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VP leads limited meeting on rehabilitation efforts in Bima

Vice President Jusuf Kalla led a limited meeting to discuss rehabilitation efforts in the Dompu and Bima districts of ...

Yearender - Indonesia successfully fights forest fires in 2016

Many inhabitants of Riau Province have a fleeting sense of relief since, for the first time in the past 18 years, they ...

President prioritizes Pidie public facilities` reconstruction

The Indonesian government accords priority to the construction of public facilities following the earthquake that ...

VP attends World Tsunami Day

Vice President Jusuf Kalla attended a ceremony to commemorate World Tsunami Day, here on Thursday. On the ...

Military personnel help debris clear process in quake-hit Aceh

Some 300 military officers have been deployed to help clear debris of collapsed buildings in the districts of Pidie ...

Agency stresses need for earthquake-resistant buildings

The National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) has stressed the importance of constructing earthquake-resistant ...

650 million ASEAN people live in disaster-prone areas

More than 650 million people in Southeast Asia live in disaster-prone areas, Chief of the Indonesian National Disaster ...

Timor Leste studies disaster management in Kupang

Timor Leste Government officials are in the capital to study disaster management in the East Nusa Tenggara provincial ...

Yogyakarta develops culture-based smart city

The Yogyakarta city administration, in collaboration with IBM computer company, is developing a culture-based smart ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...

No Indonesian among Myanmar`s earthquake victims

A spokesman for the Indonesian Foreign Ministry said no Indonesian nationals are reported to be among the victims of ...

BNPB declares six provinces in emergency of forest fires

The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) said six of Indonesian provinces are in emergency of forest and bush ...

Yogyakarta establishes zoonosis control commission

The administration of Yogyakarta city has established a Zoonosis Control Commission in an effort to anticipate and ...

Puan ensures allocation of natural disaster aid

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Puan Maharani ensures the aid in anticipation for disasters is ...

No damage or casualties in Bali earthquake

No damage or casualties were reported as the 6.2 magnitude quake struck Bali, Lombok and Sumbawa at 11.13 am, a ...