#disasters

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At least 12 dead in Malaysia orphanage landslide

A landslide caused by heavy rains hit an orphanage in Malaysia on Saturday, killing at least 10 children and two ...

ASEAN to have disaster mitigation center

ASEAN will have a natural disaster mitigation center in Jakarta called ASEAN Human Assistance Center slated to be ...

Japan wants cooperation with RI to share disaster mitigation experience

Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said on Wednesday Japan wanted to cooperate with Indonesia in ...

ASEAN to forge common position on helping Japan

The governments of Indonesia and other ASEAN member countries are to formulate a common position on how to help ...

RI govt yet to decide on Japan`s extra gas supplies request

The government has not yet made a decision with regard to Japan`s request for additional natural gas supplies, chief ...

Quake, tsunami could cost Japan $235 billion: WB

The massive quake and tsunami of March 11 could cost Japan`s economy up to $235 billion, or 4.0 percent of output, but ...

Nuke radiation test for Indonesians arriving from Japan

Health Minister Endang R Sedyaningsih said all Indonesians who have returned home from Japan would be examined to ...

RI Soil Too Unstable For Nuke Power

Environmentalists and public activists have launched years of protests, arguing that Indonesia`s soil is too unstable ...

RI sends biggest delegation to ARF Direx

Indonesia sent the biggest delegation to the ASEAN Regional Forum - Disaster Relief Exercise (ARF-Direx) being held ...

RI sits on Pacific "ring of fire" : official

Indonesia sits on the so-called Pacific "ring of fire", a volcanologically active terrestrial chain where earthquakes ...

Japan to recover from disasters just like Indonesia : envoy

Japan will recover from its present disaster-related difficulties like Indonesia did after undergoing the devastating ...

Indonesia helps Japan as token of sympathy

The Indonesian government has announced its pledge to donate respectively US$2 million and US$500,000 to Japan and New ...

Yudhoyono asks RI embassy to plan anticipatory measures for radiation

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has asked the Indonesian embassy in Tokyo to prepare anticipatory measures in case ...

PMI sends two specialists to Japan

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) sent two specialists on restoring family links (RFL), to Japan Thursday to help find ...

Disaster predicted to influence RI`s tuna and shrimp exports to Japan

The powerful earthquake and tsunami which hit Japan on March 11, 2011 is predicted to influence Indonesia`s tuna and ...