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Bhayangkara Cup expected to yield best players

Following the successful implementation of the General Sudirman Cup 2015 soccer tournament which was opened by ...

President to keep tabs on development projects` progress

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed his intention to keep tabs on the progress in the implementation of a ...

Animals Also Victims of Forest Fires

The hazardous haze emanating from the ongoing forest and plantation fires has led to 10 deaths, left 503 thousand ...

Increased cloud cover forecast over Sumatra, Kalimantan

Indonesias National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) has forecast an increase in cloud cover over Sumatra and ...

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 ...

Two foreign companies named suspects in forest fires: Police chief

Indonesias National Police (Polri) Chief, General Badrodin Haiti, has said the police have named two foreign companies ...

Companies named suspects in forest fire cases: Indonesia Police Chief

A total of 12 companies have been named suspects in forest and land fire cases in Sumatra and Kalimantan (Borneo) ...

Research needed to know more about Rafflesia

A researcher from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has said there are still many mysteries connected to ...

Orangutans need immediate protection

The world celebrated International Orangutan Day on August 19 to recognize the great ape and to help encourage the ...

Evolution Peaks on Tropical Mountain

- UNDER EMBARGO UNTIL 12 AUGUST 19.00 CET Mount Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo  Tropical mountains have ...

Indonesia promoting eco-tourism to protect rainforests

Indonesia is promoting eco-tourism in numerous regions as one of the means of protecting its rainforests while helping ...

Handling of on-going soccer competition not easy: sports chairman

National Sports Committee (KONI) chairman Tono Suratman said it is not easy to organize the on-going soccer ...

Salat Nusa Island to be transformed into new orangutan habitat

The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation plans to make Salat Nusa Island in Pulang Pisau district, Central ...

Warburg Pincus to Commit US$125 Million and Partner with Nirvana to Develop Hypermarket Anchored Retail Malls in Indonesia

- Nirvana Development Tbk PT (NIRO.JKT, "Nirvana"), an emerging real estate developer and operator in Indonesia, today ...