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KAI, Servo Railway collaborate to design B100-run locomotive

State-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Persero is working with private logistical railway service ...

Discovering Jakarta

Looking closely at Chinese community in Jakarta

The Chinese people have a long history of migrating overseas, with approximately 50 million ethnic Chinese living ...

Minister discusses demonstrating students' sentiments with Jokowi

Research, Technology, and Higher Education Minister Mohamad Nasir met President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to discuss the ...

MUI calls on security personnel to end violence against demonstrators

Secretary General of the Indonesia Ulema Council (MUI) Anwar Abbas has appealed to security personnel to end the use of ...

Jokowi's visit to forest fire-ravaged Central Kalimantan shelved

President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) initial plan to embark on a working visit to Central Kalimantan Province ...

Indonesian students again stage rallies in protest of law changes

Thousands of Indonesia's university students in various regions have once again taken to the streets in protest ...

Police name 14 companies as suspects in forest fires

Five companies have been named suspects in land and forest fires by the police in Lampung, thereby adding to the list ...

Minister urges students to halt demonstrations to reject draft bills

Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto has appealed to students to halt protests to ...

Students block street outside South Sumatra parliament building

Thousands of protesting students created blockade on the street in front of the South Sumatra Legislative Assembly ...

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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 ...

Haze forces cancellation of 33 flights at Pekanbaru

As many as 33 flights to and from Sultan Syarif Kasim II Airport in the Riau provincial capital of Pekanbaru were ...

Riau governor announces state of emergency after air pollution surges

Riau Governor Syamsuar has declared a state of emergency over air pollution caused by land and forest fires in the ...

Govt expands plasma land to achieve self-reliance in sugar production

The government aims to achieve self-reliance in sugar production in 2024 by expanding plasma sugarcane plantations ...

Firefighters attempt to extinguish fire in West Aceh

Tens of firefighters from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) attempted to extinguish a fire ravaging two ...

PT KAI to conduct trial of Palembang's LRT, cut travel time

State railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (PT KAI) will be conducting a trial of Palembang South Sumatra's ...