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Yearender - Indonesia records highest number of natural disasters in 2016

Indonesia was battered by 2,342 natural disasters in 2016, the highest in the past 14 years, making it one of the most ...

Social solidarity called powerful tool for dealing with national problems

Having more than 1,300 ethnic groups and 400 distinct languages and dialects, are certainly challenges for the ...

President urges BPN officers not to apply illegal levies

President Joko Widodo urged the National Land Agencys (BPNs) officers in various regions of Indonesia to stop applying ...

President calls for increasing solidarity to settle Indonesia`s problems

President Joko Widodo called on the nation here on Tuesday to increase solidarity to settle the various challenges ...

P&G releases first-ever Citizenship Report

- The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today released its first-ever Citizenship Report, detailing ...

Pidie Jaya earthquake brings back memories of 2004 tsunami

While many people were asleep, a strong shallow earthquake rocked Pidie Jaya and neighboring districts in Aceh ...

Yahoo’s 2016 Year in Review: top searched celebrities, most popular news stories, leading fashion trends, and more

- Yahoo (YHOO) today announced its annual 2016 Year in Review report. Entering its 15th year, Year in ...

Youth ambassadors for "World Tsunami Awareness Day"

-High school students from 29 countries will be invited to Japan to visit Miyagi Prefecture and Wakayama Prefecture, ...

Indonesia emphasizes role of military medicine in addressing world crisis

Military medicine plays a crucial role in addressing crisis situations in the world, both during war and peace, said ...

Government warned of massive economic crisis triggered by natural disasters

Potential natural disasters could trigger massive economic crisis in Indonesia in 2017, an academician said. ...

Indonesia calls for technical cooperation for women empowerment

Indonesian Women Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise called for technical cooperation for the ...

Military build-up intended for regional stability: Minister

Indonesian Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu said military build-up is not intended as an arms race but an effort to ...

650 million ASEAN people live in disaster-prone areas

More than 650 million people in Southeast Asia live in disaster-prone areas, Chief of the Indonesian National Disaster ...

Reservoirs still to be tapped to their full potential

Indonesians, like most other people in the world, love to go out for a picnic to unwind at tourism resorts or at other ...

W Java governor inaugurates humanitarian center

West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan has inaugurated a humanitarian center, in collaboration with the provincial ...