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Ministry records 686 hoaxes on COVID-19

The Ministry of Communication and Informatics has, as of Wednesday, recorded 686 false news stories, or hoaxes, in ...

Weekend Stories

Deciphering Indonesia in its myriad shades through its female writers

International Women's Day is celebrated worldwide to honor women and their accomplishments and acknowledge what ...

Kurita Water Industries wins Agency of Natural Resources and Energy Director-General's Award in the 2019 Energy Conservation Grand Prize for improved heat transfer efficiency through dropwise condensa

- Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (TOKYO: 6370) (Head Office: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; President: Michiya Kadota; hereinafter ...

Weekend Stories

Indonesian young protesters offer hope to safeguard freedom, democracy

A university students' group marched in a human chain from nearby bus stops and closest train stations to the House ...

Japanese companies should not miss out opportunities from rapidly growing ASEAN ageing population

- ASEAN is facing rapid population ageing. It is estimated that all ASEAN countries will become ageing society (more ...

Mary Kay Inc.’s David Holl named among top ten most reputable CEOs in the world, according to Reputation Institute

- Mary Kay Inc., a global beauty brand, today announced that Chairman and CEO David Holl is among the top ten most ...

Kirin Beverage rewrites own national record for lightest 2-liter plastic bottle

-- Lighter Bottle Top Helps Further Reduce Environmental Impact -Kirin Beverage Co., Ltd. has managed to reduce the ...

Presidential Debate

Kalla hopes for interesting vice presidential debate

Indonesia's current Vice President Jusuf Kalla hoped that the third round of the 2019 presidential election debate ...

Ma'ruf Amin to face presidential debate armed with life experience

Indonesian vice presidential candidate Ma'ruf Amin said that he will deal with the third presidential debate in the ...

KPU invites ministers to attend third presidential election debate

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has invited several ministers to attend the third presidential election debate ...

AJC's choice brought a Gold Award to ASEAN at the prestigious Good Design Award Ceremony: Indonesian bamboo bicycle receives the Good Design Gold Award

- Spedagi bamboo bicycle produced by the CV Pirani Works, Indonesia, which was chosen by the ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC: ...

Mitsui Chemicals and Chitose Group launch novel open innovation initiative to foster businesses and talents

- Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (TOKYO:4183)(President & CEO: Tsutomu Tannowa) and Chitose Group (CEO: Tomohiro Fujita), a ...

Jokowi grateful for being an influential Muslim figure

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said he was grateful when he learned that his name was included in the list of the ...

Indonesia seeks cooperation to mitigate impact of US-China trade war

Indonesian Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has underscored the importance of cooperation to address the negative impact ...

News Feature - ICW, driving force behind global women`s movement

Discussing the history of a global women`s movements is not complete without mentioning the International Council of ...