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South Sumatra police join forest fire control efforts

South Sumatra police have dispatched 159 officers to support the preventive and mitigation efforts of the ...

East Java Police kill suspected drug dealer attempting gun assault

East Java police launched a crackdown on a local drug ring and killed suspected drug dealer Vicky Erdianto, 25, Monday, ...

TdS 2021 to cover West Sumatra, Jambi, and Riau

The 12th edition of Tour de Singkarak (TdS) was canceled this year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic though is planned to ...

Six held for allegedly smuggling drugs in cargo truck

The National Narcotics Agency (BNN) has arrested six suspects in connection with the seizure of several hundred ...

Several hundred kilograms crystal meth seized in BNN's truck raid

Officers of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) raided a cargo truck carrying onboard several hundred kilograms (kg) of ...

Solo-Yogyakarta toll road construction to commence in November 2020

based cashless transaction of the toll road system project for the toll road sector, he remarked, adding that four toll ...

Jokowi seeks alternative funding sources for Trans-Sumatra highway

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has sought alternative sources of funding for construction of the Trans-Sumatra toll ...

Police seize 159 kg of drugs, likely smuggled from China

Indonesia’s National Police and the Customs and Excise Directorate General of the Finance Ministry have seized ...

15 toll road sections to be inaugurated in 2020: Ministry

based cashless transaction of the toll road system project for the toll road sector, he stated, adding that four toll ...

Wild Sumatran tiger captured in West Sumatra's Solok District

A Sumatran tiger (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) got ensnared in a trap recently installed by the West Sumatra Natural ...

Aceh struck by 4.8-magnitude earthquake, damage reported in Sabang

An earthquake of magnitude 4.8 rocked the southeastern part of Banda Aceh, Aceh Province’s capital, Thursday, ...

Police apprehend Jambi resident illegally trading Sumatran tiger skin

The Jambi Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) and police personnel apprehended Fendi, alias Tendi, alias Seng ...

Jakarta's Wisma Atlet treating 723 COVID-19 confirmed patients

The Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital in Kemayoran, Jakarta, is currently treating 837 patients, of which 723 have tested ...

Task Force confirms 650,000 hazmat suits distributed to all provinces

Indonesia's COVID-19 Task Force Head Doni Monardo confirmed, Saturday, that 650,000 hazmat suits were distributed ...

Legislator urges government to fund evacuation of stranded Indonesians

A legislator urged the Indonesian government to offer contingency funds to finance the evacuation of Indonesian migrant ...