Badung District, Bali Province, participated in the ...

Minister launches green investment for Papua, West Papua

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has launched a green investment ...

Sludge allegedly from Malaysia, Singapore, pollutes Bintan's shore

 Black sludge has polluted Senggiling beach, a tourist spot on Bintan island, Riau Islands province, for the past ...

Government to pursue human right violation case

Government will act on a report of Komnas HAM on alleged human rights violations in Paniai, Papua, on December 7 and 8, ...