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News Focus

Benefits of seaweed cultivation for Indonesian economy

American musician Davendra Banhart once said in an interview that it would be nice to be a seaweed since all it does is ...

LIPI researcher turns mask waste into economically valuable product

A researcher at the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) is utilizing technology to turn face mask waste into an ...

Manufacture industry giving its best amid COVID-19: Minister

The Indonesian manufacturing industry is still capable of contributing its best amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Industry ...

Environment ministry sees significant improvement in waste management

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has commended the involvement of all parties that has driven ...

Ex-cop in Riau's Pekanbaru tries to escape arrest in drug case, shot

Riau Provincial Police shot an ex-police officer while conducting a drug search at a house in Pekanbaru on Wednesday ...

News Feature

How to choose a mask for COVID-19 prevention

Infectious diseases such as COVID-19 are transmitted through mucus from the nose and mouth, and also through the ...

Duty, resilience in the face of death

Some days, Hari Nuryani, who helps bury COVID-19 patients, can only come home by dawn due to the sheer number of bodies ...

Indonesia devises technology to recycle COVID-19 medical waste

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) has developed several technologies to process and recycle COVID-19 ...

Investment in industrial sector up 29% in first half

Investment in Indonesia's industrial sector rose by 29 percent to Rp167.1 trillion in the first half of 2021 from ...

BRIN developing mobile medical waste processor

The National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) is currently developing a small-scale mobile medical waste processor ...

Indonesia adopts policies to support circular economy

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has said it has adopted several policies to support a sustainable circular ...

Four social institutions launch pilots to tackle marine debris

Four social institutions have simultaneously launched pilot programs in Indonesia to address the problem of growing ...

Opinion

Driving a green and sustained economic recovery in Indonesia

The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated health, economic, and social systems globally and in Indonesia, creating the worst ...

Plastic waste management drives development of circular economy: govt

The management of plastic waste into high-value, sustainable products is part of the endeavors to drive growth of a ...

Indonesia's largest plastic bottle recycling plant inaugurated

Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita has inaugurated Indonesia’s largest polyethylene terephthalate (PET) ...