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Volcanic ash from Mt Sinabung affects four sub-districts

Volcanic ash from the erupting Mount Sinabung that reached two thousand meters into the air affected four sub-districts ...

Mt Sinabung erupts for first time during COVID-19 pandemic

Mount Sinabung, located in Karo District, North Sumatra Province, erupted on Saturday morning, producing an ash column ...

Ten Wakatobi fishermen survive boat fire

Ten traditional fishermen were rescued after their longboat caught fire while they were diving for fish on Wednesday ...

Animal slaughter at Medan Grand Mosque scrapped over COVID-19 fears

The Medan Grand Mosque administrator decided to not follow the practice of animal slaughter for this year's Idul ...

Medan city police seize 15-kg crystal meth, 20,000 ecstasy pills

The Medan city police recently apprehended three drug dealers and confiscated 15 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, ...

North Sumatra's seven doctors treating patients succumb to COVID-19

Seven doctors, comprising five specialists and two general practitioners, have succumbed to the coronavirus disease ...

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UNESCO tag for Toba Caldera to boost N Sumatra tourism

Located in North Sumatra province, Lake Toba is the largest volcanic lake on Earth. The ancient lake was formed ...

Missing boat skipper's body found in West Kalimantan's Kubu Raya

Pontianak Search and Rescue (SAR) agency’s rescuers, Tuesday morning, found the body of Asek, who went missing ...

Lake Toba development continues despite pandemic: Luhut Pandjaitan

Coordinating Maritime Affairs and Investment Minister Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan has made assurance that development of ...

Toba Caldera inscribed on List of UNESCO Global Geoparks

Toba Caldera was inscribed on the List of UNESCO Global Geoparks (UGGp) at the 209th Session of the UNESCO Executive ...

North Sumatra readies Rp500-billion for 2nd-phase handling of COVID-19

The North Sumatra provincial government readied allocation of Rp500 billion for second phase of handling the impacts of ...

Government to reduce COVID-19 socio-economic burden on tourism workers

Indonesia's government has pledged to help over 17 thousand tourism workers in North Sumatra currently reeling from ...

350,000 residents saved after Medan police's 35-kg crystal meth bust

The Medan Metropolitan Police was able to protect 350 thousand citizens from being siphoned into a vicious circle of ...

Riau police foil attempt to transport 100-kg dried cannabis

The Riau police thwarted an Aceh-North Sumatra-Riau drug syndicate’s attempt to transport 100 kilograms (kg) of ...

Health Ministry holds mass swab testing for Medan residents

The Ministry of Health, through the Center for Environmental Health and Disease Control (BTKL PP) Class 1 in Medan ...