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"Sejauh Mata Memandang" joins Jakarta's ban on single-use plastic bags

Indonesia's textile label "Sejauh Mata Memandang" joins a civil society movement to free Jakarta from the ...

COVID-19: Plastic recycling industry laid off 63 thousand workers

The plastic recycling industry has laid off at least 63 thousand workers as an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Finance Minister suggests imposing Rp30,000 excise on every kg plastic

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati proposed Rp30-thousand excise per kilogram of plastic bag, or Rp200 per piece, ...

Bali drug dealer recruits four teenagers as couriers

A drug dealer in the Indonesian resort island of Bali recruited four teenagers to work as his couriers, Denpasar Police ...

Papua police chief warns his men against arms trafficking

Papua Police Chief Inspector General Paulus Waterpauw warned his men against getting involved in arms trafficking ...

Timika police probing case of bullets, GLMs found at a dumpsite

Investigators from the Indonesian police and military in Mimika District, Papua Province, are still probing the mystery ...

Yogyakarta resident's house targeted in Molotov cocktail bomb attack

A molotov cocktail bomb was hurled at a verandah of a house in Balecatur Village, Gamping Sub-district, here, on early ...

Security to not be increased around Monas Square: Jakarta Police

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police confirmed that security around the National Monument (Monas) Square's outer area ...

Military spokesman denies blast in Jakarta's Monas Square an attack

The Jakarta Military Command (Kodam Jaya) confirmed that the smoke grenade blast injuring two army personnel engaged in ...

Jambi police foil drug deal at house of worship's yard

The Police of Jambi recently thwarted a planned drug deal at a house of worship's yard and arrested Bayu Candra, ...

South Jakarta police confiscate 2,195 ecstasy pills

The South Jakarta Metropolitan Police recently nabbed AM alias J for allegedly possessing 2,195 ecstasy pills at his ...

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"Kresek" to "besek", Jakarta's plastic waste reduction effort on Eid

Indonesia comes second to China as the world's biggest plastic waste producer, with disposable plastic bags being ...

Bangka Belitung bans single-use plastic from Oct 13

Bangka Belitung Province's Disasters Mitigation Office (BPBD) will partially ban the single-use plastic at five ...

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Understanding the plastic monster's message to Indonesians

A civil society coalition of 49 environmental groups, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and ...

Plastic monster raises Indonesians' awareness of menace of plastic

A civil society coalition of 49 environmental groups, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and ...