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Indonesia to restore polluted rivers

Indonesia is a tropical country having at least 5,590 rivers and 65,017 tributaries with a total length of the rivers ...

Spill-over effects of Rohingya issue on Indonesia

As the tension has escalated in Myanmar due to sectarian conflicts between two different ethnic groups, more refugees ...

Kadin suggests reallocation of fuel subsidy budget to infrastructure

The Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Kadin) has suggested the Indonesian Government to divert the ...

Pros and cons on idea to move capital city from Jakarta

Following major floods that almost crippled Jakarta recently, an idea to move Indonesia`s capital city to another ...

Flash flood damages 500 houses in E Java

Flash flood hit 500 houses in Situbondo district, East Java, last Saturday night, Situbondo District`s Chief of ...

Lampung seaport police confiscate 10 kgs of marijuana from passenger

Lampung`s Bakauheni seaport police have confiscated a package containing 10 kilograms of dried marijuana from an ...

Long and winding road towards Sunda Strait Bridge

Indonesia has been dreaming of building the Sunda Strait Bridge, a mega project that will connect Indonesia`s two ...

Becak Must Be Indonesia`s Tourism Icon

The traditional vehicles of Indonesia, popularly known as "becaks", which are basically pedicabs or tricycles, are ...

Govt to set up food agency to achieve food resilience

Indonesia, an agriculture-based country with a population over 237. 6 million and vast tracts of unused land outside ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...

Indonesian revives national ideology with shadow puppet shows

In an attempt to revive the national ideology of "Pancasila" and raise awareness about its five main principles, the ...

Sukhoi still hopes to sell SSJ-100 planes to Indonesia

Russian aircraft manufacturer Sukhoi Company hopes that negotiations with its Indonesian partners on the purchase of ...

Indonesia calls for improved cooperation among Asia-Pacific countries

Indonesia has called on all Asia-Pacific countries to step up cooperation in exchanging experience, knowledge and ...

Casualties during 2012`s Idul Fitri exodus rise

Latest data from the Indonesian police has revealed that the number of deaths resulting from accidents that took place ...

Homeward-bound travelers urged to take safety-first approach

The police have placing ads along the highways, which read "Give Priority to Safety: Your Family Is Waiting For You at ...