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Violators of health protocols to face sanctions under new rules

President Joko Widodo has issued new instructions under which sanctions will be imposed on individuals, businesses, and ...

NTT places annual cap of 50,000 on Komodo Island visitors

To preserve Komodo Island as a conservation area, the number of tourists visiting the Komodo dragon (Varanus ...

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Pandemic alters Eid al-Adha animal sacrifice ritual in 2020

Eid al-Adha, or the Day of Sacrifice, is one of the two major festivals apart from Eid al-Fitr for Indonesia, where ...

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Hajj pilgrimage in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

On Wednesday (July 29), or 8 Dhu al-Hijjah 1441 Hijri, pilgrims congregated in Mina, Mecca, to perform the Tarwiyah ...

Hotel Elcient Osaka to open in Sonezaki, Osaka, in summer 2020

  Hotel Elcient Osaka will open in Sonezaki, Osaka, on August 1, 2020. It is accessible directly from KIX Airport ...

47 merchants in Surabaya isolated: city government

Fourty seven merchants at the Pabean and Panggung Street Markets in Surabaya, the capital of East Java Province, have ...

Surabaya's teenagers violating health protocols punished with push-ups

Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini punished tens of teenagers with ten push-ups on Saturday evening because they did not ...

Ten other victims of South Sulawesi's flash floods yet untraceable

Local rescuers have continued their attempts to locate 10 victims, who are still missing since flash floods hit Luwu ...

36 Army officers contract COVID-19 in West Papua

As many as 36 members of the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) have contracted the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in West ...

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Implementing health protocols in wet markets remains challenging

  With Indonesia implementing the new normal, now being referred to as “adapting to new habits”, ...

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Places of worship adapt to new normal, strive for safety

  On July 4 this year, as the Hindu congregation in Jakarta celebrated Saraswati Day, Dewa Wiguna visited the ...

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Restaurants in Jakarta reopen doors with caution

A group of customers queues in front of a coffee shop's entrance in southern Jakarta as a waitress, wearing a ...

Flash flood affects 2,281 households in SE Sulawesi's 14 sub-districts

Some 2,281 households in 14 sub-districts of Kowane District, Southeast Sulawesi Province, bore the brunt of flash ...

Governor, Minister Hadimuljono observe North Luwu's disaster-hit zone

South Sulawesi Governor Nurdin Abdullah and Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono, on Thursday, observed ...

Mangrove forests to hereafter not be converted into ponds: Minister

Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Eddhy Prabowo has made assurance that mangrove forests would henceforth not be ...