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Digital literacy, local culture crucial amid digital transformation

Digital literacy and local culture are important to adapt to rapid transformation in digital technology, Vice Rector of ...

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Public Service Malls as fruits of bureaucratic agility, swiftness

Bureaucratic reform in Indonesia is ongoing across governmental institutions to improve the quality of service offered ...

Enggano Island open for tourism investment: Bengkulu Governor

Governor of Bengkulu Rohidin Mersyah introduced a new tourism investment opportunity at one of Bengkulu's ...

Sentani Airport beautification underway ahead of PON XX

Sentani Airport in Jayapura, Papua, is being beautified to welcome athletes participating in the PON XX National Games ...

Yogyakarta declared Hanacaraka City in bid to promote Javanese script

The decision to anoint Yogyakarta as "Hanacaraka City" on International Literacy Day, which falls on ...

Indonesia's illiteracy rate down to 1.71% in 2020: ministry

Indonesia's illiteracy rate fell from 1.78 percent in 2019 to 1.71 percent in 2020, Director General of Early ...

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A closer look at traditional food of East Nusa Tenggara

Indonesia is famous for the variety of its traditional food, which is rich in spices and flavors ranging from spicy, ...

Tourism development in adjoining areas gets boost from sports tourism

Chief Strategic Communication Officer of the Mandalika Grand Prix Association, Happy Harinto, affirmed that sports ...

Lontara Script Festival seeks special status for native script

The 2nd Lontara Script Festival hosted in Makassar, South Sulawesi sought to promote the script native to the region ...

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Jokowi's Baduy traditional attire as part of cultural diplomacy

Since the start of his political career, Indonesian President Joko Widodo -- popularly known as Jokowi -- has often ...

Mandalika circuit to have multiplier effect on Lombok tourism: MP

The Mandalika International Circuit will have a multiplier effect on the development of the Mandalika Special Economic ...

Tourism villages to help revive pandemic-battered economy: minister

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno has called for the development of tourism villages to ...

Indonesia committed to increasing women's participation in UN missions

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi highlighted Indonesian women's increased participation in various United Nations ...

West Papua police confiscate locally assembled firearm in raid

The West Papua Provincial Police seized a locally assembled revolver during a raid in Maruni, Manokwari District, West ...

Ministry builds access road to support Ahmad Yani Airport operation

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry has built an access road to Ahmad Yani International Airport in ...