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Indonesia needs no help from Singapore yet

Indonesia will not need help as of now from Singapore to overcome forest and land fires currently raging in the ...

Thousands travelers stranded at Pekanbaru on thick smokes

Indonesia still looks helpless in dealing with thick smokes causing inconvenience including disrupting flight ...

President cancels visits to Riau, Jambi due to thick haze

President Joko Widodo cancelled his visits to Sumatras provinces of Riau and Jambi on Friday morning due to thick ...

Indonesian police investigating 213 reports of forest fires

The Indonesian police were investigating some 213 reports of forest and land fires, as of Thursday, which have ...

University of Indonesia wins first prize in flying robot contest

The Garuda flying robot team from the University of Indonesia (UI) has created an unmanned fire flying extinguisher ...

South Sumatra still fighting fires

- South Sumatra governor Alex Noerdin said here on Thursday that efforts were still on to overcome forest and land ...

President holds meeting in forest

President Joko Widodo held a meeting right in a forest, even as a fire raged, to discuss ways to develop canals to ...

Indonesia working hard to extinguish forest fires: President

Indonesia has been working hard to extinguish the forest and land fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands by ...

President visits forest fire-hit Central Kalimantan, postpones North Sumatra visit

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has decided to visit Central Kalimantan province, which is among the worst hit by ...

President lauds parties involved in fire fighting efforts

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) praised all parties involved in the efforts to fight forest and land fires in several ...

Law enforcement imposed on individuals, companies causing forest fires: President

Indonesian President Joko Widodo affirmed that the law will be imposed equally on individuals and companies found ...

Government revokes permits of companies involved in forest fires

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has revoked the permits of three plantation companies proven guilty of setting ...

Govt investigates hundreds of businesses over haze

The Indonesian government is now investigating a total of 276 business entities suspected to have caused forest fires ...

Police yet to ascertain foreign companies` involvement in forest fires

The National Police (Polri) has yet to ascertain the involvement of foreign companies in setting forest and land fires ...

Police should pursue perpetrators of forest fires: President

President Joko Widodo has urged the police to continue with its law enforcement efforts to arrest the perpetrators of ...