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President Jokowi Shortens His Visit in United States

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has decided to shorten his visit in the United States and will immediately return home ...

President issues instructions on handling forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued several instructions on efforts to tackle land and forest fires during a ...

Indonesian Navy to use warships to evacuate smog victims

Indonesian Navy has prepared two Landing Platform Dock (LPD) type vessels, a floating hospital KRI dr Suharso-990 and ...

Haze-chocked Inhabitants of C Kalimantan Cry for Help

The thick hazardous haze shrouding Central Kalimantan over the past two months has become so unbearable that many ...

Two russian planes arrive in Palembang to help extinguish forest fires

Two Russian multipurpose Beriev Be-200 Altair amphibious aircraft arrived here on Wednesday to help extinguish forest ...

Over 78 thousand people become haze victims in Riau

The Health Service of Riau recorded that haze has affected the health of 78,879 people in the province. "The ...

Law continues to be enforced against forest burners: Minister

The police will continue to enforce the law against those found guilty of setting fire to forests, Coordinating ...

Most companies in Riau not ready to tackle forest fires

Riau Provinces Forestry Department Chief Fadrizal Labay here on Monday revealed that only 22 of the 61 forestry ...

Indonesia, Japan to cooperate to extinguish forest fires

Indonesia and Japan have agreed to cooperate in the ongoing fire fighting efforts by delivering a special liquid ...

Effective peatland management necessary to minimize forest fires

Peatland fires have been one of the contributing factors to the deteriorating haze, which has blanketed several parts ...

Coordinating ministry, BNPB to coordinate properly to extinguish fires: President

President Joko Widodo has urged the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal and Security Affairs to coordinate with ...

House to discuss state defense issue with senior minister

House Speaker Setya Novanto will invite Chief Political, Legal and Security Minister Luhut Pandjaitan to seek an ...

Lawmaker proposes special committee on haze issue

The House of Representatives should set up a special committee on the issue of haze that has been impacting several ...

House speaker proposes Luhut as coordinator to tackle forest fires

House Speaker Setya Novanto has proposed to assign Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs ...

Two foreign companies named suspects in forest fires: Police chief

Indonesias National Police (Polri) Chief, General Badrodin Haiti, has said the police have named two foreign companies ...