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Four dead due to electrocution during flood in Semarang

A family consisting of a father and three children were found dead in their house in Semarang city on Wednesday (Jan ...

Three flights fail to land at Semarang's airport

Planes from three airline companies on Tuesday failed to land at Ahmad Yani airport in Semarang, Central Java, because ...

Impacts of Cyclone Narelle, Typhoon Bopha make Indonesia very windy

Indonesia has been very windy over the past two weeks as the impacts of Cyclone Narelle that has been developing in ...

Junior high school students create energy-efficient elevator

Three junior high school students of SMP 2 Banyumas, Central Java, have created an energy-efficient elevator that uses ...

Convicted former regent of Sragen surrenders

Former regent of Sragen Untung Wiyono has surrendered to the Central Java high prosecution office after the Supreme ...

Thousands of workers conduct rally in Jakarta on Wednesday

About 5,000 to 10,000 labor workers are planning to conduct a rally in Jakarta on Wednesday (Jan 16) to protest ...

Regional autonomy slows family planning program

Lawmaker Eva Kusuma Sundari said regional autonomy after the political reform in Indonesia is one of the factors ...

Thousands of Pertamina workers threaten to go on strike

Thousands of outsourced workers of state oil and gas firm Pertamina`s refinery unit in Cilacap, Central Java, have ...

Regional minimum wages increase by 18.32 pct in 2013

The average increase of the Provincial Minimum Wages (UMP) in 2013 is set at about 18.32 percent, up from the average ...

Indonesian govt to increase competitiveness of local markets

Amidst the recent attacks on modern markets in Indonesia, the government is planning to revitalise traditional markets ...

Govt to build 7,000 mw capacity hydro power plants

The government plans to build hydro power plants with a combined capacity of 7,000 megawatts in several parts of the ...

Indonesia loses idealistic, humble figure,Widjajono Partowidagdo

Since he was installed as the deputy minister of energy and mineral resources (ESDM) in October 2011, Widjajono ...

Program seeks to lower high maternal mortality rate in six provinces

Six provinces in Indonesia continue to have the nation`s highest maternal mortality rates, at over 50 percent. ...

Farmers, fishermen rally to oppose thermal power plant construction

Tens of farmers and fishermen in Batang district, Central Java, demonstrated on Monday against a plan to build a ...

Intelligence says Widjajono died from heart attack

National Intelligence Agency (BIN) head Lieutenant General Marciano Norman says Deputy Energy and Mineral Resources ...