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Forest fires destroy parts of Sumatran elephant habitats

Wildfires ravaging forest areas in Riau, Jambi, South Sumatra, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, and South ...

Wild elephants destroy four houses in Aceh

A human-animal conflict continues in the areas of Bener Meriah District, Aceh Province with a herd of wild Sumatran ...

Tjahjanto pledges to enable riot survivors' smooth return to Wamena

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto made a solemn promise to facilitate survivors of ...

Military, Police Chiefs to meet displaced people in Timika, Papua

Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and Indonesian Police (Polri) Chief General Tito Karnavian ...

69 Wamena riot survivors return to West Java on Wednesday: Official

West Java Chapter and Daarut Tauhid's Care. "Prior to their departure, they underwent medical check-ups at ...

Social workers to work with Wamena riot survivors

The Social Affairs Ministry has deployed several social workers and volunteers to help survivors of the recent Wamena ...

Minister Wiranto, Military, Police chiefs review condition in Wamena

Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto, Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Marshal ...

Military chief to visit riot-impacted Wamena on Monday

Several ministers have planned to pay a visit to riot-inflicted Wamena in Papua Province on Monday to outline steps for ...

Wamena riot survivors ail from diarrhea, fever, skin itchiness

Several survivors of the recent deadly rioting in Wamena currently accommodated in temporary shelters are ailing from ...

3,225 refugees in Jayapura, confirms coordinating minister

The number of refugees in Jayapura, Papua due to the deadly riots in Wamena, currently has reached 3,225, Coordinating ...

Ambon earthquake claims one life

An earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale, rocked Ambon, Maluku Province, on Thursday at 8:46 a.m. local time, ...

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Indonesian forest fire chokes millions of people, animals

In June 2019, the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMK) had warned that this year's dry season is ...

Palangka Raya government to fund wildfire emergency budget

The  Palangka Raya city government in Central Kalimantan Province will provide Rp1.7 billion towards an ...

Child protection through minimum permissible marriageable age at 19

Director General of Social Rehabilitation of the Social Affairs Ministry Edi Suharto supported legalizing the revision ...

Paser District in East Kalimantan shrouded by thick smog

Thick smog coming from forest fires shrouded Tanah Grogot in Paser District, East Kalimantan Province, reducing ...