#disaster risk

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President leaves for working visit to Yogya, Balikpapan

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his entourage left on Monday for a three-day working visit to Yogyakarta and ...

G20 urges action to counter rising costs from natural disasters

Leaders of the world`s largest economies, while meeting at the G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, recently highlighted ...

Aceh disaster mitigation efforts get global recognition

The success of disaster mitigation efforts in Indonesia has been recognised by the international community, according ...

ASEAN, New Zealand JMC upgraded into joint cooperation committee

ASEAN and New Zealand (JMC) decided to upgrade the ASEAN-New Zealand Joint Management Committee (JMC) into a Joint ...

ASEAN, world bank collaborate to strengthen AEC monitoring

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Secretariat and the East Asia and Pacific Region of the World Bank ...

NZ hopes to develop relation with ASEAN

Visiting New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, during meetings with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan here on ...

Indonesia successfully takes ASEAN to greater height

When Indonesia assumed the ASEAN chairmanship in January 2011, ASEAN Secretary General Dr Surin Pitsuwan expressed ...

ASEAN, UN secretariats to forge closer cooperation

ASEAN-UN cooperation was elevated to new heights at the fourth ASEAN-UN Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, Saturday, when the ...

Indonesia needs to make improvement

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said Indonesia had to do improvement in various fields, although it has made a ...

Time for ASEAN to go global, Ban Ki-moon

Visiting United Nations` Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said it is time for ASEAN to play a greater role in the global ...

President Yudhoyono receives UN award

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on behalf of Indonesian people received "Global Champion of Disaster Risk ...

news focus: ASEAN leaders agree to enhance cooperation in flood prevention

Floods hitting several Southeast Asian nations, Thailand in particular, received special attention from ASEAN leaders ...

RI`s journalists join training on natural disaster reporting

Indonesian journalists will be provided with training on natural disaster reporting through a joint ...

One dead as typhoon nesat slams into Philippines

Typhoon Nesat slammed into the Philippines Tuesday, killing at least one person, a baby, as it brought heavy rain and ...

Evacuations as typhoon nears Philippines

Philippine authorities on Monday ordered more than 100,000 people living along the country`s east coast to evacuate as ...