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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 ...

Smog from forest fires could kill indirectly: BNPB

Doni Monardo, head of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), has said smog coming from forest fires is ...

Lion Air JT 626 fails to land at North Kalimantan due to thick smoke

The passengers of Lion Air flight JT 626 failed to arrive at North Kalimantan Province's Juwata International ...

Ministry readies safe houses for haze-affected citizens

The Social Affairs Ministry has prepared safe houses or shelters, especially for children and elderly, whose cities or ...

Mandacan meets Sri Mulyani regarding property destruction

West Papua Governor Dominggus Mandacan said he had met Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati in Jakarta September 9 ...

Cannot have more refugee camps like Kalideres: UNHCR

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is unwilling to see more shelters like the one in Kalideres, ...

Jakarta to cease humanitarian assistance for refugees by August-end

Speaker of the Jakarta provincial parliament Prasetio Edi Marsudi confirmed that the Jakarta administration will put a ...

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Quality human resources will make Indonesia developed nation

At the beginning of the first term of his presidency in 2014, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) had expressed his ambition to ...

Govt allocates Rp1,162 trillion for human resource development

The Indonesian Government has allocated Rp1,162.83 trillion for four major projects to create high-quality human ...

Five killed in Friday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake: BNPB

The 6.9-magnitude earthquake that rocked Banten Province on Friday has killed five people, National Disaster Mitigation ...

Warning of big waves unrelated to Banten's quake

The early warning Saturday about big waves likely to hit certain areas, including the waters around Bengkulu-Enggano ...

Indonesians told to ignore 9-magnitude earthquake rumors: BMKG

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has urged the public to ignore rumors on social media ...