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51 companies in Jakarta temporarily closed down over COVID-19 spread

A total of 51 companies in Jakarta were closed temporarily after several employees of 44 companies contracted the ...

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Indigenous vaccine in the making

The world is racing against time for developing a vaccine against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which has ...

Soka Gakkai calls for elimination of nuclear weapons

  On August 6, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Soka ...

Mary Kay Inc. expands partnership with The Nature Conservancy to protect waterways across the globe

Last year, Mary Kay Inc., an international leader in corporate and social responsibility, announced the company had ...

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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 ...