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Talking Indonesia: overseas responses to Indonesia’s protests

In today’s special episode, we turn to the thoughts and responses of Indonesians currently living overseas. Being away from home when such serious and concerning events are underway poses its own challenges, and today I want to find out more about how they are getting information, what they see as the key issues, and what can be done from abroad.

pati

Pati’s popular uprising: An explainer

Initially, the issue that triggered public anger was a 250% increase in the Rural and Urban Land and Building Tax (PBB-P2). This was seen as just too much amid rising rice prices and uncertain harvests. The local government argued that the tax had not been raised in 14 years, and the regional treasury needed revenue for infrastructure. But to the public, that sounded like ‘squeezing a dry orange.’

TBscreen

UGM develops Indonesia’s first AI-powered tuberculosis screening app

Indonesia’s healthcare system remains challenged by tuberculosis (TB), with estimated deaths reaching 125,000 in 2024. Recognising the urgency, a team of scientists from the Department of Computer Science and Electronics (DIKE), Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at Universitas Gadjah Mada (FMIPA UGM) has developed TBScreen.AI, Indonesia’s first AI-based TB screening application.

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Hadapi Perubahan Iklim Pemprov Gorontalo, UNG dan PAIR, Perkuat Riset

Untuk memperkuat sinergi riset antara Pemerintah Provinsi Gorontalo dan Partnership for Australia-Indonesia Research (PAIR), Gubernur Gorontalo Gusnar Ismail, melalui Kepala Bappeda Provinsi Gorontalo Dr. Wahyudin A. Katili, menghadiri Roundtable Meeting yang diselenggarakan Universitas Negeri Gorontalo (UNG), Rabu (13/8).

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