Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, opened yesterday, the eighth World Junior Wushu Championships in Tangerang, Banten province, expecting that the tournament can strengthen friendship among countries and regions. “I am glad to open this championship. I cordially welcome all the Wushu athletes and delegates from 60 countries (and regions), representing five
JAKARTA — Indonesia’s Parliament unanimously passed a long-awaited revision of the country’s penal code on Tuesday that criminalizes sex outside of marriage for citizens as well as foreigners, prohibits promotion of contraception and bans defamation of the president and state institutions. The amended code also expands an existing blasphemy law and
The 3rd Political Planning Dialogue between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia (Foreign Policy Strategy Agency of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) took place in Jakarta on December 6, the Azerbaijani ministry told Trend. According to the ministry, Deputy Minister of Foreign
The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology stated that the use of technology in the Merdeka Belajar (freedom to learn) curriculum aimed to target more teachers and students. “There is criticism questioning the dependence of technology on the curriculum since access to technology is still uneven. However, with technology, we can
Lampung Governor Arinal Djunaidi appealed to regional heads in the province to maintain food security in a bid to drive economic growth in regions. “I call on district heads and mayors to be serious in maintaining food security because Lampung has no problem regarding people’s food and consumption that need
In a year of its operation, the National Commission on Disabilities (KND) received thousands of complaints through the National Disabilities Channel (Dita) 143 aimed at accommodating aspirations and needs of persons with disabilities in Indonesia. “Thousands of aspirations have come in, and we have conducted an analysis, and we have