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Education ministry to provide haze-free classroom in Kalimantan

Ministry of Education will provide classrooms that are free from haze caused by land and forest fires in affected areas ...

Thailand's museum houses Indonesia's oldest Quran in pristine state

The oldest manuscript of Islamic Holy Quran, crafted in Indonesia, is preserved in pristine condition at the Ahmadiyah ...

Thousands of fighters to participate in pencak silat festival

Thousands of fighters from Indonesia and abroad will be joining the festival of pencak silat martial arts at ...

Biak's Papuan communities thanked for preserving national integrity

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto has expressed gratitude to the Papuan customary ...

Two Surabaya TNI officers questioned for racist slurs

Two Indonesian Military (TNI) officers were questioned for their alleged racist slurs against students in Surabaya, ...

Military, police chiefs hold dialog with Papuan leaders in Biak

Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto and National Police Chief Gen. Tito Karnavian ...

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Gap of quality among Indonesia's universities is a serious problem

The Research, Technology, and Higher Education Ministry has announced the 100 best universities in Indonesia for the ...

DFAT should remind Australians to obey Indonesian laws: Bali police

Bali’s police urged Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials to remind their ...

Papuan students stage peaceful rally in Bali against Surabaya incident

A group of Papuan students in Denpasar, Bali Province, held a peaceful demonstration on Thursday to express their angst ...

Central Kalimantan needs helitanker to support aerial firefighting

The Kotawaringin Timur Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) needs a helitanker to back its efforts to extinguish wildfires ...

Ombilin's designation as UNESCO world heritage supports West Sumatra

Ony Yulfian, West Sumatra tourism agency's head, believes that the Ombilin Coal Mine in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, ...

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Indonesia devotes serious effort to tackling impact of drought

Indonesia is bracing for a devastating and protracted drought this year, according to the warning of the Meteorology, ...

Palangka Raya works to halt recurrence of forest fires

The authorities in Palangka Raya have been striving to halt the recurrence of bush and forest fires in the Central ...

MK registers 260 cases on legislative election disputes

The Constitutional Court (MK) had registered as many as 260 cases on legislative election 2019 result disputes since ...

Riau Fire Free Village program covers 600,000 hectares

The Fire Free Village Program (FFVP) that has been running for the past five years in Riau Province has reached five ...