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United States Presidential Election has ended and escorted Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to the White House in Washington. Through a fierce battle, Joe Biden outperformed the incumbent Donald Trump by a significant victory in electoral votes. A number of country leaders in various regions of the world welcomed the provisional results of the United States Election by congratulating Joe Biden as the President Elect. For the Asian region, India was the first to welcome the election results. The Indian Prime Minister called it a form of the success of US immigrants from India. The mother of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, is indeed from India. In her victory speech Kamala Harris mentioned that the trust of most of the people of the United States to elect Joe Biden and herself as President and Vice President is an inspiration for America, especially the women. Kamala Harris is a woman of American immigrant descent who became the first Vice President of the United States.

Amid the euphoria and celebration on the victory, until Wednesday 11 November, Donald Trump has yet to congratulate Joe Biden. His campaign team continues to argue that the Trump camp does not recognize Joe Biden's victory and is still determined to file a lawsuit, even to the Supreme Court. What Donald Trump has done with the election process and results is considered a negative phenomenon of democracy in the big country which is often cited as an example of the implementation of democracy for others.

Congratulating the winners is a noble tradition of democracy in the US. The very significant number of electoral votes and people’s votes does not make Donald Trump change his attitude, let alone declare that he will soon leave the White House. History records that in the 2000 Election, the total votes between Al Gore and George Bush's was only slightly different, about 2000 votes in the state of Florida. But on the night after the voting and the results of the provisional count, Al Gore, who had a great chance to contest the election results, immediately delivered a speech recognizing George W Bush's victory.

What happened to the United States election and the chaos caused by Donald Trump's claims is indeed an internal US affair. For other countries, what is expected is a change in US policy in Joe Biden's future government. The trade war between the United States and China and Washington's deteriorating relations with the European Union and NATO are expected to change in the Joe Biden era. The European Union positively welcomes the election of Biden. French President Emanuelle Macron hopes that with the election results, the United States will return to the Paris Climate  agreement left by Donald Trump. Iranian leaders in Tehran hope that Biden will also change his views and policies on Iran. What still hasn't said anything is China. Even though in the Trump era, the country often clashed with the United States over various matters, from the trade war to the South China Sea issue.

It remains to be seen whether the selection of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will change the escalation of tensions in global economic and political relations.

Indonesian Agriculture Ministry maintains 11 commodities to guarantee food security amid the crisis caused by Covid-19 pandemic. That was stated by Minister of Agriculture, Syahrul Yasin Limpo in a webinar themed "Indonesian Food Security and Self-Sufficiency 20145 in Relations with Human Resource Quality" organized by National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) in Jakarta on Monday (9/11). The evelen commodities include rice, corn, shallot, garlic, chili, cayenne pepper, beef, carabeef, purebred chicken meat, sugar, and cooking oil. Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo predicted that food security in Indonesia will be safe until December 2020, because the eleven commodities have been secured.

Besides maintaining the availability of the 11 main food commodities, the Agriculture Ministry also maintains the import substitutes, such as garlic and beef. 

The Agriculture Ministry also attempts to guarantee food supply not only until 2020, but also until the next two years to face the crisis caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Meanwhile, the Agriculture Ministry took some steps to maintain the availability, namely by expanding the planting area for corn and shallot. In addition, the Ministry also tried to increase productions of sugar, beef, and garlic. It also made local food diversification such as cassava, corn, banana, potato, and sorghum besides utilizing yards and marginal land through Sustainable Food Gardening (P2L) Program and urban farming.

Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo further stated that many celebrities or high officials are planting food in their gardens. 

Furthermore, the government also made food estates in national, provincial, regency, and even village level that are expected to guarantee people food supply, besides also developing milling strategy command and price stabilization.

