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Indonesia needs no help from Singapore yet

Indonesia will not need help as of now from Singapore to overcome forest and land fires currently raging in the ...

Thousands travelers stranded at Pekanbaru on thick smokes

Indonesia still looks helpless in dealing with thick smokes causing inconvenience including disrupting flight ...

Indonesian police investigating 213 reports of forest fires

The Indonesian police were investigating some 213 reports of forest and land fires, as of Thursday, which have ...

South Sumatra still fighting fires

- South Sumatra governor Alex Noerdin said here on Thursday that efforts were still on to overcome forest and land ...

President holds meeting in forest

President Joko Widodo held a meeting right in a forest, even as a fire raged, to discuss ways to develop canals to ...

Indonesia working hard to extinguish forest fires: President

Indonesia has been working hard to extinguish the forest and land fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands by ...

President visits forest fire-hit Central Kalimantan, postpones North Sumatra visit

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has decided to visit Central Kalimantan province, which is among the worst hit by ...

Govt investigates hundreds of businesses over haze

The Indonesian government is now investigating a total of 276 business entities suspected to have caused forest fires ...

Police yet to ascertain foreign companies` involvement in forest fires

The National Police (Polri) has yet to ascertain the involvement of foreign companies in setting forest and land fires ...

Owner of company involved in forest fires can face sanctions

Any company found guilty of setting fire to land and forest will have not only its permit revoked, but the owner or ...

NGO to provide legal counsel to victims of forest fires

The prolonged drought induced by the El Nino phenomenon, has resulted in a water crisis and harvest failure in some ...

Walhi to assist haze victims in taking legal action

The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) has opened command posts for suing plantation companies responsible for ...

1,887 hotspots detected in Sumatra and Kalimantan

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said the number of hotspots detected in Sumatra and Kalimantan has ...

More Indonesia airports affected by haze from land fires

More airports are being affected by the haze in Indonesia as flights continue to be disrupted. The head of the ...

TNI deploys 1,150 soldiers to mitigate haze disaster

The National Defense Forces (TNI) is deploying 1,150 soldiers of the Air Force Special Force, the Marine Corps, and ...