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Major earthquake hits Aceh

A major earthquake 6 on the Richter scale caused panic in the coastal city of Banda Aceh, awakening the people still ...

Govt to divert ciliwung river flow to control flood

The government plans to build a waterway to divert excess Ciliwung river flow to the East Flood Control Canal(KBT) to ...

Six steps to solve problem of floods in Jakarta: Jokowi

The Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, also known as Jokowi, has come up with six steps to solve the problem of floods ...

Number of flood victims is on the rise

Governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, said  the number of flood victims in Jakarta has reached 103,000. ...

Government dismisses idea of moving capital city

The government indicates it is not in favor of moving the capital city from Jakarta saying it opts for seeking to ...

Thousand evacuees in Kampung Melayu return home

Thousand evacuees in Kampung Melayu returned home on Monday as the flood water in one of the worst-hit areas in the ...

Pertamina launching gas market operations

State-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina is launching a market operation of three-kilogram cylinder liquefied petroleum ...

Moving capital worth considering: expert

Social scientist Prof Nirwono Yoga of the Trisakti University, Central Kalimantan, said that the discourse in moving ...

Minister blasts parents allowing children to beg for aid

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri criticized parents who had allowed their children to beg in the streets ...

Floods kill 11 in Jakarta

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said flooding in Jakarta which had taken place from Tuesday to Thursday ...

No need to move capital city of Indonesia

Former Indonesian Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla has stated that calls for moving the capital from Jakarta to another ...

Floods paralyze 300 factories in Jakarta

The Jakarta branch of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) said that the Jakarta floods had ...

Ministry provides Rp4.5 bln for Jakarta floods

The Ministry of Social Affairs has provided Rp4.5 billion for the need to prepare buffer stocks for flood handling in ...

As floods cripple Jakarta, President calls for public safety first

Jakarta (ANTARA News) Most parts of Jakarta were covered with flood water on Thursday crippling transports to the ...

Flood in front of Hotel Indonesia not yet receded

Flood in front of Hotel Indonesia roundabout has not yet receded until Thursday (Jan 17) night. ANTARA learned ...