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View all search resultsEast Java, now the epicenter of Indonesia's coronavirus outbreak, is battling COVID-19 on several fronts, including overwhelmed hospitals, transmission among medical workers and the majority of its residents flouting the health protocols.
In the past couple of weeks, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and other government officials have repeatedly cited the R0 – pronounced R-naught – of COVID-19 in Indonesia as the country gears up to enter the “new normal” period to restart the economy. But what is the R0 and what does it say about the current national health crisis?
The issue of Papuan self-determination is even split among experts, with one side debunking it as "myth" through the 1969 Act of Free Choice (Pepera), while the other points to the same election as fomenting the controversy.
Indonesia is facing its biggest environmental disaster in the past 10 years with the oil spill polluting the Balikpapan Bay in East Kalimantan, affecting the marine ecosystem as well as coastal residents. Here’s what we know and what we don’t about the incident.
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