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Batam to become cinematography hub of Southeast Asia

The Government of Batam City, Riau Islands, is planning to make the city a hub of cinematography in the Southeast ...

Hundreds of papua separatists change allegiance

At least 212 members of the Papua separatist, OPM, have pledged to forgo the idea of establishing a free Papua state ...

Semen Indonesia opens packing plants in Papua

Publicly listed cement company PT Semen Indonesia Tbk.(SMGR) has set up a packing plant in Sorong, West Papua, to meet ...

Flood still inundating Jakarta`s main road

Flood is still inundating parts of Thamrin road in Central Jakarta on Thursday afternoon. In accordance with ...

Flooding kills hundreds of people in Indonesia in 2012

The Indonesian environmentalist organization (Walhi) expressed concern with the many people falling victims to ...

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 ...

Batam coastal areas to be developed into coconut plantation

The government plans to develop Batam municipality`s coastal areas into a coconut and cassava production center to ...

Landslide kills one in Bal

Heavy rain followed by a landslide that happened in Buleleng district, Bali, last Saturday night killed a local ...

Bali`s economic investment reaches Rp10.06 trillion

Private investment in economic development projects in Bali last year reached Rp10.06 trillion. The investment ...

NGO save another orangutan in Ketapang

A non-governmental organization (NGO), West Kalimantan International Animal Rescue (IAR), has saved another orangutan ...

West Aceh needs more sirens for tsunami warning system, BNPB

Chief of Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency Teuku Ahmad Dadek said West Aceh district needs more sirens for tsunami early ...

Five dead in Aceh quake

The National Disaster Management Board (BNPB) on Thursday reported five people were dead after a powerful earthquake ...

round-up: huge quake again hits Aceh, no report of death

Only a couple of days after the Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) or Aceh province held simultaneous regional head ...

People in Bengkulu coastal area evacuate amid tsunami warning

Local people in coastal area in Bengkulu city started evacuating themselves amid the tsunami warning released by the ...

Aceh voters go to polling stations in peace

Thousands of people in all districts across the Indonesian westernmost province of Aceh went to the polling stations ...