Members of South Korean boy band Bangtan Boys, or BTS, arrive for the Asia Artist Awards 2018 in Incheon, South Korea, 28 November 2018.
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K-pop has claimed its share of the world market. It is about time that I-pop gives its best to do the same.
A disabled farmer with his buffaloes at a rice field in Vietnam. The latest data show the exclusion of people with disability from the workforce results in a loss of potential GDP of between 3% and 7% per year.
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The failures to implement inclusive policy stem from various barriers created by both individuals and the government.
Athletes from Thailand in action during the Asian Para Games 2018.
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The work towards disability inclusion needs a continuous sustained effort involving government down to the village level working together with people with disabilities.
The UGM rape case is a reminder that our priority should be to stand with the survivors of sexual assault.
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Under victim-blaming attitudes, the survivors of sexual violence suffer from double victimisation: being assaulted and being blamed.
Joe Taslim (centre) plays the main character Ito in Timo Tjahjanto’s latest film, The Night Comes for Us .
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The Night Comes for Us should be appreciated for reviving the Indonesian action film genre and putting it on the map of global cinema.
A view of ruins in Marawi city, Lanao del Sur province, Philippines, on May 23 2018. Exactly a year earlier, IS terrorists belonging to the Maute and the Abu Sayyaf groups occupied Marawi, triggering a five-month armed conflict that resulted in over a thousand deaths and left the city in ruins.
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Indonesia can also apply strategies implemented by the Philippine government to counteract terrorism and radicalism.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo speaks during a joint media statement with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Bogor Presidential Palace near Jakarta, last August.
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Is Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s claim that the rate of poverty in rural Indonesia has declined at twice the poverty rates of cities correct?
The idea of restorative justice is to redress crime, while ensuring offenders can reintegrate back into the community.
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Restorative justice allows us to uphold justice while respecting the human rights of offenders.
A destroyed house in an earthquake-devastated area at Balaroa village in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia, October 11 2018. It’s reported at least 2,045 people have died as a result of earthquakes that hit central Sulawesi and triggered a tsunami.
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The last two major disasters show that Indonesia needs to embrace a new chapter in its disaster risk governance.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) welcomes Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir (L) upon his arrival at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, Indonesia, 22 October 2018.
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The influence of Saudi money and ideology may be too big to dismantle in Malaysia and Indonesia.
Medical students at the NIAS in Surabaya, 1930s.
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Indonesia’s physicians were active in the nationalist movement. They were involved in associations and political parties. They also became authors and activists.
Lion Air passenger jet JT-610 that crashed into the sea en-route to Pankal Pinang, Sumatra on Monday, killing all 189 people on board.
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The flight data may only shed light on what happened. Investigators must systematically investigate other evidence to find out why JT-610 crashed.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo talks to IMF managing director Christine Lagarde during the plenary session at the IMF and World Bank annual meeting in Nusadua, Bali, Indonesia recently.
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Films can be used to help understand international relations concepts.
Screening tools are available to help health practitioners and individuals to detect mental health problems. But Indonesia still needs to ensure people with mental health problems are treated.
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Indonesia should start investing in mental health care and ensuring that each Puskesmas has enough human resources to detect, treat and care for people with mental disorders.
Mixed baskets of mostly Yellowfin and Bigeye Tuna at the Lampulo Fishing Port in Banda Aceh
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Accurate species identification is a fundamental requirement for assessing fisheries stocks. fishIDER aims to improve the identification skills of fisheries staff.
Many questions about the new policy on whistleblowers have yet to be answered.
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The lack of clear reward mechanisms and the small amount of the incentive are among the reasons this regulation may not be effective.
Several Metro Mini buses on their way out of terminal Blok M in South Jakarta.
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Jakarta’s minibuses can survive because of their socio-political functions and relation to the interests of thousands of business owners and workers in the capital.
An illustration of life in Aru Islands from The Malay Archipelago
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More than a thousand local people helped Alfred Russel Wallace in his eight year voyage collecting specimens of animals in the Malay archipelago.
A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bomber and two Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defence Force) F-15 fighters take part in a training mission over the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan on September 26 2018.
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A crystal ball-gaze into implications of the ‘Indo-Pacific’ construct for the ASEAN bloc.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indonesian President Joko Widodo arrive for high tea at the Grand Garden of Bogor Presidential Palace south of Jakarta.
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If their trade deal is delayed, this will not only create a huge loss for the Australian and Indonesian economies but also change foreign policy dynamics between the two countries.
One of the minors reunites with family and friends in Rote, East Nusa Tenggara, after being released from Australian prison.
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Efforts to claim compensation for Indonesian minors who were caught manning boats that smuggled asylum seekers to Australia may end up failing if the Australian government continues to resist.
Nepotism extends personal greed to a specific group’s interest.
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Most people in Indonesia underestimate the effects of nepotism.
In a technology-driven and interconnected world, the speed of creation and dissemination of knowledge makes it even more central to economic growth that it was fifty years ago.
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The Indonesian public sector has some challenges to overcome to be able to design better policies.
Indonesian activists hold candles during a candlelight protest against death penalty executions, outside the presidential palace in Jakarta in 2016.
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Research shows the deterrent effect of capital punishment is a myth.
Characters in Wiro Sableng (from left to right) : Anggini (Sherina Munaf), Bujang Gila Tapak Sakti (Fariz Alfarazi), Wiro Sableng (Vino G. Bastian), the Prince (Yusuf Mahardhika) and Rara Murni (Aghniny Haque)
Eriek Juragan
Many consider Wiro is a superhero movie but from its cinematic elements and style, Wiro Sableng is closer to martial arts or silat genre.