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TdS 2021 to cover West Sumatra, Jambi, and Riau

The 12th edition of Tour de Singkarak (TdS) was canceled this year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic though is planned to ...

Indonesia,Canada complete regional development program

Indonesia and Canada have completed the second phase of the Responsive Innovation Fund (RIF) program, which aims to ...

Police exposes 92 cases of misuse of COVID-19 aid funds

The Indonesian Police brought to light 92 cases of embezzlement of COVID-19 social aid funds, a spokesman of the ...

Southern Indonesia's regions arid, equator still receiving rains: BMKG

Dry season has set in most of Indonesia's southern part, though high rainfall can potentially still be received in ...

Missing boat skipper's body found in West Kalimantan's Kubu Raya

Pontianak Search and Rescue (SAR) agency’s rescuers, Tuesday morning, found the body of Asek, who went missing ...

Indonesia records 31,585 recoveries: spokesperson

Citing data as of Wednesday noon (July 8), Achmad Yurianto, government's spokesperson for COVID-19 Response, ...

Search continues for remaining passengers of capsized boat

Search efforts continued on Wednesday to locate five more passengers of Motor Vessel Kasih 25, who went missing after ...

COVID-19 recovery rate in Indonesia's 11 provinces has exceeded 75 pct

The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in 11 provinces has exceeded 75 percent, according to Spokesman of the ...

Indonesia's COVID-19 recovery rate at 41.48%, CFR 5.15%

The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients in Indonesia has been recorded at 41.48 percent, while the country’s ...

BKSDA catch Sumatran tiger wandering around Solok's plantation area

The West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA), with assistance from the locals of Nagari Gantung Ciri, ...

Rescue workers dispatched to locate missing tugboat skipper

A search has been launched for the skipper of tugboat Multi Sahabat 8, who went missing after his vessel capsized in ...

Helicopter pressed into service to locate missing fishermen

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has deployed a helicopter to search for three fishermen who went missing ...

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Covering a COVID-19 burial: The photojournalists' stories

In mid-March, weeks after the first two cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in Indonesia, the ...

West Pasaman holds Mount Talamau coffee festival

West Pasaman District in West Sumatra Province is organizing the first Mount Talamau Coffee Festival on Jan 7-10, ...

Flood inundates residential area in Jayapura, Papua

A flood triggered by incessant rain since Thursday evening, inundated Yahim Gajah Mada housing complex in Sentani, ...