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50 thousand tons of imported rice to enter through Dumai port

Some 50 thousand tons of imported rice from Vietnam and Thailand will enter Indonesia through the port of Dumai in ...

LIPI to reveal many things about Wetar Island

Directly adjacent to Timor Leste, is Indonesias outermost island of Wetar in the district of Southwest Maluku, which ...

Minister hands over compensation to haze victims

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa handed over a compensation worth Rp15 million to the families of each ...

Wage regulation deliberated along with labor representatives: VP Kalla

The representatives of workers were part of the deliberation process for formulating Government Regulation Number 78 ...

Airport Operator, Airways Hit Hard By Forest Fire Haze

The haze emanating from forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan harms not only the locals and the environment, but has ...

Indonesia deploys fresh batch of soldiers to extinguish forest fires

The Indonesian Military has deployed thousands of soldiers to extinguish forest fires in South Sumatra since last ...

Another foreign firm named suspect in land fires

The police have named oil palm plantation company PT Palm Lestari Makmur as a suspect in an alleged case of land and ...

Natuna fishing seaport to become operational by mid-2016

The development of an integrated fishing seaport on the strait of Lampa, Kepulauan Natuna district, Kepulauan Riau ...

Putting Out Forest Fires Crucial to Saving Lives

At least 307,360 people in six Indonesian provinces, from June 29 to October 5, 2015, sought medical treatment for ...

President Jokowi visits Bung Hatta`s house of birth

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) in Bukittinggi on Friday visited the house of birth of Bung Hatta, the first vice ...

RI to buy waterbombing aircraft next year: President

President Joko Widodo said on Friday that Indonesia would buy aircraft, which can be specially used to tackle fires or ...

Haze delays President Jokowi`s visit to Jambi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) delayed his visit to Jambi as the haze hindered the landing of the presidential plane ...

Police names 240 people as suspects behind forest fires

Indonesian Police has named 240 people as suspects who allegedly set fire to forest and land, causing a haze disaster ...

Three choppers deployed to tackle hotspots in Riau

The Riau Provincial Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has deployed three helicopters to conduct water bombing ...

Walhi encourages people to file class action suit over haze disaster

The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has encouraged haze-affected residents to file a class action suit ...