Indonesian crew members of the World Dream cruise ship aboard a Landing Craft Utility (LCU) prepared to leave Dr Soeharso-990 warship for coronavirus observation in Sebaru Kecil Island of the Seribu Islands District in Jakarta on Friday (Feb 28, 2020) (ANTARA)

Jakarta - The government began the coronavirus observation process for 188 Indonesian workers of World Dream cruise ship on arrival at Sebaru Kecil Island in Seribu Islands, Jakarta, a presidential spokesperson for social affairs Angkie Yudistia stated.

"Alhamdulillah (thank God), our brothers have arrived at Indonesia. As we know, 188 Indonesians on the World Dream cruise ship were evacuated and are currently under observation on Sebaru Kecil Island," Yudistia noted in a statement in Jakarta on Saturday.

The observation process will run for 14 days akin to the process conducted in Natuna Island for 238 Indonesians evacuated from Wuhan, China.

"However, some improvements have been made in terms of facility and stricter procedures. The process is in accordance with the World Health Organization (WHO) standards," she remarked.

All Indonesians evacuated from the cruise ship had tested negative for coronavirus or COVID-19, but they still have to undergo the observation process to ensure they are in sound health before returning to the families.

The government will also airlift 68 Indonesian crew members of the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was docked in Yokohama, Japan.

The evacuation process will be conducted in line with Japan's health protocol. They will be airlifted aboard an aircraft to Sebaru Kecil Island for observation, but the two groups will stay in different blocs in the island.

The observation process for crew members of the Diamond Princess will be conducted for 28 days to ascertain their health after an American passenger of the cruise ship, who had earlier tested negative, was found to be coronavirus-positive on day 21.

Nine Indonesian crew members, who had tested positive for coronavirus, are currently undergoing intensive medical treatment in Japan.

Yudistia stated that the Indonesian Embassy in Japan had continued to monitor the developments in connection with the Indonesians.

"The government will ensure the security, safety, and health of our countrymen, both in the Diamond Princess and World Dream cruise ships. We will ensure the health of all Indonesians. This is the state's responsibility to protect its citizens," she stated.

Indonesian warship KRI Dr. Suharso-990, carrying 188 Indonesians workers of World Dream cruise ship, arrived in Java Sea off Sebaru Kecil Island, Kepulauan Seribu, North of Jakarta, on Friday.

The ship had reportedly arrived at 1 p.m. local time and anchored on the east side between Sebaru Kecil Island and Pantara Island, or some eight kilometers from the Sebaru Kecil pier.

Two Landing Craft Utility (LCU), owned by KRI Dr. Suharso-990, were deployed to transfer passengers.  (ANTARA)

Jakarta - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin drew attention to the threat posed by radicalism and Islamophobia that can spur sectarian conflict in a country for which the government has incessantly promoted social harmony among people.

"There should be no radicalism in Islam, nor Islamophobia akin to those in Western countries. These have the potential to spark conflict," Amin noted on the sidelines of the 3rd International Islamic Healthcare Conference and Expo (IHEX) 2020 in Jakarta on Saturday.

Indonesia has initiated an international meeting of religion leaders aimed at enhancing inter-religious harmony both in the country and abroad, the vice president stated.

"Indonesia is keen to establish global inter-religious harmony. Hence, we want to hold this meeting of world religious leaders," he remarked.

Amin expressed concern over the sectarian violence in India and was optimistic that the incident would be avoided in other countries.

"We are concerned about this situation. What happened in India has saddened all of us," he emphasized.

At least 38 people died, while over 200 others got injured in the violence against Muslims in New Delhi since Sunday.

The violence erupted over a citizenship law that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government had introduced in December providing a path to Indian citizenship for six religious groups from neighboring countries but not Muslims. (ANTARA)

Owner of Global CTO Jon Earnshaw (left) and Special Ops from Yoast Jono Alderson (right) during the SEACON 2020. (Documentation of SEACON 2020) (ANTARA)

Jakarta - The SEOCON Conference 2020 event that presented a plethora of global and local experts of search engine optimization (SEO) was officially held at the Kasablanka Hall, Kasablanka City, Jakarta.

The event, held on February 26-27, is a place to share SEO-related knowledge that can be applied to build and develop a website.

The first day of the event entailed a conference or explanation on SEO, while a workshop was held on the second day.

The experts included Neil Patel (CrazyEgg, UberSuggest, KISSmetrics, Neil Patel Digital), Jon Earnshaw (Owner, Global CTO, and Co-Founder of Pi Datametrics & Intelligent Positioning), and Jono Alderson (Special Ops from Yoast).

"Now, Indonesia will have millions of sites as a result of technological developments that generate millions of traffic. I hope this conference would help in learning everything related to SEO," ToffeeDev Founder Ryan Krsto Muljono stated.

Muljono expounded that the SEACON 2020 is different as compared to the earlier SEOCON event.

"The SEACON 2020 features over 12 free workshops," he revealed.
SEOCON 2020 turned out to be the ideal event to define company policies, particularly in the digital ecosystem, which certainly required planning in accordance with up-to-date market trends and forecasting.

Apart from experienced speakers, attendees at this event also comprised several businesspersons from various business backgrounds.

"This will be a good opportunity to increase your business connection," he pointed out.

The conference also featured JS Carlos, Global SEO of Traveloka, who delivered lessons on how to use SEO followed by Fabian Lim from the Asia Search Engine Academy, and several other practitioners.

Carlos offered several suggestions, one of which pertained to strengthening the SEO signal. He opined that the SEO was the strongest when coalesced with other factors and aids.

Hence, companies need to apply a combination of aspects to ensure that SEO is able to generate high traffic and encourage companies to not depend on Google. (ANTARA)

Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Pradeep Kumar Rawat. (ANTARA)

Jakarta - India is currently in a safe and peaceful condition, Indian Ambassador to Indonesia Pradeep Kumar Rawat has said. "Everything is peaceful. And as it is known, the situation in India is under control. What I will convey to you, is a press release from our home minister for your reference," Rawat said following a meeting with Indonesia's Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud MD in Jakarta, Friday.

He also asked to not trust the news developing outside because it was being done for certain vested interests.

"And of course, we advise our friends to not believe false news that is being brought out by personal interests to mislead and by those trying to disrupt our country's diversity," he added.

As Indonesia has the spirit of Unity in Diversity, India also believes in the same principles, according to him.

"And there are a lot of personal and group interests that want to destroy it," he said.

Because, if one link is lost, then there is no India, there is no Indonesia, he continued.

"So, my friends, I tell you to be very careful and not believe fake news, thank you," he remarked.

The ambassador and Mahfud discussed bilateral relations between Indonesia and India during the meeting.

"We also discussed the security issues of Indonesia and India," he said.

On social media platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp in Indonesia, videos of a mosque being set on fire during Delhi's recent violence are going viral. (ANTARA)