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President orders reconstruction of collapsed mosques in quake-hit Aceh

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has ordered the reconstruction of the few mosques destroyed in the magnitude-6.5 ...

Minister assures food stock adequacy for Aceh refugees

Indonesias Social Affairs Minister has made assurances of food stock adequacy in warehouses for refugees of the Pidie ...

Assistance flowing to quake-hit Aceh

Aid is flowing into Aceh Province, particularly Pidie Jaya District, which was hit by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake on ...

Agency stresses need for earthquake-resistant buildings

The National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) has stressed the importance of constructing earthquake-resistant ...

Quake brings school activities to halt in Aceh`s Pidie Jaya

School activities in the Pidie Jaya and Pidie districts ground to a halt as a result of the strong earthquake that hit ...

President Jokowi sends chief of staff to observe quake-hit Aceh

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) sent his chief presidential staff Teten Masduki to Aceh to observe the aftermath of the ...

Social Affairs Minister to visit earthquake-hit Aceh

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa will visit Pidie Jaya District, Aceh Province, which was hit by an ...

Team of geologists to fly to quake hit Pidie, Aceh

The Indonesia Geology Office said it will send a team to Pidie Jaya of Aceh, badly hit by a major quake on Wednesday ...

VP Kalla asks Mosque Council to increase worship and social activities

The Indonesian Mosque Council (DMI) should not just hold meetings or congresses but should also increase its religious ...

"United Nusantara" celebrates "unity in diversity" of Indonesia

Indonesia, the worlds largest archipelagic country, is blessed with more than 17 thousand islands, 700 tribes, and ...

United Nusantara Rally shows Indonesia as patriotic nation

Commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) General Gatot Nurmantyo has said United Nusantara Rally has proven ...

Maintain Indonesia`s diversity: Police chief

Indonesian Police Chief General Tito Karnavian has called on the nation to maintain the Unitary State of the Republic ...

Minister Parawansa declares street-children free Indonesia by 2017

Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa declared a street-chilren free Indonesia by 2017 at the National ...

Indonesia BNN ready to shoot to kill drug dealers

Head of the Indonesia National Anti Drug Agency (BNN) Com. Gen. Budi Waseso (Buwas) said the agency is ready to shoot ...

Indonesia faces an increasing elderly population

Indonesia is facing the problem of a growing number of elderly people who are expected to reach over 32 million in the ...