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Indonesia requires strong institutional reform: World Bank

Urbanization has the potential to be a major driver of prosperity and inclusiveness in Indonesia, but fully realizing ...

Disaster management skills imparted to 29 int'l students at Unsyiah

Some 29 international students from Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Japan learned the ropes on disaster risk reduction ...

RI-Australia cooperation needed to face global challenges: diplomat

The Indonesian Consul General in Sydney, Heru Hartanto Subolo, has stressed the significance of cooperation between ...

BPBD records 240 forced displacements of residents following quake

The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that rattled Sarmi District, Papua Province, on Thursday, compelled 240 residents to flee ...

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News Focus - APEC to build financial resilience to disasters

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) strives to build financial resilience to serve as a shield in the event of ...

BNPB's PetaBencana.id bags UN Public Service Award

PetaBencana, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency's (BNPB's) news portal, received the United Nations Public ...

VP Kalla discusses handling refugees with UNHCR

Vice President Jusuf Kalla discussed Indonesia's efforts to handle refugees, during a meeting with United ...

Kalla stops over in Qatar prior to Geneva visit

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla landed at the Hamad International Airport in Doha, Qatar, as a stopover in his ...

Government to move capital city out of Java

After serious consideration, the Indonesian government has chosen to move the capital city out of Java. "In a ...

Government of Japan holds international forum on resilience in collaboration with IAFOR

The Government of Japan, in collaboration with The International Academic Forum (IAFOR), held a major international ...

Jokowi converses with students on disaster mitigation education

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) engaged in a conversation with several students at the Panimbang Jaya Elementary ...

Banten`s earthquake is not destructive: government

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rocked the Lebak District area in Banten Province on Thursday at around 6:41 a.m. local ...

Teaching disaster risk reduction at Indonesian schools

Indonesia is blessed with fertile soil and various natural resources, but concurrently, the country is prone to ...

Indonesia`s disaster risk reduction model named best practice

Indonesia`s disaster risk reduction model has been named the best practice during the Humanitarian Networks and ...

Indonesia, Britain cooperate in funding disaster research

Indonesia's Research, Technology, and Higher Education Ministry is collaborating with the UK Department of ...