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Tour de Siak stage 3 cancelled following forest fire smog

The organizing committee of Tour de Siak international cycling race and sports tourism event decided to cancel the ...

Terra, Aqua satellites identify 1,182 forest fire hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites tracked 1,182 hotspots suggestive of forest fires throughout Sumatra Island on ...

BI evacuates relatives of employees from haze-shrouded Pekanbaru

Bank Indonesia (BI) Office in Riau Province has evacuated 67 ailment-prone relatives of its employees to West Sumatra ...

29,039 personnel combating Indonesia's forest, land fires: BNPB

Some 29,039 fire brigade personnel have been roped in to tackle land and forest fires throughout Indonesia, according ...

Tour de Siak continues despite forest fire-induced haze: Riau Governor

Riau Governor Syamsuar supports holding the international cycling race and sports tourism event of Tour de Siak despite ...

West Kalimantan's police seal off operations of palm oil plantation

The West Kalimantan police sealed off the operations of palm oil company PT Dinamika Multi Perkasa in Kenepai Village, ...

Indonesian govt outlines three scenarios of economic growth projection

The Indonesian government has readied three scenarios of national economic growth projection for the subsequent ...

Palangka Raya government to fund wildfire emergency budget

The  Palangka Raya city government in Central Kalimantan Province will provide Rp1.7 billion towards an ...

Fun bike signalizes start of Tour de Siak in Riau

A fun bike event, covering Siak City in Riau Province, was organized here on Wednesday to mark the start of an ...

Minister Moeloek instructs to deploy ambulances in smog-stricken areas

Indonesian Health Minister Nila Moeloek instructed Riau's health authority to dispatch Public Safety Center (PSC) ...

Police chief leads Indonesian delegation to 39th ASEANAPOL conference

Chief of the Indonesian Police (Polri) General Tito Karnavian led the Indonesian delegation to the 39th ASEANAPOL ...

Director named suspect in S Sumatra forest fire

The South Sumatra provincial police has named PT Bumi Hijau Lestari operations director Alvaro Khadaff as a suspect in ...

Kalimantan wildfires force orangutans to trespass on residential areas

Some orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) fled their habitat and trespassed on residential areas in East Kotawaringin District, ...

Satellites detect 1,313 hotspots in Sumatra on Wednesday

The Pekanbaru meteorology station cited the presence of 1,313 hotspots indicative of forest fires throughout Sumatra ...

S Sumatra Governor assures students on demands

South Sumatra Governor Herman Deru has said he is ready to resign if he fails to meet the demand of students related to ...