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Clamor grows for ending trafficking, slavery on the seas

On June 5 this year, two sailors — Reynalfi, 22, and Andri Juniansyah, 30 — jumped off Chinese-flagged ...

Singapore's Temasek donates one million masks to Riau Islands

Temasek Foundation International of Singapore has handed over one million masks to Riau Islands Province to help avert ...

Riau Islands received 2.5 million foreign tourists in Jan-Nov 2019

Some 2,590,802 foreign tourists had visited Riau Islands Province during the January-November 2019 period, a ...

It is uneasy to crack down on drug smuggling in Riau Islands: BNNP

Chief of the Riau islands Provincial Anti-Narcotics Agency (BNNP), Brig. Gen (Pol) Richard Nainggolan, admitted there ...

People throng Jakarta Planetarium to witness annular solar eclipse

Hundreds of visitors congregated at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Thursday, to participate in the observation and ...

Riau Islands' security needs tightening against drug trafficking

Indonesian law enforcement agencies in Riau Islands need to tighten maritime security in the province's waters to ...

Batam offers ring solar eclipse tourism package

Government of Riau Island's Batam City, along with local tourism business operators, offer leisure packages with ...

Radicalism not indicated by choice of clothing: BNPT

Deputy for Prevention, Protection and Deradicalization of the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT) Maj. Gen. TNI ...

Firefighters attempt to extinguish fire in West Aceh

Tens of firefighters from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) attempted to extinguish a fire ravaging two ...

Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

Terra, Aqua satellites identify 1,182 forest fire hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites tracked 1,182 hotspots suggestive of forest fires throughout Sumatra Island on ...

Satellites detect 1,211 fire hotspots throughout Sumatra

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) had identified 1,211 hotspots representing forest fires all ...

Investors keen on Gili Tangkong tourist resort development

Eight potential investors are apparently keen to develop the Gili Tangkong tourist resort in West Lombok, West Nusa ...

Acute respiratory infection cases in South Sumatra reach 274,502

Fires raging through land and forest areas in South Sumatra Province during the January-June 2019 period resulted in ...

Joint team combs Mount Sumbing to ensure fire completely doused

A joint team is conducting a thorough search of Mount Sumbing in Wonosobo District, Central Java Province, to ensure ...