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Floods swamp some 300 homes in Ogan Komering Ulu, South Sumatra

Ogan River spilled over its bank and triggered flooding that swamped some 300 homes in Ogan Komering Ulu (OKU) ...

Wild Sumatran tiger captured in West Sumatra's Solok District

A Sumatran tiger (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) got ensnared in a trap recently installed by the West Sumatra Natural ...

Ministry to augment swampland food production during dry season

The Agriculture Ministry will strategize to ensure national food security during the dry season in 2020 by boosting ...

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COVID-19 shifts tourism focus to safe, responsible travel

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has brought the world to a standstill, with people around the globe confined ...

197 quarantined migrant workers in Batam await returning to hometowns

Some 197 Indonesian migrant workers completed their 14-day quarantine period in the Batam City administration's ...

Jakarta emergency hospital treated 614 COVID-19 inpatients on June 5

The Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, treated 614 inpatients on Friday (June 5), a decline of ...

Jokowi targets 20 thousand COVID-19 specimen tests daily

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is eyeing to increase specimen testing, conducted to determine the transmission and ...

Father attempts in vain to save son from crocodile attack

A crocodile attacked a 30-year-old man, bit his leg, and dragged him into the water before the eyes of his father ...

Palembang extends PSBB for another 14 days

The Palembang municipality administration has extended Large-Scale Social Distancing measures by another 14 days to ...

Foreign tourist arrivals in April decline by 87.44 percent: BPS

Foreign tourist arrivals in April 2020 decreased sharply by 87.44 percent to 160 thousand in April 2020, from 1.27 ...

President orders immediate dissemination of "new normal" protocols

President Joko Widodo called to immediately disseminate information to the public on the new normal protocols to be ...

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Indonesia braces for extreme dry season amid COVID-19

As it battles the coronavirus pandemic, Indonesia, which is currently entering the dry season, is bracing for a ...

Weather modification for rainfall in Riau's peatland areas

Coinciding with the Idul Fitri Islamic Festivity on Sunday (May 24), the Indonesian government conducted climate ...

Samutran tiger dies after week-long entanglement in hunter's snare

A Sumatran tiger died after prolonged entrapment in a hunter's snare in the PT Arara Abadi industrial forest ...

Indonesians should stay calm in facing COVID-19 ordeal: President

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has appealed to Indonesians to stay calm and patient in facing the COVID-19 ...