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Transportation Ministry committed to clearing debris from sea

The Transportation Ministry and stakeholders are committed to getting rid of the debris in the Indonesian sea and ...

Haze impairs visibility to 700 meters in Pekanbaru

Haze emanating from forest fires has caused a drastic drop in visibility in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, to 700 meters on ...

LAPAN records slight dip in hotspots in West Kalimantan

The LAPAN satellite image data indicated the presence of 935 hotspots suggestive of forest fires in West Kalimantan on ...

Bintan police foil bid to smuggle 118 kilograms of meth

- serving as drug couriers. All suspects are the residents of Bintan Island and work as school bus ...

Jakarta Police arrest int'l drug syndicate members from Malaysia

The West Jakarta Police took into arrest some members of an international drug smuggling syndicate after 30 kilograms ...

Satellite imagery suggests 949 hotspots in West Kalimantan

The LAPAN satellite image data showed 949 hotspots were spotted in West Kalimantan on Sept 3-4, 2019, a notable ...

Anarchic group in Papua linked to international organizations: Police

National Police Chief General Tito Karnavian has acknowledged that the groups committed anarchy in Papua and West ...

Riau Islands police elite unit's 252 members deployed to Papua

Some 252 personnel of the Riau Islands Police's mobile brigade (Brimob) unit were deployed to Papua and West Papua, ...

Students urge govt to eliminate all forms of racism against Papuans

Tens of activists of the Tanjungpinang-Bintan Student Alliance staged a peaceful rally here on Tuesday to show their ...

900 people lose jobs from January-June in Batam

During the first half of 2019, some 900 people lost their jobs in Batam, Riau Islands Province, following the closure ...

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Forest fires drive Sumatran tiger from their habitats

Indonesia, home to the Sumatran tiger, joined celebrations on International Tiger Day, observed on July 25, to raise ...

Sumatra Island ravaged by 584 hotspots representing forest fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Station in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, confirmed the presence of 584 ...

Forest fire-induced haze lowers visibility in Pekanbaru to 1.5 km

Visibility in Riau's capital of Pekanbaru was curtailed to 1.5 kilometers (km) on Saturday at 8 a.m. local time ...

Four helicopters roped in to battle forest fires in Riau

The Riau forest fire task force has employed four helicopters to douse the conflagration spreading across the southern ...

Airlines can use CPO-based avtur in 2021: Minister

based aviation turbine (avtur) fuel or green avtur in two to two-and-a-half years, Coordinating Minister for Economic ...