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House to evaluate firearms procedure by police personnel

Indonesian House of Representatives' (DPR RI's) Commission III Deputy Chairman Rano Alfath has scheduled an ...

Rendang deserves UNESCO cultural heritage tag: govt

Culture Minister Fadli Zon has emphasized the importance of registering rendang, a culinary specialty from West ...

W Sumatra's Padang holds megathrust quake simulation

The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) on Thursday held a joint drill in Padang city, West Sumatra province, ...

Riau Customs foils massive cigarette smuggling operation

The Riau Regional Office of the Directorate General of Customs and Excise has seized approximately two million ...

Army builds bridge for aid distribution to Mt Marapi flood victims

Soldiers from the Indonesian Army have built a bridge in a bid to facilitate assistance delivery to residents affected ...

President inspects flood-hit area in West Sumatra's Agam

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana on Tuesday reviewed the situation in an area affected by cold lava ...

Jokowi hopes global oil prices not impacted by Raisi's death

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed hope that the tragic death of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter ...

Minister Rismaharini revisits cold lava flood-hit Agam District

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini revisited Agam District, West Sumatra, in a bid to ensure that a newly ...

River flow monitoring officers needed in West Sumatra: BMKG

Indonesia's Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) urged related authorities to deploy river flow ...

Special attention necessary to handle disasters in West Sumatra: Gov't

The central government highlighted the importance of paying special attention to the handling of disaster events in ...

West Sumatra's floods: Government to repair damaged facilities, houses

The government will conduct repairs on structures damaged by cold lava floods coming from Mount Marapi that swept ...

Marapi's cold lava flood: Red Cross distributes aid to victims

The West Sumatra Office of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) on Monday distributed aid packages to residents affected by ...

Unand activates online learning to help disaster-hit students

Andalas University launched an online learning initiative to serve its students severely affected by the impacts of ...

W Sumatra lava flood: Govt readies measures for handling survivors

The Health Crisis Center (Puskris) of the Health Ministry has prepared measures for survivors of the cold lava flood ...

Authority confirms 27 killed in West Sumatra flash flood

The number of casualties of a flash flood in three regions in West Sumatra province on Saturday has increased to 27, ...