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Flash floods in Medan claim five lives

Flash floods that swept through certain areas of the North Sumatran city of Medan and its outskirts on Friday, killed ...

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Green economy takes precedence in push for recovery

With people forced to lock themselves at home to break the chain of COVID-19 spread, pollution has reduced ...

Jokowi inspects seedling center for environmental disaster prevention

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Friday inspected the development of the seed and seedling center in Rumpin, Bogor ...

Black & Veatch: Investment uncertainty and renewable energy top issues for Asia’s electric industry

Uncertainty of investments caused by a financial downturn and renewable energy are the two biggest concerns of ...

Floods, landslides hit seven sub-districts of Cilacap

Seven sub-districts in Cilacap district, Central Java, have witnessed floods and landslides amid heavy rainfall, said ...

Three missing, two dead as flooding, landslides hit Banyumas

Floods and landslides struck parts of Banyumas District, Central Java Province, since Monday evening, resulting in two ...

West Java's Garut strengthens quake mitigation capability

The Garut Disaster Mitigation Agency in West Java has received an earthquake early warning receiver system (WRS) from ...

Colombia, Cuba, South Africa join ASEAN's Treaty of Amity, Cooperation

The signing ceremony of the instruments of accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) by ...

37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings commence

The 37th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit took place on Thursday through videoconference against ...

MPs seek ASEAN's positive, proactive role in Rakhine crisis resolution

Prior to the 37th ASEAN Summit this week, current and former parliamentarians submitted an open letter to the ASEAN ...

Seven illegal gold miners apprehended in crackdown in West Aceh

The West Aceh police cracked down on seven traditional gold miners and shut down two illegal gold mining pits in the ...

Floods inundate 126 homes in South Solok, West Sumatra

Floods triggered by unremitting torrential rains that led to the Batang Pangian and Batang Geringging rivers to ...

Tens of houses in Bangka Belitung Islands ravaged by whirlwind

A whirlwind that swept through two neighborhood areas of Belinyu Sub-district, Bangka District, Bangka Belitung ...

PKN proves artists not to bow to pandemic: President

President Joko Widodo said the holding of the National Culture Week (PKN) 2020 proved that cultural practitioners and ...

PMI ready to send volunteers to help victims of Turkey's quake

The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is ready to send its volunteers to help victims of a 7.0-magnitude earthquake and a ...