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Year ender - Volcanic tsunami takes year-end vacationers by surprise

Vacationers, mostly constituting state electricity company PLN employees, were enjoying music played by rock band ...

Police seize 18 kg of crystal meth in Riau province

Police in the Indonesian province of Riau have seized 18 kilograms (kg) of crystal meth and 18,750 ecstasy pills of ...

President calls for stopping illegal logging in Jambi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called on security authorities in Jambi here on Sunday to seriously tackle illegal ...

Solution to Tanah Abang`s persistent congestion by Eliswan Azly

For residents of Tanah Abang, located in Central Jakarta, the place has become an undisputed icon, as it is the ...

Two cars plunge into ravine, killing passenger in West Sumatra

A man was killed and four others were seriously injured when two cars plunged into ravine in landslides in Sitinjau ...

Riau police name two suspects in migrant workers` smuggling case

The Indonesian police in Bengkalis District, Riau Province, have named Hamid alias Boboi (31) and Jamal (38) as ...

Indonesia poised to become world`s best halal tourism country by Andi Abdussalam

Muslim tourists are a potential segment of the global tourism where in 2017, a total of 131 Muslim tourist arrivals ...

Engineers play big role to help 4.0 industrial revolution succeed

Engineers play an important role for successful implementation of the 4.0 industrial revolution in Indonesia by ...

Infrastructure cooperation between Indonesia, Japan grows stronger

Cooperation between Indonesia and Japan in the infrastructure sector is growing stronger, with bilateral relations ...

NTT cancels Tour de Flores 2018 owing to financial constraints

The East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) provincial government has decided to cancel the implementation of Tour de Flores (TdF) ...

Trapped tiger evacuated to Dharmasraya rehabilitation center

Riau Natural Resources Conservation Office (BBKSDA) personnel evacuated a Sumatran tiger trapped in the Pulau Burung ...

Garuda opens Jakarta-Nias direct flight

Garuda Indonesia has officially opened a Jakarta-Nias flight route, marked by the landing of 96-seater aircraft at ...

Dutch historian conducts research on Indonesian history for five decades

Harry A. Poeze, a Dutch researcher and historian, has dedicated 50 years of his life to researching and studying ...

Flood inundates residential areas in Pangandaran

A flood inundated residential areas and roads in Pangadanran District, West Java, following incessant rain on Monday ...

West Sumatra`s economy grows 5.24 percent in third quarter

West Sumatra Province recorded an economic growth of 5.24 percent year-on-year in the third quarter of this year or a ...