#sumatera

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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 ...

Suspended N. Sumatra governor gets 2.6 years for corruption

The Jakarta Corruption Court on Monday sentenced suspended North Sumatra Governor Syamsul Arifin to 2 years and six ...

Police search house of Nazaruddin`s uncle

North Sumatra police has searched the house of Yunus Rasyid, uncle of former Democratic Party general treasurer ...

Dutch company to build road tunnel in West Sumatra

PT Amagedon from the Netherlands and investors from Belgium plan to build a six kilometer long road tunnel connecting ...

Some 267 hot spots detected on Sumatra island

The Meteorology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in Padang recently found 267 new hot spots on Sumatra island. "The ...

Some 33 corporate tax dodgers owe US$583 million to state

The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said up to 2010 there were still 33 companies which owed over US$583 million in ...

Number of threatened bird species in Indonesia increases

The number of threatened bird species in Indonesia has increased from 122 in 2010 to 123 in 2011, according to an NGO ...

PIP to acquire Inalum in 2013

The Government Investment Center (PIP) is in 2013 planning to acquire PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminum (Inalum) whose ...