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Taking a cue on new capital city design from Canberra

Indonesia is looking to Australia’s capital Canberra as a reference for its capital city in East Kalimantan, part ...

New capital city design to incorporate SDGs: Ministry

The Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry confirmed that the design of the new capital city, to be located in ...

Ministry, military join hands to rebuild Wamena's damaged facilities

The Public Works and Public Housing Ministry is cooperating with the Indonesian Military (TNI) to reconstruct several ...

Emergency response period for Maluku's recent earthquake extended

The Maluku provincial administration has extended the emergency response period for the recent powerful earthquake from ...

Minister highlights extreme weather events triggered by climate change

Quoting the results of scientists' study, Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar drew attention to ...

Powerful earthquake jolts North Sulawesi's Talaud Islands District

A 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted Talaud Islands District in the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi on Sunday at ...

Government designates Rp5 trillion for disaster mitigation in 2020

A Finance Ministry’s official confirmed that the government has earmarked Rp5 trillion of the state budget for ...

Mary Kay, in collaboration with UN Agencies, launches women’s entrepreneurship accelerator

- Today, Mary Kay Inc., a leading advocate of women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, announced the Women’s ...

Minister hopeful of forex revenue from tourism to reach target

Tourism Minister Arief Yahya is optimistic that foreign exchange earnings from the tourism sector this year will meet ...

P&G, National Geographic and Global Citizen launch

- Procter & Gamble and National Geographic’s six-part docuseries ACTIVATE, co-produced by Global Citizen and ...

5.0-magnitude earthquake jolts Papua's Sarmi district

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake jolted Sarmi District in the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua on Friday at around ...

Six hotspots observed in North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan

No less than six hotspots, suggestive of forest fires, were found in North Penajam Paser District, East Kalimantan, the ...

5.0-magnitude earthquake rocks Aceh's Sinabang island

A 5.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the island of Sinabang in the Indonesian province of Aceh, on Monday at around 5:41 ...

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Kalimantan forest to remain intact despite capital development

The Joko Widodo (Jokowi) administration has assured that the development of the capital city will not damage the ...

Disaster management skills imparted to 29 int'l students at Unsyiah

Some 29 international students from Malaysia, China, Thailand, and Japan learned the ropes on disaster risk reduction ...