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‘Pintu’ opens a new runway between France and Indonesia

Through residencies and collaborations, designers are transforming cultural exchange into contemporary collections.

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In this photo taken on July 2, 2020, a visitor walks past the largest Buddha statue in Thailand, in Ang Thong province, north of Bangkok, as authorities reopened sites to tourists following lockdowns to halt the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus.
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Details of 100m visitors to Thailand exposed online: research firm

More than 106 million travellers to Thailand had their personal details exposed online in August, a cybersecurity research company that discovered the data said.

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A young woman rides her donkey to attend the annual festival for nomad people called Cure Salee in Ingall, in Niger on September 16, 2021.
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In Niger, nomadic herders gather in shadow of jihadist threat

Once a year, North Niger's traditional gateway to the Sahara is the gathering point for the Cure Salee festival of Tuareg and Wodaabe pastoralists.

4 years ago
A member of the Taliban poses for a picture in front of aquariums at the Kabul Zoo on September 17, 2021.
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Gun-toting Taliban mingle with families and kids at Kabul Zoo

As visitors set up picnic spots in the shaded grounds, heavily armed Taliban gunmen peer into the enclosures.

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A model presents a creation from British designer Mark Fast during a catwalk show for the Spring/Summer 2022 collection on the first day of London Fashion Week in London on September 17, 2021.
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Back on the catwalk: live shows return at London Fashion Week

Catwalk shows resumed at London Fashion Week on Friday, after previous editions of the landmark industry event were forced online by the pandemic.

4 years ago
Easy but dangerous money: An easy and fast process from smartphone-based lending apps has lured many people to borrow money. (Courtesy of Unsplash/Mufid Majnun)
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The ‘pinjol’ trap: The horrors of payday loans in pandemic-stricken Indonesia

Many Indonesians are drowning in overbearing loans and intimidation attacks after taking out online loans to survive. 

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Visitors walk at Pantai Cenai in Langkawi on September 16, 2021, as the Malaysian holiday island reopens to domestic tourists following closures due to restrictions to halt the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus.
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Malaysian holiday island opens as tourism restarts

With the outbreak gradually easing, Langkawi, one of tropical Malaysia's premier holiday destinations, has been chosen for a pilot project to reopen the sector to domestic tourists.

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This picture taken on September 14, 2021 shows a retired Boeing aircraft placed on a seaside cliff to lure tourists and be turned into a villa near Nyang-Nyang beach in Uluwatu Badung Regency, on Indonesia resort island of Bali.
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Retired passenger jet perched on Bali cliff to lure tourists

A retired Boeing passenger jet has been hauled to the top of a seaside cliff in Bali to lure tourists to Indonesia's coronavirus-hit holiday island.

4 years ago
Digital alias: Users of Alter Twitter create an alternative, often anonymous account to escape social norms, sometimes to find partners for casual flings. (Pexel/Ketut Subiyanto)
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The 'Alter' Twitter-verse: Seeking anonymity, solace and validation

While it is easy to dismiss online sex as a social reality shaped by the internet, hooking up via social media is not as straightforward as they might seem.

4 years ago
This file photo, taken on September 29, 2020, shows the logo of the social network Instagram on a smartphone in Toulouse, France.
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Instagram seeks to curb mental harm to teenagers

Instagram defended itself against a report that the social network harms the mental health of young girls, saying it plans to play down posts promoting myths about beautiful bodies.

4 years ago
This picture taken on September 14, 2021 shows South Korean President Moon Jae-in (4th L) posing with members of K-pop sensation BTS as they receive diplomatic passports for a UN session as presidential special envoys at the presidential Blue House in Seoul.
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BTS issued diplomatic passports for UN session

K-pop sensation BTS have been granted diplomatic passports ahead of the United Nations General Assembly as they embark on their new roles as presidential special envoys.

4 years ago
This photo taken on August 29, 2021 shows dog owner Carrie Er using a mobile phone to film her pet white terriers Sasha and Piper (R) at her home in Singapore.
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Digital doggies: pet influencers on the rise in Singapore

Two white terriers have earned thousands of dollars endorsing products ranging from vacuum cleaners to shoes -- and are even represented by an agency.

4 years ago
A photo taken on May 23, 2021 shows a Boeing 737-8AS Ryanair passenger plane (flight FR4978, SP-RSM) from Athens, Greece, that was intercepted and diverted to Minsk on the same day by Belarus authorities, landing at Vilnius International Airport, its initial destination.
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Boeing sees full commercial air recovery by 2024

Boeing said the commercial aviation market should fully recover by 2024 from its pandemic slump.

4 years ago
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Feline generous: Japan cat lovers give $2 million to kidney research

Cats may have nine lives, but their time on Earth is often cut short by kidney problems -- so people in Japan have donated nearly $2 million to the search for a cure.

4 years ago
Guided by gurus: The challenges of the pandemic have encouraged many Indonesians to seek spiritual guidance.
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Saving souls?: Indonesian millennials navigate tough times by relying on spiritual gurus

The pandemic hasn’t stopped Indonesians from finding spiritual guidance from gurus, and one is ready to guide them.

4 years ago
A displays show a message during the commemoration of 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Times Square in New York on September 11, 2021.
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Calls for unity as divided US marks 20th anniversary of 9/11

At the 9/11 memorial in New York, relatives wiped away tears, their voices breaking as they read out the names of the almost 3,000 people killed in the Al-Qaeda attacks.

