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Pertamina Dumai refinery blast under investigation, no casualties

Police in Riau Province are investigating the cause of an explosion and fire at PT Kilang Pertamina ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Government sees dramatic increase in forest fires in Aug-Sep

Minister of Environment and Forestry, Siti Nurbaya Bakar, said the Indonesian government is anticipating a potential ...

Merchant ship leaves Aceh fir Andaman of India

A merchant ship loaded with agricultural commodities and products from the Indonesian province, left for the Andaman ...

Moderate earthquake jolts Northern part of Sumatra

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale hit the northern part of Sumatra at 9.47 hours local time on ...

Sumatran elephant deaths on the rise

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has reported that an increasing number of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus ...

Waves in Bengkulu waters 3.5 meters high

The Bengkulu Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKB) said the waves in the Bengkulu waters in these 12 ...

Pertamina`s lubricant exports may reach rp1.5 trillion

State-owned oil and gas company PT.Pertamina estimated that its income from its lubricant exports up to the end of ...

Flood inundates hundreds of houses in Sumbawa

A flood triggered by incessant heavy rains on Sunday (March 6), inundated hundreds of houses at Brang Kolong village, ...

Russian yacht to anchor in Sabang

Banda Aceh, Aceh Darussalam (ANTARA News- A Russian yacht named MV Amedia bringing about 500 foreign tourists is to ...

RI enters 2011 cautious over natural disasters

Less than a week into the new year of 2011, floods have been reported happening in several cities in Indonesia ...