Day: December 13, 2022

Ministry collaborates with police to prevent cultural heritage theft

The Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology cooperates with the International Relations Division (Divhubinter) of the National Police (Polri) in preventing theft of material cultural heritage. This was described in a cooperation inking conducted by Culture Director General at the Ministry Hilmar Farid and Head of Divhubinter Inspector General

5.3-magnitude quake hits 17 km E of Amahai, Indonesia

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 jolted 17 km E of Amahai, Indonesia at 22:10:02 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, Trend reports citing Xinhua. The epicenter, with a depth of 61.922 km, was initially determined to be at 3.3112 degrees south latitude and 129.0715 degrees east longitude.   Source:

Australia Moves to Boost Regional Security

SYDNEY — COVID, climate change and China will be the main subjects of discussion this week when a senior Australian delegation visits Vanuatu, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau. Vanuatu is a group of islands three-quarters of the way from Hawaii to Australia. On Tuesday it signed a Bilateral Security

US outlines APEC priorities for 2023

The United States has shared its theme and priorities for when it hosts APEC in 2023, which are aimed at providing tailwinds to member economies to strengthen recovery and resilience as well as advance broad-based economic growth. Under the theme “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Future for All,” the US

President issues Perppu on elections with four new Papuan provinces

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) issued Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) Number 1 of 2022 on elections, which among others, regulates the impact of new provinces’ establishment on the 2024 elections. The regulation that amended Law Number 7 of 2017 was uploaded on the Ministry of State Secretariat’s official

Government to not restrict people’s mobility amid year-end holidays

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi confirmed here on Tuesday that the government will not limit the people’s mobility during the 2022 Christmas and 2023 New Year holidays. “Still, considering the increasing trend of national COVID-19 cases, any Christmas and New Year celebration events need to be managed properly,” the minister