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West Kalimantan border prone to drug smuggling, says police

Drug smugglers have been using the Indonesia-Malaysia border in West Kalimantan, adjacent to Sarawak in Malaysia, to ...

Police seize 18kg methamphetamine, arrest two Malaysians

Police foiled an attempt to smuggle 18 kg of methamphetamine crystal and arrested two suspects, both Malaysian ...

President Jokowi ianugurates N. Kayong grand mosque

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) inaugurated the North Kayong Grand Mosque on Saturday during his visit to West ...

President Jokowi plants Pontianak orange tree

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) planted a Pontianak orange tree, one of West Kalimantans flagship trees, in North ...

Ministry expects nationwide broadband connectivity by 2017

Communication and Information Minister Rudiantara said he expected that all Indonesian regions will be connected ...

Government uses maritime potential as tourism propeller

The Indonesian government has continued to develop the countrys tourism sector in an effort to achieve its target of ...

Chinese company agrees to process garbage to generate power

The Pontianak city administration will cooperate with Shanghai Electric Group Co Ltd and Zhong Sheng Hua Tai ...

Involvement of youth in Sail Karimata Strait 2016

The annual international maritime event, Sail Indonesia, being dubbed as Sail Karimata Strait this year, is being ...

45 Chinese nationals found guilty of violating immigration laws in W Kalimantan

Forty-five Chinese nationals were found guilty of violating the Indonesian immigration law as they stood trial at the ...

140 hotspots detected in West Kalimantan

A total of 140 hotspots indicating forest, peatland and plantation fires, were detected in West Kalimantan Province, ...

Legal enforcement stepped up to combat forest fires

Riaus inhabitants have long yearned to lead a haze-free existence as they have reeled under the impacts of smoke ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...

Police investigating fake passport case involving 177 Indonesian hajj pilgrims

The police force is conducting further investigation into the case of 177 Indonesian Hajj pilgrims caught with fake ...

Long waiting list may lead pilgrims to seek short cut

The fact that would-be hajj pilgrims currently booking a slot will be able to depart for the Holy Land only after a ...

Indonesian govt sought to bring 177 detained hajj pilgrims home: Minister Saifuddin

Indonesias Minister for Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin said the government will continue its efforts to ...