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Butet Kartaredjasa deplores Indonesia's artists using addictive drugs

Veteran actor Butet Kartaredjasa deplored the habit of Indonesia's artists and actresses to use addictive drugs and ...

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Indonesia pays serious attention to forest fires handling

Indonesia is bracing for devastating and more frequent forest fires, following the recurrence of bush and forest ...

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Habitat loss triggers Sumatran elephant-human conflict

Sumatran forests are home to some of the world’s rarest plant species and among remaining landscapes where ...

Kalla bestows awards on best regional government heads

Vice President Jusuf Kalla honored five district and municipal governments and seven regional government heads with ...

Three busted in Riau for smuggling 10 kg meth from Malaysia

The Riau Police arrested three drug offenders belonging to an international drug ring from Malaysia and seized 10 ...

Forest fires seared through 30,477 thousand hectares area in July

Forest fires had consumed a total of 30,477 hectares of area as of July 2019, Agus Wibowo, spokesman of the National ...

Police detains suspect in Kampar peatland fire

Riau Police has arrested a man identified by his initial MH for allegedly ignited a fire in a peatland area, when he ...

Pekanbaru shrouded in haze from forest fire

Tampan and Senapelan Sub-districts in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, Sumatra Island, on Sunday were shrouded in haze coming ...

Manggala Agni continues fire-fighting efforts in Kampar peatland

The forest fire brigade of the Environmental and Forestry Ministry (Manggala Agni) continued its efforts to extinguish ...

Police make record drug bust in West Sumatra

The West Sumatra Provincial Police seized its biggest ever haul of drugs in the province, reaching seven kilograms of ...

Bengkalis BPBD workers, firefighters put out bush and forest fires

The Bengkalis Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) workers and firefighters successfully doused fires that spread across ...

4kg meth seized at Pekanbaru airport in Riau

Aviation security officers of Sultan Syarif Kasim (SSK) II International Airport in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, foiled an ...

Houses in Aceh destroyed after 12 elephants go on rampage

A herd of 12 elephants recently ran amok in the villages of Blang Lango and Tuwi Meuleusong in Seunagan Timur ...

Indonesia wins UN public service award

Indonesia was presented with an award in the ‘Ensuring Integrated Approaches in Public Sector Institutions’ ...

Riau's land, forest fires covered 3,147 hectares in Jan-June 2019

Land and forest fires in Riau Province during the period from January to June covered an area of 3,147 hectares, ...