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Indonesia eyes narrowing down disaster-triggered GDP contraction

Coordinating Minister for Maritime and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan highlighted the government's target to ...

Nine disasters reported per day in past year: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has recorded a total of 3,253 natural disasters in the one year since ...

Pandemic an opportunity to strengthen disaster resilience: Widodo

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic has offered an opportunity to ...

BNPB reports 657 natural disasters hit Indonesia since early 2021

Indonesia bore witness to 657 natural disasters in the year ending March 1, 2012, that claimed 271 lives, rendered 11 ...

Authorities mull curbs on unregulated gold mining in C Sulawesi

The Parigi Moutong district administration disclosed on Friday that it will consult with the Central Sulawesi ...

Six districts in S Sumatra put under alert status for flood, landslide

The South Sumatra Provincial Natural Disaster Mitigation Board (BPBD) has declared alert status for floods and ...

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As La Nina brings disaster, misery, demand for climate action grows

Hydrometeorological disasters, such as floods, landslides, and whirlwinds, have been simultaneously witnessed in ...

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Respite for the displaced

Fatimah, a resident of Kurau village in Kurau sub-district, Tanah Laut district, South Kalimantan, said she is ...

Indonesian Rectors Forum offers aid to S Kalimantan's flood victims

The Indonesian Rectors Forum (FRI), on Saturday, distributed Rp70 million in cash and 200 humanitarian aid packages to ...

VP distributes aid packages to flood-stricken victims of Subang

Indonesian Vice President Ma'ruf Amin handed out President Joko Widodo's humanitarian aid packages to the flood ...

Task Force chief makes recovery from COVID-19 after self-isolation

Chief of the COVID-19 Handling Task Force Doni Monardo has recovered from COVID-19 and tested negative for the virus ...

Government, BI agree on five inflation-control strategies for 2021

The government and Bank Indonesia (BI) have agreed to apply five strategies to control inflation in 2021, according to ...

3 people missing after landslide hits Kebumen District, Central Java

Three people went missing after a landslide struck four houses in Kalijering Village, Kebumen District, Central Java, ...

Indonesia hit by 372 disasters since early 2021: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed that a total of 372 natural disasters had impacted Indonesia ...

Downpour-triggered floods submerge 51 villages in Sambas

Unremitting torrential rains unleashed a flood fury that inundated 51 villages in 13 sub-districts in Sambas District, ...