#border region

Collection of border region news, found 21 news.

Home Affairs Ministry prepares housing program for border areas

Minister of Home Affairs Muhammad Tito Karnavian held a meeting with BNPP (the National Border Management Agency) ...

Battling wildfires on a remote and quiet frontier of Natuna

The skies turned a deep red in the final weeks of March and early April over Natuna District, Riau Islands ...

Indonesian navy conducts integrated drill in Singapore Strait

Indonesia’s Navy, through the Sea Combat Task Force (Guspurla) of Fleet Command I, conducted an integrated combat ...

Gov’t begins construction of fishermen’s hamlet in Natuna

The central government has begun construction of the Red and White Fishermen’s Hamlet in Natuna District, Riau ...

Feeding the frontier: Natuna's path to self-sufficient agriculture

Among Indonesia's northern frontiers is Natuna District in Riau Islands Province, which is bounded by international ...

Bank Indonesia names Belakang Padang as frontier digital economy icon

The Riau Islands Representative Office of Bank Indonesia (BI) has designated Belakang Padang Island in Batam City as a ...

Ministry, Baznas join forces to empower residents in border regions

The Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Alms Agency (Baznas) have teamed up to enhance the welfare of border ...

Indonesia, Iran increase cooperation in eradicating narcotics

The Indonesian and Iranian governments agreed to increase cooperation in eradicating narcotics smuggling during an ...

Indonesia thwarts major smuggling at Timor-Leste border

Indonesia’s border task force (Satgas Pamtas) intercepted smuggled vehicles, subsidized goods, and weapons during ...

Govt opens new transboundary route to Timor-Leste from NTT

The Indonesian National Border Management Agency (BNPP) has officially opened a new cross-border route connecting the ...

TNI border patrol uncovers marijuana field near Papua border

Indonesian National Army personnel, patrolling the Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border, discovered a 0.5-hectare ...

Papua urges use of rupiah in Indonesia-PNG border region

The Papuan provincial government has urged local people to use the national currency, the rupiah, as a means of ...

President Jokowi presses for prioritizing border development: KSP RI

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) instructed officials to accord priority to the development of border regions and their ...

Regional govt must accommodate cross-border enterprises: Kadin

The Nunukan government must accommodate cross-border enterprises on the Indonesian-Malaysian border as their role is ...

Construction of roads near Indonesia-Malaysia border to continue: govt

Lawas (Sarawak, Malaysia) roads spanning 8.5 km of the planned 198.71-km-long roads; Malinau - Mensalong - Tau Lumbis ...