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Magnitude 5.2 earthquake hits Bengkulu's Enggano Island

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled Enggano Island in the Indonesian province of Bengkulu in the early hours of ...

Some 900 COVID-19 patients still hospitalized at Jakarta's Wisma Atlet

Some 900 COVID-19 patients are still hospitalized at Jakarta’s Wisma Atlet Kemayoran emergency hospital on ...

BMKG forecasts heavy rainfall, lightning in most Indonesian regions

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has forecast heavy rains accompanied by lightning and strong ...

COVID-19: Active cases climb in 15 Indonesian provinces

Fifteen Indonesian provinces, most of them located in Sumatra, have reported a rise in active coronavirus cases, chief ...

SAR aid packages keep pouring in for Satui's flood victims

Search and rescue (SAR) workers in South Kalimantan on Saturday continued to hand out staple food and meal packages to ...

Riau's Nature Conservation Agency evacuates endangered agile gibbon

The Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) evacuated an agile gibbon to its transit cage before releasing ...

A 5.7-earthquake rattles North Maluku's West Halmahera

A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled West Halmahera District, North Maluku Province, on Wednesday morning but it did not ...

5.3-magnitude earthquake rocks Banda Aceh on Friday night

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake on Friday night jolted Banda Aceh, a city in the northernmost tip of Sumatra Island which ...

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Pursuing development of super priority destination Lake Toba

Tourism is one of the foremost sectors to have been dealt a major blow from the COVID-19 pandemic. In a bid to steer ...

Sigli-Banda Aceh toll road project 67.9% complete: PT Adhi Karya

State-owned construction company PT Adhi Karya has announced that construction work on the Sigli-Banda Aceh toll road ...

Two wild tiger traps installed in West Sumatra's Tigo Balai village

The Agam Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has installed two wild tiger cage traps in areas where several ...

3 Sumatran tigers repeatedly sighted in West Sumatra's Kota Rantang

Three wild Sumatran tigers have repeatedly trespassed into the farmland of Kota Rantang Village in Palupuah ...

Extreme weather forecast in Central Java in next 72 hours

Several regions of Central Java could likely experience extreme weather in the subsequent three days, according to a ...

District government confirms 62 deaths in Flores Timur's flash floods

Some 62 residents of Flores Timur District in East Nusa Tenggara Province lost their lives in flash floods, triggered ...

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Aceh's struggle to bring foreign tourist arrivals back on track

Aceh Office has recorded no foreign tourist arrivals in the province since early this year on account of travel ...