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Floods swamp West Kalimantan's villages near land border with Malaysia

Flash floods inundated certain areas of the villages of Lamolda and Sekinyak near the Indonesia-Malaysia land border in ...

Iriansyah joins KMP Aceh Hebat 1's maiden voyage to Simeulue

Aceh Governor Nova Iriansyah joined a maiden voyage of KMP Aceh Hebat 1, a roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) ship, from the Port ...

Kayu Agung-Palembang Toll Road to significantly lower logistics costs

long toll road section was the most important axis of the Trans-Sumatra toll road construction project since it was the ...

Sumatran elephant destroys villagers' farmlands in Aceh

A wild Sumatran elephant (Elephas maximus sumatranus) sneaked into and destroyed the farmlands of several residents of ...

Sumatran tiger in Aceh found safe but in weak condition

A Sumatran tiger (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) was found safe but in weak condition after it got trapped in a wild boar ...

Six killed in Manado city's massive floods, landslides

The death toll in Manado city's massive floods and landslides that hit nine subdistricts and 33 neighborhoods on ...

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Give iconic rendang a vegan twist

Some people who were asked to taste and name this Indonesian "signature dish" were prompt in answering: ...

North Sumatra police seize 5-kg drug package, arrest three suspects

North Sumatra police arrested three suspected drug dealers this week and seized five kilograms of drugs from them, a ...

Two men nabbed smuggling drugs into Medan city prison

Two men were caught while trying to smuggle a package containing drugs into Medan City police's detention center on ...

Police seize 52.4 kg of crystal meth in 22 days

Surveillance and drug raid operations over the last 22 days have led to the arrest of 14 drug offenders and the seizure ...

Nova Iriansyah confirmed as Aceh governor

Indonesian Home Minister Tito Karnavian on Thursday formally appointed Nova Iriansyah as the governor of Aceh until ...

Governor Nova Iriansyah expected to boost Acehnese people's welfare

Aceh's Legislative Assembly (DPRA) member, Teuku Raja Keumangan, sought Governor Nova Iriansyah’s all-out ...

5.4-magnitude quake strikes Aceh's Simeulue district

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale was reported from the westernmost Indonesian province of Aceh on ...

Two shallow quakes jolt West Sumatra's Mentawai Islands

Two moderate earthquakes struck Mentawai Islands district in West Sumatra province on Monday afternoon. There were no ...

Moderate earthquake again rocks Bengkulu's Mukomuko district

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake jolted southwest of Mukomuko District in Bengkulu Province on early Sunday but there were no ...