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BMKG projects above-normal rainfall in 27.5% of Indonesian territory

Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics (BMKG) projected that 27.5 percent of Indonesia's ...

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Saving Indonesia's elephants and tigers from extinction

Human-wildlife conflicts and illegal wildlife trade still pose threats to Indonesia's endeavors to save its ...

A handler deployed to repel tigers from a village in South Aceh

The South Aceh district government has sent a tiger handler named Teungku Syarwani Sabil (83) to help handle conflicts ...

Aceh govt urged to seek solutions to human-wildlife conflicts

A legislator has appealed to the Aceh provincial administration to seek solutions to human-wildlife conflicts that ...

156 earthquakes have jolted northern parts of Sumatra in a week: BMKG

The Deli Serdang Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) in North Sumatra Province has recorded 156 ...

West Sumatra police nab 126 drug dealers and couriers in a month

The West Sumatra police apprehended 126 suspected drug dealers and couriers as a result of various raid operations in ...

Manado-Danowudu Toll road will boost North Sulawesi's tourism: Jokowi

The Manado-Danowudu toll road section, spanning 26.35 kilometers (km), is expected to boost North Sulawesi ...

Manado-Bitung toll road will reduce logistics costs: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo has said he believes the Manado Bitung toll road, scheduled to be completed in June, 2021, will ...

Three Rafflesia flowers in full bloom in North Bengkulu

Three flowers of the rare Rafflesia kemumu variety are in a state of full bloom in a garden of a local villager in ...

Jokowi to inaugurate Pekanbaru-Dumai toll road on Friday virtually

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will officially inaugurate the 131-kilometer Pekanbaru-Dumai toll road, the first ...

Lampung offers seven investment projects to Singaporean businessmen

Lampung offered seven investment projects to Singaporean businessmen during the sixth Road to Indonesia Investment Day ...

Java, Bali contributed 64.26 percent of total COVID-19 cases: Team

The Indonesian Task Force for COVID-19 Handling confirmed that the islands of Java and Bali had contributed 64.26 ...

BKSDA confirms another Sumatran tiger killed in Riau, Indonesia

Riau Province's Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) confirmed the accuracy of a photo circulated by a ...

Toll road project: Jokowi lauds Aceh for quick land acquisition

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Tuesday lauded the provincial and district governments, and the people of ...

Aceh's toll roads should be connected to tourism centers: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) emphasized that the main corridor of the Trans-Sumatra toll road sections in Aceh must ...