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West Papua police arrest resident with two protected hawksbill turtles

- lay their eggs in several of the country's coastal areas. The WWF Indonesia further noted that the Indonesian ...

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Arms modernization during peacetime: Is it important?

The recent tragedy that befell KRI Nanggala - 402, which sank in the waters north of Bali, has brought public attention ...

Western Union expands in Indonesia with Bank Rakyat Indonesia

Western Union, a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Bank Rakyat Indonesia ...

BNPB head cautions Indonesians to not breach government's "mudik" ban

Head of Indonesia's National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Doni Monardo has issued a warning to the people at ...

British FM Dominic Raab visits Jakarta to bolster bilateral relations

British Foreign Minister Dominic Raab undertook a visit to Indonesia on Wednesday to meet with President Joko Widodo ...

Digital Edge to expand platform footprint in South Korea

Digital Edge (Singapore) Holdings Pte. Ltd. (“Digital Edge” or the “Company”), a leading data center platform, ...

COVID-19 pandemic raises inequality, hinders poverty alleviation: WB

The general, protracted slowdown in economic activity due to the COVID-19 pandemic has mired poverty reduction and ...

Jay Chen and Huawei's commitment to advancing Indonesia's ICT industry

Since having forayed into Indonesia as a provider of information and communication technology (ICT) and smart devices ...

Mary Kay Inc. names Wendy Wang President for the Asia Pacific Region

Global beauty brand Mary Kay Inc., a leading corporate advocate of women’s entrepreneurship and empowerment, with ...

Hong Kong, APEC ink MoU on economic legal fund

Hong Kong, China has contributed US$1 million for a new APEC sub-fund, which aims to support initiatives that ...

Asia-Pacific businesses press for unified action to battle pandemic

Business leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific economies, at this week’s virtual meeting, discussed ways to unitedly ...

Pacific Prime acquires CXA Group's brokerages

Global insurance brokerage Pacific Prime has solidified its foothold in Asia Pacific by acquiring the Hong Kong and ...

Jokowi, Yassin lay emphasis on stability in South China Sea

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyuddin Yassin expressed hope for stability to ...

APEC sees softer contraction in 2020, uneven recovery in 2021-2022

Rebound in economic activity in the Asia-Pacific region in the second half of 2020 and continuance of fiscal and ...

Fostering Green Recovery Towards More Inclusive Economies in Asia

How to rebuild and transform economies post COVID-19 while confronting the climate crisis? The pandemic reminded us of ...