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Message of Idul Adha to Indonesian Muslims amid COVID-19 pandemic

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Muslims nationwide partook in the Idul Adha mass prayers on Friday morning despite ...

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 ...

Presidential Staff Office and agencies to help Sinabung refugees

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) is collaborating with several parties to help communities affected by the eruption ...

Keep harnessing the power of enthusiasm to tackle COVID-19: President

At a limited meeting via video teleconference, Monday, President Joko Widodo reminded all government officials to not ...

Joint team confiscates 33-kg meth smuggled from Malaysia, arrests four

A joint team of the Aceh Regional Police and Customs and Excise Office seized 33 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine ...

Committee should focus on 8 provinces for handling COVID-19: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has urged the Committee for COVID-19 Handling and National Economic Recovery to ...

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 ...

North Sumatra's 50 policemen awarded for 55-kg crystal meth seizure

North Sumatra Police Chief Inspector General Martuani Sormin has awarded 50 local police officers for their recent ...

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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 ...

Police exposes 92 cases of misuse of COVID-19 aid funds

The Indonesian Police brought to light 92 cases of embezzlement of COVID-19 social aid funds, a spokesman of the ...

Southern Indonesia's regions arid, equator still receiving rains: BMKG

Dry season has set in most of Indonesia's southern part, though high rainfall can potentially still be received in ...

Some 667 expectant mothers in Surabaya underwent swab tests: authority

Some 667 expectant mothers at 37 weeks of gestation in Surabaya, East Java, underwent swab tests to confirm they are ...

Stringent COVID-19 handling policies necessary for greater alertness

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo called on the Indonesian government on Tuesday to ...

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 ...