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How science is solving food waste

Worried about food waste? Here’s how researchers are working to solve the problem

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Rohingya refugee boat lands in Indonesia after month at sea

Banda Aceh (Indonesia) (AFP) - A broken-down boat carrying 57 Rohingya refugees landed on Indonesia's western coast on Sunday after a month at sea, police said.

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58 Rohingya Muslims Land on Beach in Indonesia’s Aceh

Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday after weeks at sea, officials said. The group of 58 men arrived on Indrapatra beach at Ladong, a fishing village in Aceh Besar district, early Sunday, said local police chief…

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58 Rohingya Muslims land on beach in Indonesia's Aceh

Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims have been found on a beach in Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh after weeks at sea

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Indonesian families sue over deadly stadium disaster

Jakarta (AFP) - Seven Indonesian families whose relatives died or were injured in one of the worst stadium disasters in football history are suing officials they consider responsible, their lawyer said Friday.

AFP

Indonesia’s bid to woo investors complicated by ‘sex ban’ code

Southeast Asian country’s businesses community is divided on how revised code will affect efforts to attract investment.

Al Jazeera

Palm kernel product imported for use on dairy farms may actually be harmful to cows

Each year, New Zealand imports about 2 million tonnes of palm kernel expeller (PKE), a by-product of palm-oil processing in Indonesia and Malaysia, to feed dairy cows, at a cost of NZ$800 million.

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Under Indonesia's new criminal code, rights groups fear more women will be forced to marry their rapists to escape prosecution

Three women's rights groups say Indonesia's controversial new criminal code will make it easier and more common for sexual assault victims to be forced into marrying their own rapists. WARNING: Readers may find details in this story distressing.

ABC News

Warning issued after nearly 200 children die from contaminated cough syrup in Indonesia

Parents have been given an urgent warning over 'substandard' medicine after suspected contamination of cough syrup in Indonesia led to the deaths of almost 200 people, mostly children

Daily Mirror

Indonesia's 'blue carbon credits' are crucial for global climate mitigation. Here's how to help them flourish

Indonesia’s mangroves and seagrass are one of the key to global climate mitigation efforts, as they store around 17% of the world’s “blue carbon”.

The Conversation

DDC urges polio jabs for kids

The Public Health Ministry is on full alert to administer the polio vaccine to Thai kids aged under five years old as almost 600 polio cases were recently detected in 22 countries, including Indonesia.

Bangkok Post

In Indonesia, nearly 200 children have died from contaminated syrup medicines. Others have been left with debilitating injuries

Since August, hundreds more Indonesian children have suffered Acute Kidney Injury after taking contaminated syrup medicines. How such high concentrations made it into children's cough syrups and liquid paracetamol is still unclear.

ABC News

Woman killed in tug-of-war game after rope pings back and drags her into concrete block

Masita B was participating in a world record attempt in Makassar, Indonesia, on Sunday when suddenly the mile-long rope pinged back and dragged her into a concrete barrier

Daily Mirror

Indonesia bans bauxite exports in latest protectionist move

JAKARTA: Indonesia will impose a ban on bauxite exports from the middle of next year, the country’s latest move aimed at boosting domestic processing of its mineral resources.

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Indonesia's 'all-gendered' priests on verge of extinction

Pangkajene (Indonesia) (AFP) - After dawn in a small eastern Indonesia town, a young man holds an ornate umbrella over non-binary priest Puang Matowa Nani, as they walk barefoot to a nearby pond to perform the annual ritual of Mappalili.

360info

Indonesian research access: quantity over quality?

Prestige drove Indonesian universities to open their research to the world. Now they need to tidy their files.

Bangkok Post

Independent in Indonesia

Interest in recorded music, led by DJs and "crate-diggers", has shone a light on some fascinating popular music genres over the past 20-odd years. Soundway Records, set up by Miles Claret in the UK, released its first compilation in 2002 on Afrobeat, funk and fusion from Ghana in the 1970s,…

Bangkok Post

Rescue calls for boat stranded near Thailand holding 200 Rohingya refugees

Southeast Asian politicians called Tuesday for the rescue of a boat carrying as many as 200 Rohingya refugees including women and children stranded at sea for several weeks.

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Politics and Islam bring Indonesian compromise on criminal code

Indonesia's new criminal code has grabbed headlines for making sex outside marriage illegal but Islamic parties wanted even harsher punishment for moral crimes in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation, accounts of behind-the-scenes negotiations reveal.

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YouTubers Go Off-Roading For The First Time In Lombok, Indonesia

Content creator collective TRI333PLE sends Amos and Winston on an Indonesian dirt bike tour for the group’s latest YouTube video.

Bangkok Post

Myanmar and two new game-changers

The recently passed bill by Congress, known broadly as the 2022 Burma Act, which allows the US government to provide technical support and non-military assistance to engage with the opposition groups against the military junta in Nay Pyi Taw combined with the incoming Asean chair, Indonesia, could be a game-changer…

The Street

Strong Growth Seen for Emerging Asian Economies in 2023

Emerging markets in Asia remain a bright spot on the investment horizon. Emerging Asia, which includes China, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam, has outperformed other emerging markets during the past two decades. The IMF has penciled in annual GDP growth of 4.6% for emerging and developing Asia in…

The Conversation

What are mud volcanoes?

Rice farmers living in Sidoarjo Regency, Indonesia, awoke to a strange sight on May 29, 2006. The ground had ruptured overnight and was spewing out steam.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka navy rescues over 100 Rohingya adrift in rough seas

Navy says 104 people found on board a trawler suspected to have originated from Myanmar and heading to Indonesia.

Bangkok Post

Two calves of endangered Javan rhinos spotted in Indonesia

JAKARTA: Indonesia has welcomed two baby Javan rhinoceroses to a family of one of the world's most endangered species, the environment and forestry ministry said.

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