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BNPB provides 349,000 pieces of protective gear to medical teams

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has distributed 349,000 pieces of protective equipment (APD) to health ...

MPR seeks government's attention for groups prone to COVID-19

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Bambang Soesatyo has called on the government to focus on the basic ...

Flash flood wrecks hundreds of houses in Bandar Lampung

A flash flood claimed one life and destroyed hundreds of houses in the Lampung provincial capital of ...

Police thwart attempt to sell 11 kg of crystal meth

The West Jakarta Metropolitan Police's anti-drug squad thwarted an attempt by six drug dealers to trade crystal ...

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Key takeaways from the cholera outbreak that devastated Batavia

At least 597,185 people worldwide have contracted the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), an infectious ailment caused by ...

COVID-19: Indonesians urged to delay annual tradition of 'mudik'

The Indonesian Government has urged citizens not to return to their hometowns, or, at least, to delay their travel ...

President Jokowi confirms his mother died of cancer

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has confirmed his mother, Sujiatmi Notomiharjo, passed away due to cancer at the age of ...

Aceh still main gateway for drug smuggling: police

Aceh remains one of the main entry points used by drug dealers to smuggle narcotics illegally into Indonesia, according ...

Aceh police destroy 1.2 tons of marijuana seized during operations

The Aceh Police destroyed 1.2 tons of cannabis, 41.98 kilograms crystal methamphetamine, 2,644 ecstasy pills, and 1,041 ...

Government contemplates on banning Eid al-Fitr homecoming

The government has mulled over the option to ban this year's Eid al-Fitr homecoming to thwart the spread of ...

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Alluring dark poems of South American poets

Mama told us of a white forest in Russia: “... and we made little men out of snow and put hats we stole from ...

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From struggle, love, to humor: rich themes of Indonesian poems

Aku by Chairil Anwar is one of the Indonesian-language poems that are widely known across generations. Some ...

Indonesia introduces large-scale social distancing measures

University of Indonesia (UI), March 13, 2020, announced migrating from face-to-face class meetings to the online-study ...

House urges government to engage experts to contemplate on lockdown

The House of Representatives (DPR) appealed to the government to engage experts in contemplating on imposing a lockdown ...

Jakarta's COVID-19 Virus Response Post contacted by 3,892 people

The Jakarta COVID-19 Virus Response Post has been contacted by 3,892 people seeking to learn more about the coronavirus ...