Experts point to a decline in interest in farming but say many young people have few other options.
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1 hour agoThe former presidents, Jokowi to be included not too long from now, remain political bigwigs fighting for their own parties’ survival, rather than statesmen or women who solely think about the well-being of the country’s 280 million people.
1 hour agoPeople and governments around the world have deplored Israel's military operation on Gaza's southern city of Rafah, where around 1.4 million refugees from across the territory are sheltering, with Indonesia issuing strong condemnation against the move as well as a warning that further escalation would "amount to an ultimate crime against humanity".
9 hours agoWhoever appointed the finance minister should realize the acts of the rotten apples inside the ministry have jeopardized the decades-long bureaucratic reform effort.
10 hours agoIndonesia reiterated its commitment to strengthening ties with Papua New Guinea on Wednesday in a “historic” meeting in Jayapura that emphasized defense cooperation with the Pacific Island nation amid unabating geopolitical tensions in the region.
11 hours agoPSG's hunt for elusive European glory will go on into another year after they went out in the semi-finals to Borussia Dortmund, a 1-0 loss in Tuesday's second leg at home sealing a surprise 2-0 aggregate defeat.
13 hours agoSocial media users immediately criticized the ad, which was posted on X by Apple CEO Tim Cook, as painfully tone-deaf at a time when the creative community is worried about its future with the emergence of generative AI.
13 hours agoStarlink's network of low Earth orbit satellites can provide internet to remote locations or areas that have had normal communications infrastructure disabled.
13 hours agoAs ceasefire talks continued in Cairo, Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said their fighters struck Israeli forces on the eastern outskirts of Rafah, firing anti-tank rockets and mortars at Israeli positions.
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15 hours agoJakarta has long been a magnet for people searching for better livelihoods, particularly after Idul Fitri. But this year, the estimated number of newcomers has fallen as the economies of other cities in the country start to catch up.
16 hours agoIn a recent legal defense against a class action lawsuit, British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca admitted that its vaccine can "in very rare cases, cause TTS", while acknowledging that the causal mechanism was yet known.
17 hours agoThe Grammy-nominated artist is slated to perform at Indonesia’s biggest jazz festival on May 26, the final day of the festival’s three-day run.
19 hours agoThe share of renewables in global electricity generation rose to a record of 30 percent last year from 19 percent in 2000. Indonesia, meanwhile, only had a 20 percent share in 2023.
21 hours agoSubak ecotourism can help prevent land conversion. For this research, we specifically studied Subak Teba Majalangu, Kesiman, Denpasar, Bali.
21 hours agoBiden, a self-described Zionist, had long resisted stopping any of the $3 billion in weapons the United States sends each year to Israel -- and pushed Congress for an increase in the wake of the October 7 attack by Hamas that triggered the major Israeli retaliation.
23 hours agoKaesang's nomination was endorsed by the supporters of president- and vice president-elect Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
1 day agoA senior US treasury official said this week the United States saw Iran's capacity to move its oil as being reliant on service providers based in Malaysia.
1 day agoIn his speech to inaugurate the project Prabowo said that the initiative to recreate the sprawling palace of Majapahit should be seen as an effort to preserve the country's history and culture.
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1 day agoIndonesia’s Chandra Asri is in expansion mode after announcing plans to construct a caustic soda plant and an ethylene dichloride plant.
1 day agoMahfud said that the proposal to add more ministerial portfolios should be a seen as a move to reward the many political parties that had contributed to the presidential bid of Prabowo in the Feb. 14 election.
1 day ago"The pilot successfully ejected and the plane crashed thereafter within Tengah Air Base," it said in a statement.
1 day agoIndonesia, through the Foreign Ministry, reiterated its call for a permanent cease-fire and urged the United Nations Security Council to “stop Israel’s brutal atrocities immediately”.
1 day agoThe ministry has previously considered putting debt-laden Waskita Karya under Hutama Karya, which it deems to be in much better financial condition.
1 day agoJohari Abdul Ghani said the "orangutan diplomacy" strategy would gift the endangered great apes to palm oil trading nations, especially major importing territories like the EU and India.
1 day agoThe partnership is expected to explore new mineral deposits, including a potential one in Bledug Kluwu in Central Java.
1 day agoXi began his trip earlier this week in France, a visit that was cordial but also highlighted tensions between Beijing and the EU over the war in Ukraine and global trade.
1 day agoMangas such as "One Piece" and "Dragon Ball" are a huge success story for Japan, with the market projected to be worth $42.2 billion by 2030, according to the startup, Orange Inc.
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