#natural disasters

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Govt establishes 854 disaster resilient villages , 208 social shelters

The Ministry of Social Affairs has established 854 Disaster Resilient Villages (KSB) and 208 social shelters to ...

Deputy speaker asks gov't to improve disaster recovery efforts

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Lestari Moerdijat has urged the government and related ...

A turning point

Currently, we are at a turning point, as we are able to get through (critical) times and control the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Striving to bolster food security, protect environment: APEC

APEC members are striving to ensure food security so that people do not go hungry and are well nourished, while taking ...

Pasaman earthquake: Trauma healing team dispatched to help victims

The West Sumatra Regional Police deployed trauma recovery teams to evacuation shelters in the districts of Pasaman and ...

President urges BNPB to check early warning instruments routinely

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called on the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to conduct routine checks of ...

BNPB should have an alert work culture: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to have an alert and anticipatory ...

North Sulawesi: Flash floods submerge three kampongs on Siau Island

Flash floods triggered by incessant and heavy rainfall submerged three kampongs on Siau Islands, Siau Tagulandang Biaro ...

President urges Basarnas to intensify collaboration

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) urged the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) to strengthen collaboration and ...

President urges Basarnas to boost innovation for improved performance

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called on the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) to bolster innovation and ...

G20 Indonesia

Omicron stoking global economic uncertainty: Indrawati

The emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 has increased global economic uncertainty, Indonesian Finance Minister ...

Floods swamp Pekalongan villages, forcing 105 people to take refuge

Floods swamped several villages in Pekalongan, Central Java, forcing 105 residents to flee to higher grounds, according ...

Striking a work-life balance: a female journalist's predicament

The global community, including Indonesia, has been co-existing with COVID-19 for over two years, and amid the looming ...

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Preparing disaster-resilient community in earthquake-prone Indonesia

Earthquakes are common in parts of Indonesia, the world's largest archipelagic nation located in the Pacific Ring ...

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Indonesia braces for hydro-meteorological disasters

With about 17 thousand islands scattered across the Indian-Pacific Ocean, the world’s largest archipelagic ...