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Singapore PM praises Indonesia`s handling of smoke problem

Singapores Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong praised and thanked Indonesia for the handling this year of smoke from ...

Samarinda bombing reminder of specter of radicalism: VP

Vice President Jusuf Kalla said Sundays bomb attack in front of the Oikumene church, Samarinda, East Kalimantan , was ...

Govt raises excise taxes on tobacco

The government of Indonesia has raised the excise tax tariffs on tobacco. The Finance Ministers Regulation, ...

140 hotspots detected in West Kalimantan

A total of 140 hotspots indicating forest, peatland and plantation fires, were detected in West Kalimantan Province, ...

Satellites detect 37 hotspots across Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites of NASA detected 37 hotspots in five provinces across Sumatra Island on Sunday. The ...

Indonesian minister advises maintaining vigil in wake of forest fires

Indonesia has continued to remain vigilant against forest fires, although the number of hotspots across the nation has ...

Police chief orders arrest of forest fire perpetrators

National Police chief General Tito Karnavian has ordered the arrest of the perpetrators of forest and land fires. ...

Legal enforcement stepped up to combat forest fires

Riaus inhabitants have long yearned to lead a haze-free existence as they have reeled under the impacts of smoke ...

All-out fight against forest fires in Sumatra, Kalimantan

The Indonesian authorities had a fleeting sense of relief that there had been no haze from forest fires until early ...

Haze begins to cause problem in visibility in Riau: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said haze of black smokes from forest and bush fires began ...

Some 300 families in Riau flee homes due to wildfire

Some 300 families from three sub-districts in Riau province began fleeing their homes on Saturday (August 27) due to ...

Indonesia declares forest fire emergency

Indonesias Minister of Forestry and Environment Siti Nurbaya has said the country has been placed under emergency with ...

Satellites detect 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 68 hotspots on Sumatra Island, a sharp increase from nine on the previous ...

Fires raze some 600 ha of forest, peatland, plantation areas

Some 600 hectares of forest, peatland and plantation areas were gutted by fires over the past one week, Commander of ...

Suicide bomber kills at least 63 at Pakistan hospital

A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 63 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a ...