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Police lauded for intercepting 200-kg meth trade in Banjarmasin

Banjarmasin Mayor Ibnu Sina commended the National Police for thwarting the attempt of two drug dealers to trade 200 ...

South Kalimantan police bust major meth haul, arrest two people

The joint team of South Kalimantan Police's Narcotics Investigation Directorate and Indonesian Police's Red and ...

LIPI develops MACADA application for mangrove ecosystem monitoring

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), through the Research Center for Oceanography (P2O), along with COREMAP-CTI ...

Regional expansion is not primary answer to regions' problems: VP

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin opined that the creation of new autonomous regions (DOB) is not the primary solution to ...

Plantation Company prioritizing palm oil, sugar for food independence

National Plantation Holding, housing the National Plantation Corporation (PTPN) as its subsidiary, will channel its ...

NTT places annual cap of 50,000 on Komodo Island visitors

To preserve Komodo Island as a conservation area, the number of tourists visiting the Komodo dragon (Varanus ...

Jakarta police thwart attempt to transport 131-kg crystal meth

The South Jakarta Metropolitan Police officers confiscated 131 kilograms (kg) of crystal methamphetamine found aboard a ...

Five monkeys ill-treated by owners seized during crackdown

East Jakarta authorities seized five long-tailed macaques, or locally called "kera" (monkey), from ...

Indonesian government pushes Sinopec to build oil depot in Batam

Indonesia's government has pressed Sinopec Group, a Chinese oil and gas conglomerate company, for materializing the ...

Situation under COVID-19 pandemic, Spanish flu similar: historian

Conditions under the COVID-19 pandemic that is plaguing countries around the globe, including Indonesia, bear ...

Another pilot whale found dead on Liebore Beach, NTT

The lifeless body of another pilot whale was spotted on Liebore Beach, Sabu Raijua, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), in close ...

Weekend Stories

Hajj pilgrimage in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic

On Wednesday (July 29), or 8 Dhu al-Hijjah 1441 Hijri, pilgrims congregated in Mina, Mecca, to perform the Tarwiyah ...

South China Sea: Indonesia asks China to honor UNCLOS

  Expressing concern over the escalating tensions in the South China Sea, Indonesia has urged China to abide by ...

Weekend Stories

Message of Idul Adha to Indonesian Muslims amid COVID-19 pandemic

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Muslims nationwide partook in the Idul Adha mass prayers on Friday morning despite ...

Hotel Elcient Osaka to open in Sonezaki, Osaka, in summer 2020

  Hotel Elcient Osaka will open in Sonezaki, Osaka, on August 1, 2020. It is accessible directly from KIX Airport ...