#natural disasters

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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 ...

President wants long-term solution to Garut disaster

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) wants a long-term solution to recurring natural disasters, especially the flash floods ...

Relief aid, equipment rushed to victims of Garut flooding

Indonesia is in mourning following the tragedy in Garut District, West Java Province, where flash floods have led to ...

Govt preparing steps to face floods, landslides

The government held a coordination meeting on Friday to discuss anticipatory steps to be taken in the face of possible ...

Media has important role in handling natural disasters: Minister Khofifah

Indonesian Minister of Social Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa believes that the media has a crucial role in handling ...

500 Indonesian soldiers conduct joint exercise with Malaysian counterparts

Some 500 Indonesian soldiers will take part in a joint exercise with their Malaysian counterparts in Tanjung Gelang, ...

Social service minister inaugurates Banser disaster response team

Social Service Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa inaugurated the disaster response team of Barisan Ansor Serbaguna ...

New ways to lower investment risk seek to propel climate action

As small-scale farmers around the world seek to cope with climate change by adopting drought-resistant crops or ...

Draft revision of 2016 state budget subject to revision: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla has stated that the draft revision of the 2016 state budget must be evaluated after the ...

Rescue workers retrieve four more bodies of landslide victims

Workers of a joint rescue team on Tuesday found four more bodies of landslide victims in Purworejo District, Central ...

Mount Semeru reopened for hikers

The Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park authority on Tuesday reopened the hiking track along Mount Semeru in East Java ...