The 2024 New Year is welcomed with joy by all people around the world. Hopes and resolutions are conveyed as an expression of people's optimism for the new year, which is expected to be better than the previous year. New year welcoming parties are celebrated in almost all communities in the world, even in the remotest and smallest units of society, namely the family.
VOINews.id: Indonesian president Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that the street and mosque named after him in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), signify the close relationship between the two countries.
VOINews.id: Several Indonesian soldiers, stationed near the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border, wore Santa Claus costumes and distributed Christmas gifts to residents of Workwana Village in Mannem District on Sunday (24/12/2023). The villagers looked enthusiastic when meeting with and receiving the Christmas gifts from the Santa Claus costumed soldiers, according to Commander of the North Sumatra-based 122/Tombak Sakti Infantry Battalion Task Force, Major Diki Apriyadi.
VOINews.id: Indonesian Vice President, Ma'ruf Amin expressed his greeting on this year's Christmas. In a greeting video by the Indonesian Vice President's Secretariat in Jakarta on Sunday (24/12/2023), Vice President Ma'ruf Amin said that Christmas "teaches about love, peace, and hope". Thereby, he asked all Christians to continue to be able to spread the Christmas message by sharing and loving each other.