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Annual floods hit parts of Indonesia

Typically, January and February are the peak months of the rainy season in Indonesia, which mostly results in flooding ...

Govt to punish companies that refuse to hire disabled individuals

The Indonesian government is preparing a new regulation to penalize private-sector companies that refuse to hire ...

Flood kills two in Tangerang

A flood inundated several residential areas and killed two inhabitants of Tangerang City, Banten Province, on ...

Jakarta takes measures against floods

Jakarta is bracing for floods as rains have begun inundating a number of areas in the city of some 10 million ...

Indonesia ready to help typhoon Haiyan victims

Indonesia is prepared to help the victims of super typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines with logistical assistance and ...

VP calls for prioritizing development of family planning

Vice President Beodiono has asked all stakeholders in the development of the family planning program to give the ...

E Java`s Bojonegoro district reeling under water crisis

A total of 5,482 families or 14,548 residents of 27 villages of 10 sub-districts of Bojonegoro in East Java, are ...

Social ministry`s assistance for Mount Sinabung evacuees continues

The Ministry of Social Affairs is assisting the displaced victims of Mount Sinabung eruption in North Sumatra province ...

Egyptian PM proposes to dismantle Brotherhood: Spokesman

Egypt`s interim Prime Minister Hazem al-Beblawi has officially proposed to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) group ...

Idul Fitri exodus sees fewer traffic accidents

The number of traffic accidents across Indonesia has decreased compared with the same time last year, despite the ...

Two Ambon villagers killed in landslide

At least two villagers were killed on Tuesday in landslide in the village of Batu Merah, Ambon, the Maluku regional ...

Indonesians urged to protect children and fulfill their rights

On the occasion of the National Children`s Day on July 23, the Indonesian people were urged to protect children and ...

Two million Indonesian children not living with biological parents

Around two million Indonesian children do not live with their biological parents but they live in nursing homes or ...

Indonesia launches all-out fight against forest fires

As haze coming from forest, plantation and peatland fires has affected thousands of lives of people in Sumatra as ...

Travel and Tourism: the Unstrung Heroes in Regenerating the World Economies

The second edition of the Global Tourism Economy Forum ("GTEF"), a prominent annual international tourism event which ...