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Social Affairs Ministry to cut poverty rate to below nine percent

The Social Affairs Ministry will continue to reduce the poverty rate to below nine percent, in accordance with the ...

Jokowi defines seven orders for new cabinet ministers to follow

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has made an official announcement of the new cabinet line-up for the second-term of his ...

Jokowi announces his cabinet line-up dubbed Indonesia Moving Forward

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) flanked by Vice President Ma'ruf Amin announced his cabinet line-up dubbed Indonesia ...

Stability prioritized in Prabowo's inclusion in Jokowi's cabinet: MPR

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker Bambang Soesatyo echoed President Joko Widodo’s ...

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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, ...