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Jakarta budget heavy on flood mitigation efforts

The Jakarta government said it will focus its 2020 revised budget on pushing flood mitigation efforts, such as ...

Six figures to receive national heroic awards from president

President Joko Widodo will bestow national heroic awards upon six figures at the State Palace on November 10, according ...

Government should make concrete steps to address recession: Lawmaker

A lawmaker has called on the government to take concrete steps to deal with economic recession on account of the ...

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Indonesia serious about hosting 2032 Olympics: Widodo to tell IOC

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to visit Switzerland to demonstrate Indonesia’s seriousness and ...

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Turning things around in the climate negotiation room

- held in Glasgow, United Kingdom in November 2021 -- must be able to carry out what is known as the best alternative ...

Aceh drug dealers charged with violating narcotics, TPPU laws: police

Aceh Police Chief Inspector General Wahyu Widada has insisted that all drug dealers apprehended in the province will be ...

Indonesia persistently intensifies COVID-19 contact tracing efforts

Indonesia’s Health Ministry collaborated with the COVID-19 Task Force to launch a program to bolster contact ...

14 army hospitals equipped with mobile PCR labs: official

Fourteen army hospitals in Indonesia have been equipped with mobile polymerase chain reaction (PCR) laboratories to ...

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Awaiting Indonesia's COVID-19 vaccine in a careful and cautious way

Indonesia has been adopting cautious and prudent approaches in its endeavors to ably fight the novel coronavirus ...

MUI urges Muslims to stay calm regarding COVID-19 vaccines

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) has urged Muslim communities nationwide to stay calm and avoid creating undue ...

Indonesia wants United States of America to be its true friend

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) laid stress on the need to maintain partnership between Indonesia and the United States ...

Indonesia increases number of evacuee camps over La Nina impact

The Indonesian government has increased the number of evacuee camps, especially in disaster-prone areas, as a ...

Riau police bust massive crystal meth haul within fortnight

The Riau police confiscated 36 kilograms (kg) of crystal methamphetamine within two weeks and arrested four drug ...

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Indonesia braces for La Nina-induced hydrometeorological disasters

The onset of monsoons in most Indonesian regions in September have also triggered flooding in several provinces, ...

Indonesia's COVID-19 testing capability sees 'tremendous' increase

Indonesia’s COVID-19 testing capacity has expanded steeply compared to the beginning of the pandemic, according ...