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Archipelago 3 years ago

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Police arrest cop, hunt fugitives in multiple rape case in Central Sulawesi

A police officer has been named a suspect in the rape of a 15-year-old girl in Parigi Moutong regency in Central Sulawesi, following the arrest of two other suspects, who fled to Kalimantan, over the weekend.

Society 3 years ago

BPOM suspends licences of two more drug firms amid probe into child deaths

Indonesia temporarily banned sales of some syrup-based medications in October after it identified the presence in some products of ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol as possible factors for causing the illness.

Academia 3 years ago

Declining population in Asia and the Pacific affects labor supply

When the number of the productive-age population is not enough for achieving a high productivity, the governments and companies need elderly workers to continue working.

Academia 3 years ago

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Kidfluencers vs children’s well-being

Critics mainly suspect that kidfluencers are projections of their parent’s ambition, or worse, the cash cows of their respective families.

Academia 4 years ago

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Stunting: Lessons learned and the way forward

Further reducing the stunting rate would require local leaders and communities to innovate.

Academia 4 years ago

Yohana Yembise: Portrait of a true Papuan lady

As a cabinet minister in President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s first term of government, Yembise established her credentials as someone who was willing to challenge the status quo.

Academia 4 years ago

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COVID-19 triggered a crisis in 2021. Will 2022 be the same?

The coronavirus will come back to haunt every country without a push to get the whole world vaccinated in 2022.

Science & Tech 5 years ago

China's Tencent turns to facial recognition to snag late-night child gamers

Chinese tech giant Tencent has rolled out a facial recognition "midnight patrol" function to root out children masquerading as adults to get around a government curfew on underage gamers.