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Indonesian Navy to use warships to evacuate smog victims

Indonesian Navy has prepared two Landing Platform Dock (LPD) type vessels, a floating hospital KRI dr Suharso-990 and ...

Haze-chocked Inhabitants of C Kalimantan Cry for Help

The thick hazardous haze shrouding Central Kalimantan over the past two months has become so unbearable that many ...

Construction work for railway projects outside Java to start soon

President Joko Widodo has pledged that the government will soon start the construction of railway projects outside ...

President visits forest fire-hit Central Kalimantan, postpones North Sumatra visit

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has decided to visit Central Kalimantan province, which is among the worst hit by ...

President to celebrate day of sacrifice in Banjarmasin

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will celebrate Idul Adha, or Day of Sacrifice, in the South Kalimantan provincial ...

More Indonesia airports affected by haze from land fires

More airports are being affected by the haze in Indonesia as flights continue to be disrupted. The head of the ...

1,500 soldiers deployed to fight forest fires in South Kalimantan

Some 1,500 soldiers have been deployed to fight land and forest fires in South Kalimantan and prevent them from ...

16 airports impacted by forest fire smog in Indonesia

The Transportation Ministry has reported that 16 airports on the Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands have been impacted by ...

Surplus predicted in rice production in South Kalimantan

South Kalimantan is expected to maintain surplus in rice production this year despite the lengthy drought that has ...

S. Kalimantan on highest alert for wildfires

Authorities of South Kalimantan have declared the highest alert status for wildfires that have been proliferating due ...

Investment Expected To Fuel Economic Growth

- Realization of investment targets in the years ahead will help to boost the countrys economic growth, Chief Economic ...

Rohingya boat people need humanitarian support : Indonesian minister

Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said the Rohingya boat people stranded in Indonesian territory need ...

Indonesia Provides Temporary Shelters To Rohingya Refugees, Invites Int'l Cooperation

More than 1.5 thousand asylum seekers, mostly Rohingyas from Myanmar and some Bangladeshis, were stranded in ...

Build more modern, efficient airports in Indonesia: VP Kalla

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla expects more modern and efficient airports to be developed in Indonesia to provide ...

Earth Hour 2015 observed in 48 Indonesian cities

Residents, businessmen, and government officials in 48 cities observed Earth Hour by turning off their lights for an ...