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Optimizing West Papua`s abundant natural resources

The Indonesian province of West Papua is known for its agriculture, mining, forestry products, and tourism that should ...

Jakarta Bay reclamation project resumes as moratorium lifted

Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs, Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, on Oct 5 issued a Ministerial Decree No ...

Tourism is economic backbone of East Nusa Tenggara

The Indonesian government has been paying greater attention to economic development in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) to ...

Lapan to develop amphibious version of N2019 aircraft

The National Space and Aviation Institute (Lapan) said it plans to develop amphibious version of the countrys new ...

Indonesian-made N219 successfully conducts test flight

Indonesian National Aviation and Outerspace Institute (Lapan) hailed the success of the test flight of its N219, made ...

All parties have right to support any presidential candidate: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said that all parties have the right to support any candidate scheduled for the ...

Widi Islands being developed as future of North Maluku tourism

The South Halmahera district government in North Maluku Province continues to develop Widi Islands as a global marine ...

Kendari has attractive mangrove ecotourism areas

Three mangrove ecotourism areas of Lahundape, Purirano, and Bungkutoko along the coast of Kendary Bay in the ...

EARTH WIRE -- Coral reef destruction during recent shipwreck hurting Raja Ampat tourism

Roughly 1,600 square meters of coral reefs in Raja Ampat District, West Papua Province, are said to have been damaged ...

Parties call for penal action in Raja Ampat reef case

Some parties have highlighted the need to take penal action against those found guilty of inflicting damage to Raja ...

EARTH WIRE -- Kendari promoting mangrove ecosystem tourism

The Kendari city administration in the Indonesian province of Southeast Sulawesi, in coordination with the local ...

Komodo Airport set to meet international standard

The airport management company, PT Angkasa Pura, will cooperate with private party to develop the Komodo Airport in ...

Lazizmu launches floating clinic for poor people of Maluku

The Islamic Amil Zakat National Lazismu , a donation foundation, has launched its program of Floating Clinic of Said ...

Difficult transportation to Enggano Island

In Enggano, one of the small islands on the west coast of Sumatra, more than 3,000 people are now having difficulties ...

NTT hopes to chalk up 30 percent increase in number of tourists

East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) hopes to chalk up a 30 percent increase in the number of visits by tourists in 2017, head of ...