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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 ...

Governor supports Baai Island Port as national export-import gate

 Bengkulu Governor Rohidin Mersyah has supported state port operator PT Pelindo II (Persero) to develop Baai ...

No foreign tourist arrivals in Aceh due to travel restrictions: BPS

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

Aceh residents gear up for potential hydrometeorological disasters

Residents in a dozen districts in Aceh Province are preparing for potential hydrometeorological disasters owing to ...

Torrential rains trigger flooding in West Aceh's 14 villages

Persistent and heavy downpour lashed various parts of Aceh Province over the past week resulting in floods in 14 ...

Wild elephants go on rampage in Aceh destroying villagers' harvest

A herd of wild Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) ran amok, inflicting destruction to the harvested crops ...

Veterinarian team treats wounded female Sumatran elephant in East Aceh

A team of veterinarians from the Aceh Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and Leuser Conservation Forum (FKL) ...