5 years ago
This picture taken on June 4, 2021 shows a view of cloned camel calves in a pen at the Reproductive Biotechnology Center in Dubai.
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Clone your camel: beauty pageants, races spur high demand

Cloning is in high demand in the competitive world of camel beauty pageants, leaving scientists at a Dubai clinic working round the clock to produce carbon-copy beasts.

5 years ago
This photo illustration taken on September 2, 2021 shows Lee Barrett speaking on his YouTube channel as seen on a computer screen in Beijing.
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The foreign legion of YouTubers defending China

With YouTube videos "debunking" allegations of human rights abuses and diatribes on Western "conspiracies" against China, an unlikely set of foreigners are loudly defending Beijing from its international critics.

5 years ago
Guests, fully clothed in leather, take their seats at the 'Classic meets Fetish' concert at the Twelve Apostles Church (Zwoelf-Apostel-Kirche) in Berlin on September 9, 2021.
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Leather lovers' mass at a Berlin church

In a Berlin church, musicians and the listening public are dressed completely in leather.

5 years ago
A gamepad is pictured as a screen displays the online Twitch platform in Toulouse, southwestern France, on June 15, 2021.
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Twitch sues unnamed pair linked to 'hate raids'

Twitch is suing two users in US federal court, accusing them of orchestrating 'hate raids' spewing abuse at video game play streamers who are not white or straight.

5 years ago
The photo of a 9/11 victim is carried by family and friends as they attend a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2021 in New York City.
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US honors 9/11 dead on 20th anniversary of attacks

America marks the 20th anniversary of 9/11 Saturday with solemn ceremonies.

5 years ago
Peter Jonatan, an Indonesian composer, arranger, orchestrator and educator, earned his PhD in jazz studies from the New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) in late 2020.
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Musician Peter Jonatan: Readjusting classical music

Peter says an abundance of talented musicians and singers can be found in Indonesia but that many have an insufficient musical education.

5 years ago
Hidden treasure: Puguh, who lives in Madiun, East Java, buys up a large stash of used phones for reselling to "the boss", who then extracts precious metals and minerals from waste printed circuit boards (WPCBs).
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Second life: The self-employed techies repairing and repurposing used phones

A niche group of self-employed, tech-savvy individuals are cannibalizing, refurbishing and repurposing old mobile phones, making the must-have devices more affordable while helping to reduce the harm that technology and high-tech consumerism can do to the environment.

5 years ago
Canine trickster: Duffy the poodle learned to do tricks and pose before his 'pawrent' Veronica Kurniawan began posting his videos online. (Courtesy of Veronica Kurniawan)
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Pet influencers: Furry stars and 'pawrents' find symbiotic fame, fortune

Pets have always been a staple of the internet, which has been seeing a growing rise in pet influencers that rake in millions – earnings that these Indonesian "pawrents" use to give their beloved pets the best life they can offer.

5 years ago
A large metal crate containing 500 bottles of 'xinomavro', a dark-skinned grape variety, is lifted to be sunk by winemakers at the bottom of the Arapitsa river in Naousa, Northern Greece, on September 5, 2021.
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Greek winemakers delve depths of underwater aging

Winemakers in northern Greece are diving into the unknown by plunging hundreds of bottles of their wine into the depths of the local river.

5 years ago
Rezki (left) with the Parakerja team.
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Learning Empathy: Indonesians enroll in sign language classes during pandemic

Interest in learning sign language has risen as online classes make everything more accessible than ever.

5 years ago
Make believe: Role-playing videos are one of many types of ASMR content that Tasya Anondha puts out on her YouTube channel. (Courtesy of Tasya Anondha)
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Tingles and role-playing: Indonesian ASMR creators offer unique company in trying times

Fans of Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) content say it provides not just relaxation but a means of easing pandemic loneliness.

5 years ago
Mobile phone and money on grey background. A prisoner in Kosovo had swallowed an entire mobile phone.
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Doctors remove cell phone from prisoner's stomach in Kosovo

A Kosovo surgeon said Tuesday he had successfully removed a mobile phone from the stomach of a prisoner four days after he had swallowed the entire device.

5 years ago
This picture taken in Geneva on September 6, 2021 shows one of the two bracelets belonged to French Queen Marie-Antoinette adorned with three rows of 112 old cut diamonds, that will be offered for the first time for sale at an estimated price of 2 - 4 millions of US dollars by Christie's auction house on November 9 in Geneva.
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Marie-Antoinette diamonds up for auction in Geneva

Two splendid diamond bracelets that belonged to French queen Marie-Antoinette will go under the hammer in Geneva later this year.

5 years ago
In harmony: Inspiration House not only gives free math and English courses for children, but also teaches them to respect each other regardless of faith and race. Courtesy of Cici Situmorang.
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Inspiration House: fostering interfaith tolerance among children

Inspiration House founder Cici Situmorang, 33, hopes to help children from Cirebon, West Java, embrace the multicultural values of Pancasila, Indonesia's foundational philosophy.

5 years ago
Attorney Tegar Putuhena, who is representing two individuals named in MS' social media post as his alleged harassers, speaks to reporters at Jakarta Metropolitan Police headquarters on Sept. 6, 2021. Tegar said that the three other individuals who were personally identified were also considering legal action against MS.
Culture

Personally identified 'harassers' to countersue for defamation

In the latest development in a viral harassment and bullying case, two individuals who were personally identified by MS among five of his alleged harassers have decided to file a countersuit for defamation.

5 years ago
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