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Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

Anti-graft body forms transitional team to evaluate revised KPK law

The leadership of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) formed a transitional team to scrutinize the contents of ...

Yogyakarta hosts ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting for Culture and Arts

Indonesia is hosting the 15th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting for Culture and Arts (SOMCA) and Related Meetings in ...

BI accentuates significance of policy mix in facing digital era

Bank Indonesia (BI) Governor Perry Warjiyo drew attention to the significance of policy mix in facing the rapidly ...

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Understanding Jusuf Kalla's message to Indonesia

This year marks the end of Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla's leadership term as he will be replaced by ...

Satellites identify 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua Satellites, on Tuesday, at 6 a.m. local time, detected 152 hotspots on Sumatra Island, including 75 ...

Refugees of South Halmahera earthquake face shortage of tents

Refugees of the earthquake that hit Gane Luar Village, South Halmahera District, North Maluku, on Sunday, are in dire ...

Kebon Sirih's several hundred asylum seekers need food assistance

Hundreds of asylum seekers, who had rallied and set up tents in front of the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner ...

Gerindra wants prisoners arrested during elections released

Prabowo Subianto-founded Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Party has asked for those arrested during the 2019 ...

Kalla invites Amin to vice presidential office for discussion

Vice President Jusuf Kalla invited his successor -- Vice President-elect Ma'ruf Amin -- to the Vice Presidential ...

Cigarette industry eyes universities to promote its products

The Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) drew attention to the worrisome trend of the cigarette industry targeting ...

ACT offers assistance to nutritionally deficient kids in Yemen

Indonesia's humanitarian non-governmental organization ACT has directed financial assistance and medicines donated ...

ACT assists Indonesia's natural disaster victims through donations

Humanitarian agency Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) has organized donations to assist those residing in several Indonesian ...

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Samsudin's modest life and surviving on sweet potatoes, bananas

A married couple, along with their five children, live below the poverty line in a dilapidated house in Pantoloan ...

Konawe flood victims to receive logistics assistance from Red Cross

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) has sent logistics assistance for people in Konawe District, Southeast Sulawesi ...