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South Sumatra`s 355 would-be hajj pilgrims off to Medina

South Sumatra governor H Alex Noerdin on Sunday here saw off a total of 355 would-be hajj pilgrims from South Sumatra ...

Casa crash site coordinates found

The coordinates of the Nusantara Buana Air (NBA) Casa 212 which went down in the Bahorok forest, Langkat regency, N ...

Casa plane crashes in North Sumatra

A Casa plane of PT Nusantara Buana Air (NBA) flying from Polonia Airport in Medan, North Sumatra, to Southeast Aceh, ...

RI, India hold joint patrol in Malacca strait

Indonesia and India have started a coordinated patrol in the Malacca Strait. Fleet Command Unit for the Western ...

ASEAN Foundation facilitates ICT training for 22 SMES

Twenty-two Indonesian micro-entrepreneurs participated in an ICT Training for SMEs held at the ASEAN Foundation`s ...

Former army chief of staff Makmun Murod buried

Former Army Chief of Staff General (ret.) Makmun Murod had been entombed at Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in Jakarta ...

Wild elephant crushes woman to death

A wild elephant is reported to have crushed a woman to death while she was taking water for her household needs at a ...

Forest fire in Mt Sumbing forest spreads to wider area

A forest fire on the slope of Mount Sumbing, Tamanggung District, Central Java Province, has spread to wider area. ...

North Sumatra to have organic fertilizer plant

PT Petrokimia Gresik under a cooperation with a private company in North Sumatra is building an organic fertilizer ...

Aceh quake felt in nine areas

A 6.7-magnitude quake with its epicenter in Aceh Selatan regency today affected nine areas in three provinces in ...

Earthquake forces Tobasa residents to rush out of their homes in panic

A magnitude-6.7 earthquake that hit Aceh Province, in the wee hour of Tuesday, forced residents of Balige, Toba ...

BMKG detects 85 hot spots in Sumatra

The Padang Meteorological, Climatological and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in Tabing had detected 60 hot spots in ...

Hotspots cause thick smog in west sumatra

Thick smog from 85 newly detected hot spots is reported to be covering West Sumatera province. According to ...

Ministry allocates Rp164 billion for forest fire handling

The Forestry Ministry has allocated funds amounting to Rp164 billion to tackle forest and plantation fires, the ...

Poaching, illegal trade still threatening Sumatran tigers

Poaching and illegal trade in tiger parts are still major threats to the survival of the Sumatran tiger (Panthera ...