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A final call to tackle the Papua refugee crisis in new regions

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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo meets with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) ahead of the ASEAN leaders' summit at the Bogor Palace in West Java on April 23, 2021.

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Indonesia and Vietnam relations: True partners in development

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President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo delivers his State of the Nation address ahead of the country's Independence Day at the parliament building, Central Jakarta, on Aug. 16.

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Indonesia has yet to join the club of nations from Brazil to China and India that have issued stringent regulations on personal data protection, modeled on the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which protects citizens from privacy and data breaches regardless of where the data is processed and which recognizes citizens’ “right to be forgotten”, so users can ask for data erasure and delisting from digital platforms and search engines.

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Time to forge a better and more privacy-conscious digital future

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Decolonizing research, advancing science and technology

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How digitalized buildings can improve energy efficiency in ASEAN

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Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan (right) shakes hand with Inpex Corp. CEO Takayuki Ueda (left) in Tokyo on Monday after they agreed in the final plan of development (PoD) of the gas-rich Masela block in the Arafura Sea.

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Fixing Masela gas project, Jokowi’s second costly blunder

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Why food estates do more harm than good and must end

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Trial and error: A miniature test rocket takes off as the National Aeronautics and Space Institute (LAPAN) tests equipment on barren scrubland in Lumajang, East Java on Nov. 19, 2019. LAPAN has been merged into the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

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What’s next for the Indonesian space program?

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ARF at full stretch to deal with myriad challenges

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The Indonesian, Malaysian, and Philippine publics were surprised by the news that the Long March 5B rocket booster fell into the Sulu Sea on July 31. This rocket booster was part of a Chinese Space Station module with a weight of 20 tonnes and a diameter of 30 meters.

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Lessons on conservation from the Long March 5B debris

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How Indonesian Islamic politics shape mandatory hijab rules and uniform policies in school

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Pelosi’s Taiwan visit reveals the US' true intentions

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Changes to tenure system underscore need for further Constitution Court reform

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Central role: Bank Indonesia (BI) employees walk through the lobby of the central bank’s office building in Jakarta on Feb. 28, 2020. Pressure is mounting for BI to tighten monetary policy after the United States Federal Reserve raised rates by 75 basis points recently.

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G20 response to the development of crypto-assets activities

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