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Vice President Kalla visits evacuees of Mt Agung

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla visited the local residents displaced by Mount Agung`s eruptions at the Tanah Ampo ...

Indonesian government to revoke emergency status of Mt Agung in Bali

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Padjaitan has revealed that the government planned to revoke ...

Mt Agung eruption inflicts economic losses amounting to Rp11 trillion

The recent eruptions of Mount Agung located in Karangasem District, Bali Island, have inflicted economic losses ...

Indonesia hit by more floods in 2017

At least 640 floods have hit Indonesia so far in 2017 or the most frequent ever with largest loss of lives and missing ...

Hundreds of Lembata quake evacuees fear returning home

Some 711 evacuees, affected by a destructive earthquake in Lembata District, East Nusa Tenggara Province, early this ...

Mount Sinabung erupts early Thursday morning

Mount Sinabung erupted on Thursday morning, though there were no reports of casualties due to the disaster, according ...

World Food Program seeks 75 million dollars for Rohingya crisis

The World Food Program (WFP) appealed on Sunday for 75 million dollars in emergency aid over the next six months to ...

Residents evacuate to Jembrana following rise in Mt Agung`s status

Evacuees of the Karangasem district community, Bali Province, have reached Jembrana District following an increase in ...

Indonesian Scout to send humanitarian mission to Rakhine, Myanmar

The Indonesian Scout Movement (Pramuka) will send a humanitarian mission to Rakhine State, Myanmar, to distribute meat ...

Malala to become youngest UN Messenger of Peace

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is to become the youngest United Nations Messenger of ...

Wisdom key to settling Shiite problem: Minister Saifuddin

The Indonesian Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin believes that wisdom is necessary to settle the ...

Indonesia`s constructive support for Rakhine

Indonesian Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi said the humanitarian assistance given by Indonesia to Rakhine ...

Yearender - Indonesia records highest number of natural disasters in 2016

Indonesia was battered by 2,342 natural disasters in 2016, the highest in the past 14 years, making it one of the most ...

Pidie Jaya earthquake brings back memories of 2004 tsunami

While many people were asleep, a strong shallow earthquake rocked Pidie Jaya and neighboring districts in Aceh ...

74 aftershocks recorded after Pidie Jaya earthquake

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has recorded 74 aftershocks following a 6.5-magnitude ...