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President discusses railway development in Kalimantan

President Joko Widodo held a limited cabinet meeting here on Tuesday to discuss railway development in Kalimantan. ...

March 2016 solar eclipse to attract tourists to Indonesia

The rare and beautiful phenomenon of the total solar eclipse, forecast to occur on March 9, 2016, is expected to ...

Pertamina denies crude import by brokers

State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina has denied that crude imports have been done by involving traders and ...

Urban muslims support Jokowi

Among the urban Muslim community presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla ...

Jokowi-JK pair favorite to win election: survey

The Jokowi-JK duo is preferred by 42.65 percent respondents, while 28.35 percent prefer Prabowo-Hatta pair for ...

Five die after shop building collapse in Samarinda

The joint rescue team had found five casualties after the collapse of the shop building in Ahmad Yani Street of ...

President To Inaugurate 29 Projects In East Kalimantan

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) will commission 29 projects in East Kalimantan in June 18-19. The ...

Ministry predicts home-bound travelers in 2014 to reach 27 million

The number of home-bound travelers during the Idul Fitri Holiday 2014 is expected to reach 27 million, according to a ...

Citilink denies planning to acquire Tiger Air Mandala

Low-cost airlines Citilink Indonesia had denied speculations that it will acquire Tiger Air Mandala, saying that an ...

BOS releases 12 orangutans to natural habitat

The Borneo Orangutan Foundation (BOS) has released 12 orangutans from its rehabilitation center in Nyaru Menteng to ...

Orangutans living outside natural habitat need attention

Orangutans are usually cute, adorable and smart that some people want to keep them as pets. Besides, orangutans and ...

Garuda to serve regular flights between Manado and Balikpapan

Garuda Indonesia will serve direct flight in a new route between Manado and Balikpapan in June on growing demand for ...

BNN exposes inter-province narcotics distribution network

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in East Java managed to uncover a narcotics distribution ring after the ...

Semen Indonesia opens packing plants in Papua

Publicly listed cement company PT Semen Indonesia Tbk.(SMGR) has set up a packing plant in Sorong, West Papua, to meet ...

Plane crash pilot`s bodies to be brought to Jakarta

The bodies of Susi Air`s pilot Captain Jonathan Willis and Australian surveyor Russell Ian McDougall will soon be ...