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IORA Summit ends with Jakarta Concord

Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) member countries have produced Jakarta Accord to reaffirm their commitment to ...

IORA leaders sign Jakarta Concord

Leaders of 21 member states of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) signed the Jakarta Concord as an outcome of the ...

IORA members agree to renew commitments: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said member countries of the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) have agreed to renew ...

IORA Summit runs smoothly: President

President Joko Widodo said the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit 2017, which was for the first time ever ...

President Jokowi welcomes IORA state leaders at gala dinner

President Joko Widodo welcomed a number state leaders attending the Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Summit 2017 at ...

Why does indian ocean matter for IORA

A history is in the making through the first Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Leaders Summit which will be held in ...

Indonesia to host IORA Summit meeting March 5-7

Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi said there will be a business meeting as part of a summit conference of Indian Ocean ...

VP attends World Tsunami Day

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

Youth ambassadors for "World Tsunami Awareness Day"

-High school students from 29 countries will be invited to Japan to visit Miyagi Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, ...

Super Typhoon Haima barrels through Northern Philippines

Super Typhoon Haima, the strongest cyclone to hit the Philippines in three years, toppled power and communication ...

Indonesia, Fiji discuss development cooperation in Pacific region

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno L.P. Marsudi held a bilateral meeting with her Fijian counterpart, Josaia Vorueqe ...

Indonesia-Japan cooperates to reduce disaster risks in Bengkulu

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is cooperating with the Japan Red Cross Society (JRCS) to improve community-based ...

UNICEF raises grants for Indonesia by 14 percent

The United Nations International Childrens Emergency Funds (UNICEFs) grants for Indonesia increased by 14 percent to ...

More than 600,000 people have died due to weather-related disasters over two decades

A new UN-backed report found that in the past 20 years, more than 600,000 people have died as a result of ...

BMKG intensifies efforts to anticipate hurricanes in ASEAN

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) strengthened exchange of information on climate and weather ...