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Year ender - Volcanic tsunami takes year-end vacationers by surprise

Vacationers, mostly constituting state electricity company PLN employees, were enjoying music played by rock band ...

Police foil distribution of 48.4 kg of methamphetamine

Anti drug unit of Medan police has arrested four men on charge of traffic in illegal drugs. North Sumatra Police ...

Protection of Leuser ecosystem crucial: NGO

Protection of the Leuser Ecosystem zone (KEL) is crucial, as it is a national strategic area, according to an Aceh ...

Floods submerge 285 houses in S Aaceh

Flood waters, reaching up to a height of 3 meters, submerged 285 houses in South Aceh district after River Gelombang ...

Garuda Indonesia to serve Pekanbaru-Medan route

Garuda Indonesia will open a new route connecting Pekanbaru in Riau Province, and the North Sumatra provincial capital ...

Jokowi meets Pujakesuma community in Riau

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana met members of "Pujakesuma" (ethnic Javanese descents ...

Several infrastructure projects to be completed in 2019 by Andi Abdussalam

After conducting intensive infrastructure development in the country over the past four years, several projects have ...

Chinese company invests US$1 billion in Tanjung Lesung

A Chinese company has committed to investing US$1 billion in the tourism sector in Tanjung Lesung, Banten Province. ...

Asian Agri to have 10 units of biogas power plants

Asian Agri, an oil palm plantation company, said it will build more biogas power plants (PLTBg) when three units now ...

Riau police name two suspects in migrant workers` smuggling case

The Indonesian police in Bengkalis District, Riau Province, have named Hamid alias Boboi (31) and Jamal (38) as ...

5,785 passport applications rejected this year

The Law and Human Rights Ministry suspended 5,785 applications for passports since early this year for fear that most ...

Regulator anticipates peak of fuel consumption at X`mas, New Year

Down Stream oil and gas regulator BPH Migas is taking anticipatory steps in the face of fuel oil (BBM) consumption ...

Infrastructure projects waiting in line for inauguration: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) revealed that several infrastructure projects, whose work is complete, are currently ...

North Sumatran resident among victims of Papuan rebels` brutal shootings

The coffin of a North Sumatra resident, who died in the brutal killings by armed Papuan rebels, was flown from Jakarta ...

Firm measure called for against mass organization committing violence

A survey by the Indonesian Institute of Science (LIPI) on intolerance and radicalism, shows that the majority of the ...