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'Crowns of the forest': Indonesian helps orchids bloom again
'Crowns of the forest': Indonesian helps orchids bloom again
by  AFP

Orchids in hand and a bamboo ladder on his shoulder, farmer Musimin scans the forest at the foot of Indonesia's most active volcano to point out clusters of the indigenous flowers he has been salvaging for years. So he set about saving their wilting fortunes, over the years building two bamboo greenhouses where he could preserve the most special kinds of orchids.

Wanted crypto founder Do Kwon says 'not on the run'
Wanted crypto founder Do Kwon says 'not on the run'
by  AFP

Do Kwon, the wanted South Korean founder of the failed cryptocurrency Terra, denied Sunday he was on the run after the Singapore police said he was not in the city-state as had been believed. Early Sunday he said on Twitter: "I am 'not on the run' or anything similar", but did not reveal where he was.

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