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Parts of ASEAN to be fire-prone next week

The Australian monsoon can make parts of Southeast Asia prone to fires in the next week, according to the Fire Danger ...

Rupiah strengthens as investors brace for Fed's announcement

The exchange rate of the rupiah transacted between banks in Jakarta on Wednesday afternoon strengthened, as investors ...

APEC encourages digital skills for women in tourism

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is offering support to women involved in the tourism business to gain more ...

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News Focus - APEC to build financial resilience to disasters

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) strives to build financial resilience to serve as a shield in the event of ...

Puspiptek Indonesia takes part in technology forum in Tehran

Head of the Science and Technology Research Center (Puspiptek) of the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher ...

FAO-WHO underscore critical role of food safety in life

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) marked the first-ever World Food Safety ...

Amnesty International to assist independent probe into Baswedan case

Asia-Pacific Advocacy Manager at Amnesty International Francisco Bencosmell paid a visit to the Corruption Eradication ...

Philip Morris International enters the ‘Year of Unsmoke’—calls on all those who can empower a smoke-free future

- Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE:PM) today launched “The Year of Unsmoke,” an urgent call to action ...

ESG investment in ASEAN is promising; however, challenges remain, AJC says in a new study on ESG investment in ASEAN

- ESG investment has been implicitly and unsystematically undertaken among the ASEAN firms but it is promising, ...

90 percent of orangutans live outside preserved forests: BKSDA

Some 90 percent of the orangutan population are living outside preserved forests and are exposed to conflicts with ...

Tobacco harm reduction can help stem Asia’s smoking epidemic

- Despite strict government regulation, high taxes, and extensive public awareness campaigns, smoking remains a major ...

Indef warns government of year-end inflation threat

The Institute for Development of Economics and Finance (INDEF) has reminded the government of the need to pay ...

News Focus - Empowering the youth to develop digital economy

Indonesians are already one of the most digitally connected societies in the world, and 143.26 million people have ...

IMF-WB - Innovation waves must be considered with friendly regulations : President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) believes that the wave of rapidly developing innovations in recent times must be ...

IMF-WB - Economic downside overshadows global financial stability

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported that the economic downside indicated by plateauing global growth, ...