#disaster response

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Indonesian minister wants alertness in disaster-prone areas to be increased

As a precaution to face various natural disasters that may occur without warning, Social Affairs Minister Khofifah ...

Bandung to send solidarity team to Nepal

Bandung, West Java - Bandung, as the capital city of solidarity of the Asian-African region, will send a solidarity ...

Nepal pm says toll could rise to 10,000

The death toll from Nepals devastating earthquake could reach 10,000, the prime minister said on Tuesday, as residents ...

Panel at Sendai UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Highlights Opportunities for Cooperation between China, South Korea and Japan

-In support of the UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR) being held in Sendai from March 14-18, Soka ...

Indonesia's Banten Province prepared to face natural disasters

As many as 360 volunteers in Lebak District, Banten Province, have been trained and equipped with evacuation tools to ...

Indonesia, Philippines Agree To Intensify Bilateral Cooperation

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonos two-day state visit to Manila, on May 22-23, 2014, his first since ...

Chief security minister to open Komodo Multilateral Naval Exercise 2014

Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Djoko Suyanto is scheduled to inaugurate Komodo ...

US to send more marines to Australia

The United States will send 1,150 Marines to Australia in April, bolstering the roughly 200-member force already in ...

Haze reduces visibility in Pekanbaru to 50 to 70 meters

Haze from forest and plantation fires reduced the visibility in Pekanbaru to around 50 and 70 meters on Sunday. ...

Racing against time to save Riau`s biosphere reserve from fires

Sumatras Riau Province is badly hit by forest and plantations fires, and the largest number of the hotspots detected ...

Red Cross hails Pacific disaster aid breakthrough

The Red Cross said Tuesday that an agreement with Pacific island nations designed to stop bureaucracy hampering ...

Regional govt must increase officials` capacity

Coordinating Minister for Peoples Welfare Agung Laksono asked regional governments to increase the capacity of their ...

Buddhist Leader Calls for Regional Cooperation in Response to Natural Disasters

-In his annual peace proposal, "Value Creation for Global Change: Building Resilient and Sustainable Societies," ...

US Ambassador joins opening of US-RI military exercise

US Ambassador Scot Marciel attended the opening of a US-Indonesia army exercise in Cilodong, Depok, West Java, on ...

US, Indonesia open annual CARAT exercise

The US and Indonesia opened the annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness And Training (CARAT) training exercise on Tuesday, ...