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Government links food security to national defense

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has cautioned that the COVID-19 pandemic is posing a serious threat to food ...

End polemic on Pancasila Ideology Guideline Bill: House Speaker

Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) speaker Puan Maharani urged to end a polemic on the Pancasila Ideology ...

Building food estate critical to national defense: Dahnil

A food estate planned in Central Kalimantan will serve as a center for agricultural and strategic logistical reserves, ...

Defense minister also tasked with enhancing food resilience: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has justified his decision to task Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto with leading the ...

Farmers' incomes to receive boost from food-estate program: official

Farmers from Pulang Pisau District in Central Kalimantan Province would be able to capitalize on the Indonesian ...

Jokowi visits Kapuas to observe site of food estate program

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) arrived at the Tjilik Riwut Airport in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, and later ...

Police's involvement in handling COVID-19 is important: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) highlighted the criticality of the police’s involvement in handling the COVID-19 ...

PUPR Ministry to remodel irrigation system in planned food estate

The Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Ministry has decided to redesign the irrigation system in the planned Food ...

Procurement of weaponry defense systems to focus on concrete threats

The procurement of Indonesia`s primary weaponry defense systems (alutsista) in the future will focus on potential ...

Indonesia to not join IMCTC but shares similar spirit

Indonesia will not join the Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC), a military alliance, since the ...

Defense ministry receives award from ombudsman

The Ombudsman has awarded the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Indonesia the 2018 High Compliance Predicate ...

Papua regional administration hopes Trans-Papua project continues

The Papua provincial administration said it hopes that the construction of the 278 kilometer Trans-Papua highway would ...

No stoppage in Papua development despite violence: Presidential spokesman

Chief of the Presidential Staff Moeldoko said development of Papua would continue as scheduled despite the recent ...

Attackers of bridge workers in Papua are rebels: Defense minister

Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu confirmed that the attackers who killed 31 bridge development workers in Papua ...

Saudi king appoints new crown prince

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud dismissed Crown Prince Mohammed bin Naif from his post on Wednesday and ...