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Government plans to offer discounted fares for domestic flights

The government has continued to take precautionary measures against the impacts of the coronavirus on the national ...

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Coronavirus outbreak disrupts tourist boom from China

Chinese tourists had been a very lucrative segment for Indonesia over the last several years, as their numbers tended ...

Development must curb environmental impacts: BNPB

Every development project must be mapped out to minimize environmental impacts, according to a panel during the ...

Jokowi acknowledges dedication of disaster mitigation agency workers

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) expressed gratitude to workers of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency ...

Indonesia deploys officers to help douse Australian wildfires

Chief of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto dispatched 41 TNI personnel of the Garuda RI Task ...

BNPB to send 10,000 N95 masks to Indonesians in China

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will send 10,000 N95 masks to Indonesians living in the Chinese city of ...

BKSDA's contest to remove tyre lodged around wild crocodile's neck

Central Sulawesi’s Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA) launched a contest to free a 13-foot wild ...

Buddhist leader's annual peace proposal applauds youth climate action and promotes nuclear weapons treaty

-On January 26, 2020, the 38th annual peace proposal by Daisaku Ikeda, president of the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) ...

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Cold, misty Year of the Metal Rat predicted

The curtains have risen for the rat to take over 2020 while being paired with the metal element, and as per the Chinese ...

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Crushing illegal miners for saving Indonesia's environment

The Banten Provincial Police have made sustained efforts to curtail illegal gold mining activities, including by ...

Banten police shut down 10 illegal gold-mining pits in TNGHS

The Banten Provincial Police has made sustained efforts to curtail illegal gold mining activities, including by ...

Forest overexploitation forcing tigers to newer grounds: Walhi

Over-exploitation of forests in Sumatra has compelled Sumatran tigers to flee their habitats, stray into human ...

Sigi's sunday market reopened after being destroyed by 2018 earthquake

The residents of Bulubete Village in Dolo Selatan Subdistrict, Sigi District, Central Sulawesi Province, who severely ...

Bintan police curb illegal sand mining sites

The Bintan District police have curbed all illegal sand mining sites in Galang Batang and Malang Rapat areas of Gunung ...

Self-proclaimed king Toto sought financial contribution from followers

Totok Santoso, self-proclaimed king of the so-called "Keraton Agung Sejagat" Kingdom in Purworejo District, ...