This aerial photo shows protesters marching on a road during a demonstration against the military coup in Shwebo in Myanmar s Sagaing Region on Feb 13, 2021. - AFP
JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Ann): Asean members like Indonesia have been working the diplomatic channels to set up a special Asean ministerial meeting to avert one of the biggest political crises in the region, as civil disobedience continues in Myanmar two weeks after its government was ousted by a military coup.
“Diplomatic efforts are still underway” at various levels, said Indonesian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah in cautious discussions with The Jakarta Post on Monday (Feb 15).
Coronavirus may survive on mask for a week: researcher 16th February 2021
Illustration - mask (ANTARA/Pixabay)
It turns out that stability of the virus inside a surgical mask lasts for seven days and outside a surgical mask for more than seven days. Jakarta (ANTARA) - SARS-CoV 2 causing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can last inside a surgical mask for seven days and its front or outer side for over a week, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) researcher Ratih Asmana Ningrum stated.
SARS-CoV-2 has differing stability on each material that the virus resides on, she stated during an online discussion on mask waste treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic on Tuesday.
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Adoption, penetration of digital financial services to get boost as more transact online
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A customer making payment for her purchases using digital payment service GoPay in Jakarta. Indonesians have switched to digital payment methods to minimise face-to-face interactions and trips to physical banks.PHOTO: BLOOMBERG
PublishedFeb 16, 2021, 5:00 am SGT
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SINGAPORE - The Covid-19 pandemic has propelled contactless and cashless transactions in Indonesia at warp speed, paving the way for virtual banks which will be a game changer for millions of people in the country without bank accounts.
Fintech has boomed in recent years, providing more streamlined and efficient financial services and faster onboarding process. The pandemic has led to even more growth particularly in mobile payments and peer-to-peer lending, analysts say.
Like elsewhere in the world, Indonesians have switched to digital payment methods to minimise face-to-face interactions and trips to physical banks. Those who have been laid off are taking loans from peer-to-peer lending platforms, which offer lower interest rates and more flexible terms than traditional banks.
A foreign envoy participates in a briefing on the 2019 elections at the General Elections Commission (KPU) headquarters in Jakarta on April 2, 2019. Sixteen political parties are standing in the 2019 parliamentary elections. - Jakarta Post/ANN JAKARTA, Feb 13 (Jakata Post/ANN): Political factions at the House of Representatives have yet to decide on whether to drop a proposal to revise the Election Law that includes a plan to move forward several regional elections currently scheduled for 2024.
The proposed revision has been included in the House’s 2021 priority legislation program, but several political factions have retracted their support for the plan, reportedly following a meeting with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.