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Asia & Pacific 3 days ago

How Thailand-Cambodia conflict went from Trump-backed ceasefire to airstrikes

MAY 28, 2025: Cambodia's defence ministry says one of its soldiers is killed after a brief excha...

Academia 3 days ago

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Biosecurity efforts boost Indonesia’s food resilience

ASF may not infect humans, yet its impact runs deep.

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Building a financially healthy Indonesia

Setting up a national council for financial health, as the President has announced, is the firs...

Economy 3 days ago

France's Macron threatens China with tariffs over trade surplus: Les Echos

French President Emmanuel Macron said he had threatened Beijing with tariffs during his state visit ...

Academia 3 days ago

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The critical-minerals race is putting the planet at risk

Reducing material consumption, especially in developed countries, remains the most effective way to ...

Sports 3 days ago

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Indonesia aims for top three at SEA Games as govt promises bigger cash prize

President Prabowo Subianto has promised bigger cash prizes for athletes who win golds at the 2...

Society 3 days ago

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AstraZeneca to bring 10 new cancer medicines by 2030

Home to 4.8 billion people or 60 percent of the world’s population, Asia accounts for 50 perce...

Academia 3 days ago

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When Indonesia's development leads to destruction

The country still has time to choose between pursuing the current extractive course to benefit the f...

Archipelago 3 days ago

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South Aceh regent criticized for making ‘umrah’ pilgrimage amid flood disaster

Regent Mirwan said he had checked that all victims had been properly handled and ensured that all ag...

Society 3 days ago

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Nowhere is safe: Women remain vulnerable to violence across all spaces

One in four women in Indonesia has experienced sexual violence in their lifetime, with at least 30 p...

Academia 3 days ago

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Every hour counts: Mobilizing national capacity for disaster response

The President must declare the Sumatra floods and landslides a national disaster so the state can mo...

Politics 3 days ago

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Prabowo signals support for Golkar’s push to end direct regional elections

Ahead of a planned revision to election rules, President Prabowo Subianto has once again raised the ...

Academia 3 days ago

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Analysis: Prabowo's sluggish response to devastating Sumatra floods

On Nov. 25, flash floods triggered by Cyclone Senyar struck Sumatra, severely damaging Aceh, North S...

Archipelago 3 days ago

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Eighty percent of Central Tapanuli regency employees affected by disasters: Regent

Fuel and liquified petroleum gas (LPG) supply is still limited and electricity has not fully recover...

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Riau Islands ready to impose community sentences, governor says

Riau Islands province has signaled it is ready to implement community service as an alternative puni...

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Fear of rising death toll grows as flood-hit Aceh regions remain isolated

The regions hit by the floods and landslides in Aceh remain cut off from the government’s resc...

Editorial 3 days ago

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Give investors clarity, not confusion

Foreign investors need assurances that their long-term investments will be protected from arbit...

Economy 3 days ago

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MoU signed for national car but questions remain on ‘ambitious’ project

Indonesia’s bid to mass-produce cars of a homegrown brand in 2027 is “highly ambitious&r...

Archipelago 3 days ago

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Navy to deploy more assets to distribute aid for Sumatra disasters

The Indonesian Navy deployed at least 13 warships, five helicopters and an airplane to distribute re...

Archipelago 3 days ago

Dutch drug convict in Indonesia transferred ahead of deportation

Drug smugglers Ali Tokman, 65, and Siegfried Mets, 74, have been languishing in jails for years afte...

Economy 3 days ago

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Sumatra disaster to have mild impact on Q4 GDP growth: Purbaya

The Finance Ministry expects the Sumatra disaster to only have a slight impact on gross domestic pro...

Companies 3 days ago

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Shell reaches long-awaited base fuel deal with Pertamina

Shell Indonesia has been allotted 100,000 barrels of fuel by Pertamina Patra Niaga, bringing the tot...

Entertainment 3 days ago

Avatar 3 aims to become end-of-year blockbuster

"Avatar: Fire and Ash", directed by James Cameron 16 years after he first enthralled fans ...

Europe 4 days ago

Kremlin welcomes end to 'direct threat' label in US strategy

Since Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea and its 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, US strateg...

Asia & Pacific 4 days ago

Australia activates disaster relief for wildfire-hit New South Wales state

Australia on Sunday activated disaster relief for residents impacted by wildfires that have burnt pr...

Europe 4 days ago

No breakthrough at 'constructive' Ukraine-US talks

Three days of talks between Ukrainian and US officials produced no apparent breakthrough Saturday, w...

Middle East and Africa 4 days ago

Gaza talks at critical moment, Qatar's prime minister says

Negotiations on consolidating the US-backed truce in the war in Gaza are at a "critical" m...

Asia & Pacific 4 days ago

Hong Kong election turnout in focus amid anger over deadly fire

Hong Kong's citizens votes on Sunday in an election where the focus is on turnout, with resident...

Tech 4 days ago

X gets $140 million EU fine for breaching content rules but TikTok settles

Elon Musk's social media company X was fined 120 million euros (US$140 million) by EU tech regul...

Archipelago 4 days ago

Residents climb over logs in walk to aid centre as flood deaths rise over 900

Aceh resident Munawar Liza Zainal said he felt "betrayed" by the government, which has so ...

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