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Society 1 week ago

Frustration in flood-stricken Sumatra as survivors await aid

In affected regions, there is growing frustration among survivors of catastrophic flooding and lands...

Asia & Pacific 1 week ago

Malaysia to resume search for long-missing flight MH370

The Boeing 777 carrying 239 people vanished from radar screens on March 8, 2014, while en route from...

Academia 1 week ago

Outrage alone won’t save the Philippines

Democracies move slowly; but when paired with civic education, vigilance and public participation, t...

Academia 1 week ago

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ASEAN inaction on cybercrime poses a risk to regional security

If left unaddressed, these criminal networks will not only destabilize individual member states but ...

Companies 1 week ago

Perspirex clarifies it never left Indonesian market, announces change of distributor

Danish antiperspirant brand Perspirex has clarified that it never left the Indonesian market, but ra...

Tech 1 week ago

OpenAI declares ChatGPT 'code red' over stiff competition

In a memo to staff on Monday, Altman told employees that the company was "at a critical time fo...

Academia 1 week ago

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Funding gap looms, will progress against AIDS, TB, malaria suffer?

However, with global funding pledges falling short of the target required to sustain health programm...

Society 1 week ago

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How deforestation turbocharged Sumatra's deadly floods

Environmentalists, experts and even the government have pointed to the role forest loss played in fl...

Archipelago 1 week ago

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BGN redirects free meal kitchens to feed Sumatra flood victims

The three provinces have suffered severe devastation after a rare tropical storm formed in the Malac...

Politics 1 week ago

Indonesia, Netherlands sign deal to repatriate two convicts, one on death row

Siegfried Mets, 73, was sentenced to death in 2008 for distributing drugs, while Ali Tokman, 64, was...

Archipelago 1 week ago

Death toll from Sumatra floods and landslides passes 700

The agency in a press conference late on Tuesday said 708 people had been killed since last week, a ...

Academia 1 week ago

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The triple-return ocean economy

Advancing regenerative ocean solutions provides a hedge against systemic instability by protecting o...

Archipelago 1 week ago

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Critically endangered Sumatran elephant found dead in flood-hit Aceh

The discovery was the latest in a string of elephant deaths in recent months that has heightene...

Academia 1 week ago

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The early warning that Sumatra never received

In the event of disasters, what protects people is not a perfect environment, but a reliable flow of...

Politics 1 week ago

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Rights violations continue unabated in Papua: Komnas HAM

The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has logged at least 60 alleged human rights vio...

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Decade-old satellite corruption case enters new phase

A decade-old case of alleged corruption in the procurement of a satellite at the Defense Ministry en...

Academia 1 week ago

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Sumatra floods: A test of national coordination, not just status

Indonesia has real-time disaster maps using crowdsourced reports and a national portal for disaster ...

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Analysis: Garuda–Pelita merger plan advances amid financial, political headwinds

The plan to merge national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia with PT Pelita Air Service, a subsidiary...

Jakarta 1 week ago

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Graves over homes: Jakarta’s cemetery crisis pushes out poor residents

To deal with the shortage of burial plots for the dead, Jakarta is planning to revitalize and expand...

Archipelago 2 weeks ago

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Northern Sumatra leaders raise white flag amid deadly floods

With at least 712 dead and hundreds more missing from floods and landslides across northern Sumatra,...

Academia 2 weeks ago

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Citizenship without certainty

The Global Citizenship is commendable initiative but it lacks legal certainty, professional security...

Companies 2 weeks ago

The second AI Alliance Network Meeting highlights major wins, signals broader expansion

AI Journey 2025, held in Moscow on Nov. 21, marked a momentous occasion as the international confere...

Politics 2 weeks ago

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KPK questions former governor Ridwan Kamil in Bank BJB graft case

Investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) previously raided the former West Java ...

Regulations 2 weeks ago

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Luhut rebuffs China-bias claims amid Morowali airport brouhaha

The former senior minister urged the public to stay united and view strategic policies, including mi...

Europe 2 weeks ago

US envoy Witkoff and Kushner arrive in Moscow to meet Putin

Trump has said he wants to end Europe's deadliest conflict since World War Two but his efforts s...

Tech 2 weeks ago

Apple to resist India order to preload state-run app as political outcry builds

Apple does not plan to comply with a mandate to preload its smartphones with a state-owned cyber saf...

Economy 2 weeks ago

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Keeping MSMEs afloat next year

The macroeconomic dominance of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) is not reflected in their...

Culture and Entertainment 2 weeks ago

Agak Laen returns funnier and warmer, but don’t call it a sequel

The team behind the highest grossing film of 2024 returns with a completely new world, this time wit...

Archipelago 2 weeks ago

Sumatra flood survivors battle mud, trauma

The rains have moved on and the floodwaters have largely receded, but the disaster has left a trail ...

Companies 2 weeks ago

UnionPay’s New Four-Party Model Makes Cross-Border QR Payments Seamless in Indonesia

Cross-border QR payments between China and Indonesia are entering a new phase, as UnionPay Internati...

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