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5.1-magnitude earthquake jolts Bengkulu

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale jolted Bengkulu Province at 1.22. p.m local time. According to ...

Kalla hopes RI to learn from Japan in dealing with post-disaster situation

Chairman of the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) Jusuf Kalla expressed his hope that Indonesia could learn from Japan in ...

Myanmar Releases Up-date Quake Death Toll at 73

The Myanmar authorities released the up-date revised death toll of Thursday`s major earthquake which was aired by the ...

Myanmar`s quake death toll rises to 65

The death toll of Myanmar`s Thursday earthquake has risen to 65 with 111 injured so far, official sources said on ...

Quake hits Southern West Java

An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale rocked the southern part of West Java province on Sunday morning but ...

RI need not hesitate to build nuclear power plant : expert

Indonesia does not need to be afraid to build a nuclear power plant following the explosion at a similar facility in ...

Dispatch of RI workers to Japan unaffected by quake

The dispatch of Indonesian workers to Japan this year is not affected by the earthquake and its subsequent tsunami ...

Governor : high-rise buildings in Jakarta quake-proof

Jakarta Governor Fauzi Bowo said high-rise buildings in the Indonesian capital have been built to withstand ...

Ministry of Maritime ready to help Papua tsunami victims

The Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (KKP) is ready to extend assistance to tsunami victims at Mettu Daby ...

6.2-magnitude earthquake hits off Japan`s Honshu

An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale on Sunday jolted near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, at 7:24 a.m., ...

Japan Tsunami ripple destroys several houses in Papua

A ripple of Friday`s devastating tsunami in Japan has reached the Indonesian province of Papua, destroying several ...

Jakarta hopes disaster not affect economic ties with Japan

The Indonesian government has expressed hope that the devastating earthquake-triggered tsunami in Japan would not ...

Hundreds more Indonesians to be evacuated to Tokyo

More than 400 Indonesians living in different parts of disaster-stricken Japan are going to be evacuated to Tokyo and ...

Hatta convinced Japan to recover from disaster soon

Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Hatta Rajasa said he was convinced life in Japan will soon recover from ...

Japan evacuates 2,000 people near nuclear plant

Some 2,000 people living near northeast Japan`s Fukushima nuclear plant were told to evacuate on Friday following a ...