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House speaker calls for vigilance against natural disasters

Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) Bambang Soesatyo has called for vigilance against possible ...

5.0-magnitude earthquake hits NTT's West Manggarai

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted West Manggarai District, the western tip of Flores Island, ...

Central Java urged to conduct disaster mitigation

The Central Java government has been urged to conduct disaster mitigation in a comprehensive manner to reduce the ...

Year ender - Volcanic tsunami takes year-end vacationers by surprise

Vacationers, mostly constituting state electricity company PLN employees, were enjoying music played by rock band ...

Financial bodies offer funds for post-earthquake reconstruction efforts

Indonesia is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, as it is located on the "Pacific Ring of ...

Central Sulawesi evacuees` permanent resettlement to be completed in 2020

The government is targeting to ready permanent resettlements for evacuees of the recent earthquake, tsunami, and ...

News Focus - Living in the ring of fire needs continuing preparations

A string of earthquakes has continuously been shaking different parts of Indonesia over these past three months. No ...

Foreign Minister Retno stays calm in facing earthquake

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has her own way of managing a worrying situation, like facing an ...

News Focus - Need for disaster detection satellite urgent

Threatened by a significant number of natural disasters every year, Indonesia should immediately have a special ...

IMF-WB - WB suggests Indonesia should increase mitigation budget

World Bank President Director Kristalina Georgiva has suggested the Indonesian government should increase the state ...

Geology agency to map Indonesia`s disaster-prone areas

The Head of the Geology Agency at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Rudy Suhendar, said the agency is ...

Asian Games 2018

Dumai city anticipates potential forest fires prior to Asian Games

The Dumai Land and Forest Fire Task Force has deployed personnel to be on standby in case of forest fires that could ...

Disaster Mitigation Agency assures Asian Games will be free from smoke

Chief of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Willem Rampangilei has assured the public that the 18th Asian ...

Locals remain calm in response to Merapi eruption: agency

The people did not panic following Mount Merapi`s eruption at 8:20 a.m. local time on Friday, Head of Data, ...

No magma activity detected at Mount Merapi: Agency

The Research and Technological Development for Geological Disaster Agency (BPPTKG) reported here on Tuesday that there ...