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SUAKA urges government to save Rohingya refugees entering Aceh waters

Indonesia's NGO, SUAKA, the Indonesian Civil Society Association for the Protection of Refugee Rights, urged the ...

COVID-19 recoveries in Jayapura comprise 15 children, one adult

Local hospitals in Jayapura discharged 15 children and an adult in Indonesia's Papua Province on Thursday after ...

Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society’s Doing Good Index plots way forward in post-Covid-19 world

- The Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS) today released the second edition of its Doing Good Index ...

Papua's 52 paramedics contract COVID-19 infection

Some 52 paramedics in Papua Province got infected with the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), but most of them fully ...

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Indonesia recasts peacekeeping strategy, to focus on quality

Indonesia has been helping uphold world peace and order by deploying its troops for service in the United ...

Five health workers in Probolinggo infected with COVID-19: Task force

Five health workers contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), thereby bringing the total number of medical ...

Tolikara District police in Papua donate three tons of rice

The Tolikara district police precinct, in collaboration with local churches, recently donated three tons of rice to ...

Surabaya provides building for isolation of COVID-19 ODP

The Surabaya local government has provided a building for the isolation of people under surveillance (ODP) exhibiting ...

JPMorgan Chase makes $50 million philanthropic investment to help address immediate and long-term impacts of COVID-19

- JPMorgan Chase today announced a $50 million global philanthropic commitment to address the immediate public health ...

East Nusa Tenggara Health Office confirms 37 dengue fever deaths

Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) has claimed a total of 37 lives in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province, as of Wednesday ...

Tea lovers hold Nusantara Tea Festival in Simalungun

Tea lovers in Nagori Bah Butong I, Simalungun district, North Sumatra, will celebrate the Nusantara Tea Festival at ...

Military, police chiefs on Galang island to lead civic mission

Chief of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police Chief General Idham Azis led a ...

BKPM intent on revitalizing roles of long-time investors

The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) is set to revitalize the role of some long-time investors that have until now ...

80 percent of marijuana in Papua smuggled from PNG: BNN

Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN) reported on Friday that 80 percent of the marijuana sold in Papua ...

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King Willem-Alexander, Queen Maxima to visit in March

The Netherlands and Indonesia's wide-ranging relationship is getting stronger as King Willem-Alexander and Queen ...