Voice of Indonesia presents “Let’s Speak Bahasa Indonesia,” a lesson in the Indonesian language on the Radio. We introduce some Indonesian vocabulary and tips on how to use it in a conversation. This segment is a joint initiative of Voice of Indonesia and the Language and Book Development Agency of the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.  Today’s topic is Ada yang Bisa Saya Bantu? in English ‘Can I Help You?’

Read to this conversation aboutAda yang Bisa Saya Bantu? Which means ‘Can I Help You?’Kevin wants to help the boarding house keeper plant sunflowers in the boarding house yard.

Now, I am going to introduce some vocabularies and expressions related to the topic today.

If you want to offer assistance to others, you can use sentences Bisa saya bantu? Ada yang bisa saya bantu? In English ‘can I help you? or Boleh saya bantu? In English ‘may I help you?’. These sentences are commonly used in formal or informal situations.  To respond to the sentence Bisa saya bantu? You can use the word bisa in English ‘sure’ to receive the help. But if you refuse the help you can say tidak, terima kasih in English ‘no, thank you’. 

Let’s follow the examples:

Kevin: Bisa saya bantu, Pak? In English ‘Can I help you, pak’.

Boarding House Keeper: O, bisa, Mas. Kebetulan saya sedang menanam bunga matahari. Tolong masukkan tanah ke dalam pot ya, Masin English ‘Sure. I am planting sunflowers. Can you/Please put the soil into the pot.

In addition to those expressions, in Indonesian language, you also can use the expression Butuh bantuan? In English ’do you need help? to offer help to familiar people, friends or younger persons. The words bisa (can), and boleh (may) are more polite than the word butuh (need), so that the use of the expression bisa saya bantu? (can I help you?)ismore often used than the expression butuh bantuan? (do you need help?).

That was “Let’s Speak Bhs Indonesia”, a lesson in Bahasa Indonesia or the Indonesian language on the radio. Hopefully, this edition will be useful for those who want to know more about Bahasa Indonesia.  

The charm of hollow rocks with a unique, natural and beautiful beach should be visited when you want to enjoy vacations to Sukabumi, West Java. Karang Hawu Beach, which is located in Sukabumi, has a unique, exotic and natural beauty. This beach is one of the famous beaches in Sukabumi with the distinctive beauty of cliffs jutting into the sea. In addition, this beach has a mystical story that has been well known and recognized by the local residents. If you come to have holidays in this location, you will be presented with a beautiful view, which is a soft stretch of sand with brownish colors, cool air and big waves that hit the cliffs. All of these add to the charm of the beauty of this Karang Hawu Beach.

According to the story of the local people, this beach is named Karang Hawu because there are holes in the cliffs or rocks so that it will look like a stove. "Hawu" which in Sundanese means stove. So, this beach is named Karang Hawu. In addition, this beach is also famous for its myth in which it is said that the cliff that juts into the sea is Nyai Roro Kidul's throne, the Ruler of the South Sea.

The length of this coastline reaches 4 kilometers. If you are at the top of a hill, you can enjoy a clear view of Karang Hawu Beach. The view of the high seas until the big waves hitting the rocks is a very beautiful scenery here. Uniquely, in this location there is a simple bridge which was made of bamboo, so you can take a walk through the flow of sea water to another end of the reef.

Taking a walk along the beach with the occasional play with the crashing waves or even sitting relaxedly while enjoying the waves and sunshine is a fun activity on this beach. Even though the waves on this beach are quite large, don't worry because on the sandy side, the waves are getting smaller gradually. If you like surfing, you can try it at this location. If you do not bring your own surfing equipment, this area also provides surfing equipment rental.

This beach is located in Cikakak Village, Cisolok District, Sukabumi Regency, West Java and is close to the tourism area of Pelabuhan Ratu, approximately 16 kilometers from Pelabuhan Ratu Fish Market. Access to this location is quite easy, because you can use public or private transportation. If  you use public transportation, you can take a bus or public transportation from Pelabuhan Ratu Terminal around 20 minutes. If you use a private vehicle, you can adjust the public transport route to this location.