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LIPI to build 12 botanical gardens

Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) will build 12 Botanical Gardens in urban and non-urban areas, which will be ...

Foreign tourist visit to Indonesia reach 9.73 million

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) said that the number of tourist arrivals from January to December 2015 reached ...

BP Batam should not be dissolved: Former minister

It would be an incorrect measure if the government decides to dissolve the status of Batam from its current Free Trade ...

Indonesia capable of manufacturing sophisticated warships

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has an ambition to make Indonesia, in which two-third of its territories are water, a ...

Bodies of three Filipinos repatriated from Batam

Three bodies of passengers of MV Thorco Cloud, which sank in the waters between Batam and Singapore on December 16, ...

Marine pollution affects dugong habitat in Riau islands water: Official

The habitat of the dugong mammals in Riau Islands Province has been affected by pollution in the Malaka waters, ...

BP Batam dissolution not to affect state-funded projects

The central government and the House of Representatives (DPR) have assigned more than Rp1 trillion in the state budget ...

Stunning Raja Ampat to be proposed as touristic province

The stunning natural beauty of Raja Ampat isles located in the northwestern tip of the Indonesian province of West ...

President observes grouper fish breeding in Raja Ampat

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo observed grouper fish breeding at the Waisai Tourism ...

10 fishing boats to be sunk for poaching

The Indonesian authorities will, on Thursday, sink 10 fishing boats caught poaching in Indonesian waters. The Task ...

Policy implementation to maintain rupiah stability

The year 2015 has been marked with a long arduous struggle to shore up rupiah to regain some of its lost value ...

Indonesia facing shortage of 520 thousand teachers

Indonesia is currently facing a shortage of 520 thousand teachers, and the number is expected to increase further when ...

President keen to expedite bureaucratic reform process

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is keen that his government should accelerate the bureaucratic reform process on the ...

Riau Islands province wants China-Batam direct flight

Acting Governor of Riau Island province Agung Mulyana said he wanted the opening of direct flight between Batam and ...

Indonesia promotes "Wonderful Indonesia" in Mumbai, India

Indonesia will be promoting "Wonderful Indonesia," its country branding, in Mumbai, India, from December 2-4, 2015 in ...