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Indonesia builds seven irrigation networks to spur economic recovery

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry has developed seven irrigation systems as part of the National ...

Animal slaughter at Medan Grand Mosque scrapped over COVID-19 fears

The Medan Grand Mosque administrator decided to not follow the practice of animal slaughter for this year's Idul ...

Ministry releases West Kalimantan's 6,901 ha of protected forest area

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry (LHK) Ministry officially issued a decree (SK) on releasing 6,901 hectares of ...

URBN to assist in Ciliwung river naturalization

PT Urban Jakarta Propertindo Tbk (URBN) plans to normalize a 500-meter stretch of the Ciliwung River through its ...

Presidential Staff Office and agencies to help Sinabung refugees

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) is collaborating with several parties to help communities affected by the eruption ...

Construction of roads near Indonesia-Malaysia border to continue: govt

Lawas (Sarawak, Malaysia) roads spanning 8.5 km of the planned 198.71-km-long roads; Malinau - Mensalong - Tau Lumbis ...

Investment in manufacturing sector soars 23.9 pct during Jan-June 2020

Investment in the manufacturing sector in the first semester of 2020 rose 23.9 percent to reach Rp129.6 trillion, from ...

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Forestry partnerships in Jambi help small farmers, resolve conflicts

Many smallholder farmers in Indonesia, who depend on selling fresh oil palm fruit bunches to earn a living, are ...

Joint team confiscates 33-kg meth smuggled from Malaysia, arrests four

A joint team of the Aceh Regional Police and Customs and Excise Office seized 33 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine ...

47 merchants in Surabaya isolated: city government

Fourty seven merchants at the Pabean and Panggung Street Markets in Surabaya, the capital of East Java Province, have ...

Five investors plan to build Kayan hiydropower plants in N Kalimantan

North Kalimantan Governor Irianto Lambrie has said that five investors plan to build Kayan hydropower plants (PLTA ...

South Sumatran police destroy 576.36-gram crystal meth

South Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Eko Indra Heri S led the move to destroy 576.36 grams of crystal ...

Jambi police arrest two arsonists for torching land for clearance

Police personnel in Tanjab Timur District, Jambi Province, apprehended two local residents for allegedly torching four ...

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UNESCO tag for Toba Caldera to boost N Sumatra tourism

Located in North Sumatra province, Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake on Earth. The ancient lake was formed ...

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Indonesia committed to simultaneously handling TB and COVID-19

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation, with over 17 thousand islands and a population of some 267 ...