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Indonesian authorities uncover major drug racket run from prison cells

Some 75 percent of drug distribution was run by several inmates from prison cells, information from Indonesias ...

Government to continue crackdown on illegal fishing: Minister

The government will continue firm action destroying fishing boats illegally operating in Indonesian waters, to ...

Many Batam parents refuse polio vaccine for their children

Many parents in the industrialized island of Batam have refused to get their children under the age of five vaccinated ...

Seven Surabaya-bound flights diverted to Bali

Seven Surabaya-bound flights were diverted to Ngurah Rai Airport in Bali after Juanda Airport in Surabaya was ...

State Audit Board conducts financial auditing on Batam authority

The State Audit Board (BPK) is conducting a financial auditing on the Batam Free Trade and Free Port Zone Authority ...

Indonesia to host multilateral naval exercise to strengthen maritime cooperation

Indonesia will host the Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2016 in the waters of Padang of West Sumatra ...

President urges Indonesian media to build public optimism

President Joko Widodo has called on the workers of the Indonesian press to build public optimism by providing ...

President Jokowi to attend National Press Day in Lombok

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo are expected to attend the National Press Day (HPN) ...

Storm wrecks 62 homes in Batam

At least 62 homes in Batu Merah, Batuampar Sub-district, and the Batu Besar coastal area, Nongsa Sub-district, in ...

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, ...