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Sail Nias to help spur Nias tourism revitalization: Tourism Ministry

The Tourism Ministry is a strong proponent of the view that Sail Nias 2019 offers the momentum to reinvigorate tourism ...

Biak's Papuan communities thanked for preserving national integrity

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto has expressed gratitude to the Papuan customary ...

Two Surabaya TNI officers questioned for racist slurs

Two Indonesian Military (TNI) officers were questioned for their alleged racist slurs against students in Surabaya, ...

Military, police chiefs hold dialog with Papuan leaders in Biak

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian ...

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Gap of quality among Indonesia's universities is a serious problem

The Research, Technology, and Higher Education Ministry has announced the 100 best universities in Indonesia for the ...

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Refugees stranded for years in Indonesia, feel neglected

Haydee Alnoori, 40, his wife, and five children, one Jakarta-born, demonstrated with Iraqi refugees, brandishing ...

SAR confirms 143 salvaged from MV Santika Nusantara's fiery inferno

Surabaya Search and Rescue (SAR) Agency confirmed, Friday, the successful rescue of 143 passengers from the Motor ...

Baswedan puts refugee care onus back on UNHCR, central government

Governor of Jakarta Anies Baswedan has put the onus of refugee care back on the United Nations High Commissioner for ...

Papuan students stage peaceful rally in Bali against Surabaya incident

A group of Papuan students in Denpasar, Bali Province, held a peaceful demonstration on Thursday to express their angst ...

BI unveils QR Code Indonesian Standard in North Sumatra

The Bank Indonesia (BI) Representative Office in North Sumatra Province introduced the Quick Response Code Indonesian ...

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Transforming Lake Toba into world-class tourist destination

The huge Lake Toba and Samosir Island, lying at its center, offer a well-rounded tourism package incorporating ...

Swedish investors eyeing North Sumatra's waste management sector

The Swedish Energy Agency and Business Sweden have expressed their keenness to invest in the waste management sector of ...

Narcotics agency destroys meth smuggled from Malaysia

The North Sumatra Province Narcotics Agency has destroyed 5,810.28 grams of methamphetamine and 968 ecstasy pills ...

Government urged to step up promotion of Sail Nias

The Indonesian government should increase promotion of the Sail Nias 2019 international maritime event to boost the ...

Jokowi instructs to immediately extinguish forest fires

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has given orders to immediately put out the forest fires currently raging in several ...