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AG to evaluate prosecutors' jail demand for Baswedan's attackers

Indonesia's Attorney General Sanitiar (ST) Burhanuddin will evaluate the year-long jail demand of the public ...

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Balanced approach needed to battle twin health and economic crises

As its coronavirus case count crosses 50 thousand, Indonesia, which has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic since March ...

Global economic crisis is real: Indonesian President Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) spoke of being informed of the global economic crisis being a real challenge, ...

Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society’s Doing Good Index plots way forward in post-Covid-19 world

- The Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society (CAPS) today released the second edition of its Doing Good Index ...

President keeps close eye on current global economic growth

President Joko Widodo has been watching carefully the current world economic growth that is experiencing a sharp ...

Military Chiefs of Staff affirm readiness to support new normal

The Indonesian army, navy, and air force chiefs of staff affirmed their readiness to support the government's ...

350,000 residents saved after Medan police's 35-kg crystal meth bust

The Medan Metropolitan Police was able to protect 350 thousand citizens from being siphoned into a vicious circle of ...

Year-long jail demand for Baswedan's attackers makes no sense: Syarif

Laode M. Syarif, Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) ex-commissioner, opined that public prosecutors’ ...

West Nusa Tenggara police instructed to uncover prison drug trade

West Nusa Tenggara Police Chief Inspector General Mohammad Iqbal instructed his personnel to endeavor ceaselessly to ...

Zynga enters into agreement to acquire Istanbul-based Peak, creator of top charting mobile franchises Toon Blast and Toy Blast

- Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, today announced it has entered into a ...

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Indonesians asked to prepare for new normal

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked Indonesians, and businesses entities in particular, to prepare to coexist ...

NTHU uses big data to counter coronavirus

- National Tsing Hua University (NTHU) has recently begun to collaborate with Facebook and Harvard University in using ...

East Aceh police destroy 45 kilograms of confiscated crystal meth

The East Aceh police, on Monday, destroyed 45 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine seized from five members of a ...

Medan police apprehend four drug dealers, haul 240-kg cannabis

- all residents of Medan City -- while SR (59) was a resident of Labuhan Batu District, Medan Police Chief Sen. Coms. ...

Indonesia's SOEs ordered to anticipate new normal with COVID-19

State-Owned Enterprises Minister Erick Thohir has ordered all state-owned companies to set up their respective COVID-19 ...