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Refugees again protest outside UNHCR Jakarta office

Refugees, including children, again staged a rally outside the Jakarta office of the United Nations High Commissioner ...

Maritime ministry to act strongly against ships for oil spill

The Coordinating Maritime Affairs Ministry will crack down on ships causing oil spills in Indonesia's waters on ...

Indonesia, Singapore to continue vocational education cooperation

Indonesia and Singapore have agreed to continue cooperation in the area of vocational education development to produce ...

Haze impairs visibility to 700 meters in Pekanbaru

Haze emanating from forest fires has caused a drastic drop in visibility in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, to 700 meters on ...

Iraqi refugees again rally before UNHCR Jakarta office

Iraqi refugees again demonstrated before the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Jakarta office, ...

Bintan police foil bid to smuggle 118 kilograms of meth

- serving as drug couriers. All suspects are the residents of Bintan Island and work as school bus ...

Investors keen on Gili Tangkong tourist resort development

Eight potential investors are apparently keen to develop the Gili Tangkong tourist resort in West Lombok, West Nusa ...

Students urge govt to eliminate all forms of racism against Papuans

Tens of activists of the Tanjungpinang-Bintan Student Alliance staged a peaceful rally here on Tuesday to show their ...

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Refugees stranded for years in Indonesia, feel neglected

Haydee Alnoori, 40, his wife, and five children, one Jakarta-born, demonstrated with Iraqi refugees, brandishing ...

Wildfires ravage 1,500 hectares of land in Bintan District: Authority

The Bintan Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) recorded that wildfires have ravaged some 1,500 hectares of land in the ...

Some 400 foreign refugees hold rally in Tanjungpinang

Some 400 foreign refugees rallied in front of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) Office in ...

Ministry to release two Sumatran tigers in Riau

The Environment and Forestry Ministry will release two Sumatran tigers into their habitat in Riau Province after it ...

Indonesia, Singapore discuss cooperation

Indonesia and Singapore discussed several fields for cooperation at the 7th Singapore-Indonesia Six Bilateral Economic ...

Jokowi, Balakhrisnan talk about infrastructure, investment issues

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Singaporean Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakhrisnan talked about ...

Kalla bestows awards on best regional government heads

Vice President Jusuf Kalla honored five district and municipal governments and seven regional government heads with ...