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Magnitude 5.9 earthquake damaged buildings in North Seram

Dozens of houses and public facilities were damaged following a 5.9-magnitude earthquake that rattled Sawai, ...

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As La Nina returns, Indonesia braces for flooding, landslides

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has cautioned of high precipitation that may trigger ...

COVID-19 Task Force to train one thousand West Sumatran volunteers

One thousand COVID-19 volunteers from various regions, government agencies, and disaster partner community ...

Indonesia committed to disaster management: official

The Indonesian government is highly committed to disaster management, deputy for systems and strategies at the National ...

House to focus on seven bills during First Sitting Period

The Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has said it will focus on completing first-level discussions on seven ...

Volcanic ash from Mount Merapi affects 19 villages in Magelang

Volcanic ash from Mount Merapi rained on 19 villages in seven sub-districts of Magelang District in Central Java ...

West Papua receives new oxygen and PPE supply from BNPB

West Papua Vice Governor Muhammad Lakotani welcomed the arrival of hundreds of new oxygen tanks and items of personal ...

BNPB distributes 50,000 masks for Banten residents

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) distributed 50 thousand masks to the residents of Banten province ...

UI criminologist points to surge in cybercrimes during pandemic

Coronavirus related scams and such cybercrimes as data theft, and account burglary had grown ...

Do not underestimate BMKG's disaster warnings: minister

Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini has asked her ministry's officials not to underestimate disaster warnings ...

Solo's vaccination rate reaches 50 percent of targeted 500,000: govt

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin lauded the Central Java city of Solo's vaccination rate which has ...

Govt channels official budget for meetings for COVID-19 handling

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani intends on redeploying the budget for official travel, meeting packages, building ...

Public should stay calm during emergency micro PPKM enforcement: govt

Home Affairs Minister Muhammad Tito Karnavian urged the public to stay calm and adhere to health protocols during the ...

ASEAN, ICRC stress on building adaptability in face of disasters

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) have ...

APEC moves to strengthen disaster risk management

Senior disaster management officials from APEC member economies are intensifying regional cooperation for a more ...