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President Jokowi orders expansion of small airports

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued a directive to expand small airports across Indonesia, starting 2017, to ...

23 hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

As many as 23 hotspots, with 50 percent indicating forest and plantation fires, were detected in five provinces across ...

Indonesia`s gas emissions lower than intl measurement: Study

The greenhouse gas emissions produced by Indonesia due to forest fires are lower than the measurement made by the ...

Japan to invest in fire extinction technology in Indonesia

The Investment Coordinating Board said a Japanese company engaged in fire extinction technology is interested in ...

Indonesia, Norway hold second JCBC meeting

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi met her Norwegian counterpart Borge Brende for the second Joint Commission ...

Satellites detect 13 hotspots in Riau

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 13 hotspots in five districts in Riau Province, on Friday at 5 a.m. local ...

Norway to develop peatland-friendly agriculture in Indonesia

The Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia, Stig Traavik, has said his government is ready to help Indonesia to develop ...

BRG, Norway review drilling of borewells in Kampar Regency

The Peat Restoration Agency (BRG), Riau provincial government, and Norwegian Ambassador to Indonesia reviewed the ...

Jararta-Beijing agree to expand security cooperation

Indonesia and China agreed on Tuesday to maintain security stability and peace in the region. Coordinating ...

Fires in Banceuy prison leads to Rp6 billion losses: Minister

Justice and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly stated that fires in Banceuy prison in West Java Provincial city of ...

Indonesia`s planned moratorium on oil palm concessions lauded

President Joko Widodos announcement last week about a plan to impose a moratorium on new permits for oil palm ...

Security force set to hunt down Poso gang of terror

Police and the military have joined forces to hunt down long sought notorious terrorist leader Santoso alias Abu ...

Climatology agency detects 56 hotspots in Riau

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) station in Pekanbaru detected 56 wild fire hotspots in eight ...

Agency to restore over 800 thousand hectares of peatland areas

Two months after its establishment, the Indonesia Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG) has claimed that it is now ...

Leuthard, Jokowi discuss efforts to increase investment

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) received Swiss Vice President Doris Jeuthard here on Wednesday to discuss Switzerlands ...