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Indonesian Muslims welcome Islamic New Year

Indonesian Muslims in various parts of the country held parades, festivals, dhikrs, joint prayers and various other ...

Riau air quality "unhealthy" as haze obscures skies

The air quality around Riau Province reached a "very unhealthy" level on Sunday as haze from forest fires covered its ...

Five foreign athletes participate in Telomoyo Hang Gliding Championship

Five foreign athletes are participating in the Telomoyo International Hang Gliding Championship being held in Mt ...

VP Boediono calls for preventive measures against forest fires

Vice President Boediono has called on the Indonesian National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) to intensify ...

BPS to function as Indonesian national data bank

Pekanbaru (ANTARA News)  - The Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) will soon serve as a data bank ...

Teenage twins sister launch project for proboscis monkey conservation

Two teenaged twin sisters named Gabriella Thohir and Giovanna Thohir have started the Bekantan Twins Project, an ...

Agency deploys nine choppers to fight forest fires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has deployed nine helicopters in several provinces to conduct water ...

Indonesian haze begins escalating to neighboring countries

At least eight provinces in Indonesia currently have an increasing number of hotspots producing smoke from forest and ...

Hotspots detected in eight sub-districts in S Kalimantan

A number of hotspots of forest and plantation fires were detected in eight sub-districts in Tanah Laut District, South ...

Flight services in South Kalimantan disrupted by haze

Thick haze shrouded Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan, and disrupted local flights at the Syamsudin Noor Airport of ...

Defense minister optimistic about public response to election dispute`s resolution

Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro expressed optimism that there will be no riots in Indonesia after the ...

Motorcycle homebound travelers flock Merak port

Nearly a thousand home-bound travelers on motorcycles, on Saturday, flocked the Merak port, Banten, waiting to be ...

LIPI has two more botanical gardens

The Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) has set up two new botanical gardens in Batam, Riau Islands and in ...

Minister destroys illegal pork

Agriculture Minister Suswono accompanied by regional officials seized and destroyed 7.4 tons of illegal swine meat in ...

BMKG bestows awards on best climate observers

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has presented awards to six best climate observers for their ...