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News focus - World leaders condole with Indonesian tsunami victims' families by A Abdussalam

Condolences from world leaders are pouring in for the families of the victims of the Indonesian tsunami that struck ...

Presidential candidates race for support by Fardah

Indonesia will organize presidential elections on April 17, 2019, considered by many as a repeat of the bitter 2014 ...

Sad days ahead of Xmas, New Year celebrations by Andi Abdussalam

People around the globe are usually happy in the face of the year end as they are ready to celebrate Christmas and New ...

Thousands of tsunami evacuees return home

Thousands of evacuees began to return home on Monday morning, after they took refuge at the Lampung governor`s office ...

Death toll from Sunda Strait tsunami rises to 334

The death toll from a tsunami that engulfed the Sunda Strait in the Indonesian province of Banten on Saturday night ...

More airports built to glue nation together: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has expressed hope that the construction of more airports across Indonesia would glue ...

Turkey offers condolonces to Indonesian tsunami victims

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday offered his condolences to Indonesia over a deadly tsunami which hit ...

5.2-magnitude quake jolts Sumbawa Island

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale rocked Sumbawa Island in West Nusa Tenggara Province on Friday ...

Trans java toll road expected to cut logistic cost

The Ministry of State Enterprises (BUMN) said it hoped the newly completed Trans Java toll road would contribute to ...

Protection of Leuser ecosystem crucial: NGO

Protection of the Leuser Ecosystem zone (KEL) is crucial, as it is a national strategic area, according to an Aceh ...

Sabang becomes world`s cruise tour destination

The Aceh administration has stated that Indonesia`s western outermost island, designated as a National Tourism ...

Four sections of Trans-Java toll road officially operational

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) signed four inscriptions to mark the inauguration of four sections of the Trans-Java ...

Garuda to operate 110 additional flights for X'mas, New Year

Garuda Indonesia plans to prepare 110 additional flights from and to the resort island of Bali to cater to the high ...

Madura`s ulemas support incumbent Jokowi

Several ulemas, or Islamic scholars, from Madura Island, East Java Province, have voiced their support to presidential ...

Direct impact of IMF-WB meetings on indonesian economy reaches Rp5.5 trillion

The National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has noted that the annual meetings of the International Monetary ...