#natural disasters

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RI sending mitigation team, US$2 million in aid to Japan

The Indonesian government is sending a disaster mitigation team and two million US dollars in aid to help Japan ...

Death toll in Japan quake nears 4,000

More than 3,600 people died and over 7,500 are missing in the wake of a series of natural disasters that hit Japan ...

RI voices need for regional cooperation in handling disasters

Indonesia has voiced the need for regional cooperation in dealing with natural disasters in Asia and Pacific. ...

VP Boediono: sound cooperation in disaster responses needed in Aspac

Sound regional cooperation in natural disaster responses among Asia Pacific rim countries is highly needed, Indonesian ...

North Sulawesi one of RI`s earthquake-prone regions

North Sulawesi province is one of Indonesia`s earthquake-prone regions as geographically it is surrounded by a number ...

Japanese minister attends ARF DiREx despite disaster at home

Japan`s Deputy Foreign Minister Makiko Kikuta attended the opening ceremony of the ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster ...

Japan still Jambi`s export destination

Japan is still the main destination of Jambi`s exports despite a 8.9-magnitude earthquake and tsunami that engulfed ...

VP asks ARF Direx participants to observe moment of silence

Vice President Boediono asked on Tuesday participants of the ongoing ASEAN Regional Forum Disaster Relief Exercise ...

Japan asks IAEA for expert help: UN watchdog chief

Japan has officially asked the UN atomic watchdog to send a team of experts to help in the current nuclear crisis, ...

Ginanjar: Indonesia ready to help Japan

Presidential Advisory Council member Ginanjar Kartasasmita said the Indonesian government and people were ready to ...

RI ready to send humanitarian team to Japan

The Indonesian government is ready to send a humanitarian team to Japan to help the latter authorities in the ...

Plant genetics key to securing world food supply

Australian Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Joe Ludwig told his ministerial counterparts at a ...

Japan`s tsunami reminds Indonesians of similar disaster in Aceh

Friday`s post-tsunami scene could be described as one of the country`s deepest traumas since World War II after ...

ASEAN chief expresses sympathy over disaster in Japan

ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan has expressed sincere sympathy to the Japanese government and people following ...

Indonesia wants to attract 3.2 million tourists from Asean

Indonesia wants to attract more than 3.2 million tourists from other ASEAN member countries in 2011, a tourism ...