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Jakarta Police arrest 11 foreign nationals for attacking officers

A joint team of the Jakarta Metro Police and West Jakarta Police have taken 11 foreign nationals into custody in regard ...

Government calls on BPDPKS to reach palm oil rejuvenation target

The government has called on the Palm Oil Plantation Fund Management Agency (BPDP-KS) to meet the target of small-scale ...

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COVID-19 adding to challenge posed by forest fires

With Indonesia still in the grip of the coronavirus, which is known to cause severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), ...

Riau's businessmen, residents warned for flouting COVID-19 protocols

Some 40 businesspersons and residents in Pekanbaru, Riau Province’s capital, received warning letters from the ...

VP stresses similar standards in handling of COVID-19 and drugs

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin called for standardizing the handling of COVID-19 and narcotics, psychotropic ...

Police seize 159 kg of drugs, likely smuggled from China

Indonesia’s National Police and the Customs and Excise Directorate General of the Finance Ministry have seized ...

Jail verdict for couple behind ex-top security minister's attack

West Jakarta District Court sentenced Syahrial Alamsyah (Abu Rara) to 12 years’ and his wife, Fitri Diana, to ...

Police map out potential security, public order issues in 2021

Indonesia's National Police have mapped out security and public order issues to potentially encumber the nation in ...

W Kalimantan police intensify security after incident in SE Sulawesi

West Kalimantan police increased security in keeping with instructions of the National Police headquarters in Jakarta ...

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Wuhan to Natuna: Journalists' take on covering repatriated Indonesians

A few short weeks before the President Joko Widodo announced the first COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia, the public had ...

Exposure to forest, land fire smoke worsens COVID-19 risk: Monardo

COVID-19 Handling Acceleration Task Force Chief Doni Monardo cautioned that heavy smoke from forest and land fires, ...

Apply technology to prevent land, forest fire: President

President Joko Widodo highlighted the need to apply technology to prevent land and forest fires while monitoring ...

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Varsities join push for self-sufficiency in COVID-19 fight

Several leading universities in Indonesia have joined the nation’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic and ...

Two truck drivers in C Kalimantan arrested for illegal logging cases

The police in North Barito District, Central Kalimantan Province, stopped two trucks carrying several pieces of ...

Jabodetabek`s traffic congestion inflicts Rp65 trillion in losses: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has stated that traffic congestion in and around Jakarta has inflicted some Rp65 ...