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Mehulika Sitepu

Mehulika Sitepu is a journalist based in Washington, DC, United States of America. She has about a decade of journalistic experience, including three years in a senior role at the BBC in Indonesia. At the BBC, she covered breaking news and published stories in various formats: from TV, digital video, radio and text. As a senior journalist, she edited stories, managed BBC Indonesia's social media accounts and periodically acting as desk editors. She then went on to pursue Masters degree at Columbia University studying Public Administration. She's interested in areas of politics, economics, finance and culture. She is a native Indonesian with an extensive knowledge of Southeast Asia.

 
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Beaches on the Indonesian island of Sumatra are covered in plastic - and some of it is being dumped there by local businesses. Is Indonesia getting to grips with its plastic problem?

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Misinformation has threaten democracies everywhere. Why have people drawn to misinformation? The way we process information might have to do with it. Video in Indonesian.

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Deforestation caused by palm oil cultivation is pushing orangutans into the path of farmers who shoot the animals with air rifles to get rid of them.

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A group of local men are the only thing that stands in the way of human-elephant conflict in a heavily deforested area on the border of the Leuser rainforest.

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A planned hydro-electric dam funded by China would sever the last remaining elephant corridor in the lowland of the Leuser rainforest in Sumatra, Indonesia. A small village is the only thing that stands in its way.

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Kratom is currently legal in the United States and many have used it to withdraw from opioid addiction. But in Indonesia, its native habitat, the plant is banned to consume. Video in Indonesian.

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Some locals have ignored warnings to leave the exclusion zone, after a volcano in Bali showed signs of erupting.

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This video is part of a series about the animals of Indonesia's Leuser rainforest and the people trying to save them. Leuser is one of the most biodiverse places on earth.

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This video is part of a series about the animals of Indonesia's Leuser rainforest and the people trying to save them. Leuser is one of the most biodiverse places on earth.

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