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Thousands of tourists throng Borobudur Temple

At least 30 thousand tourists flocked to the Borobudur Temple in Magelang District of Central Java Province during the ...

Indonesia can independently resolve human rights cases in Papua: Horta

Indonesia is able to resolve human rights cases in Papua itself, without any assistance from outside institutions, ...

Bali farmers use owls to control pest population

The farmers of Pagi Village in Tabanan District of Bali have been using owls in their crop fields to control the ...

Jjeju Island: from exiled criminal island to tourism attraction

Travelling to South Korea is considered incomplete without visiting the island, which has become the pride of the ...

Quake shakes n Sulawesi`s Bolaang Mongondow

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale shook Bolaang Mongondow. North Sulawesi province, on Thursday night, ...

Government to build 500 meter long breakwater in Kupang

The Public Works and Housing Minister has agreed to build 500 meter long breakwater along the beach of Namosasin, in ...

Community leaders waiting for visit by President Jokowi to Wakatobi

A Wakatobi community leader has expressed strong hope that President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) would reschedule his plan to ...

Bali launches eco-tourism program in Nyambu Village

Bali officially launched an eco-tourism program in Nyambu Village in Kediri Subdistrict of Tabanan District on Friday ...

Drought hits East Nusa Tenggara

A drought has parched parts of East Nusa Tenggara Province in Indonesia and is feared to cause crop failures, slow ...

Downstream fishery development key to improving fishermen`s welfare

After some progress was achieved in the upstream sector, the country now needs to encourage the development of the ...

Santoso terrorist group running out of logistics: Agency

Head of the National Counter-terrorism Agency (BNPT) Tito Karnavian said Santosos terrorist group in Poso, Central ...

Arfak mountain residents rely on herbal medicine

The people of Arfak Mountain District in the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua have, since generations, relied ...

Papua`s railway development to start in second half of 2016

The work on the railway infrastructure project in Papua will begin in the second half of 2016, President Joko Widodo ...

Jokowi finally decides, Masela LNG plant onshore

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) finally decided on Wednesday that the Masela liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant would be ...

Power consumption goes down during Earth Hour

The Earth Hour campaign brings down electricity consumption as lamps and other electronic devices were turned off for ...