Indonesian diplomats, consular officials and staff, along with a few guests, held a low-key but meaningful celebration of the 75th Indonesian Independence Day at their diplomatic missions in Dubai and Abu Dhabi on Monday. There are around 80,000 Indonesians living and working across the UAE. In the past years, the Indonesian Embassy and Consulate were filled every August 17 with hundreds of expatriates celebrating and cheering Merdeka Indonesia (independent Indonesia). But this year, social distancing norms brought about by COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a rather limited affair. In Dubai, the consular...