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Four helicopters roped in to battle forest fires in Riau

The Riau forest fire task force has employed four helicopters to douse the conflagration spreading across the southern ...

Krakatau Festival is Lampung's key tourism promotional event: governor

Lampung Governor Arinal Djunaidi believes that the Krakatau Festival is a central event of Lampung Province to draw ...

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Traditional outfits add to charm of Independence Day celebrations

Constituting over 17 thousand islands, with a population of some 255 million, Indonesia is home to a plethora of ethnic ...

Hotspot detection across Sumatra Island reaches 260

A total of 260 hotspots were identified throughout Sumatra Island on Monday morning, suggestive of forest and peatland ...

Annual Speech

Jokowi wears traditional Sasak clothes at DPR, DPD 2019 annual session

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) wears traditional Sasak ethnic clothes, of West Nusa Tenggara, during a Joint ...

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Understanding Jusuf Kalla's message to Indonesia

This year marks the end of Vice President Muhammad Jusuf Kalla's leadership term as he will be replaced by ...

Tesso Nilo's elephants show signs of stress due to forest fire

Mahouts of the elephant Flying Squad at the Tesso Nilo National Park had to evacuate the trained elephants to a safer ...

Acute respiratory infection cases in South Sumatra reach 274,502

Fires raging through land and forest areas in South Sumatra Province during the January-June 2019 period resulted in ...

Joint team combs Mount Sumbing to ensure fire completely doused

A joint team is conducting a thorough search of Mount Sumbing in Wonosobo District, Central Java Province, to ensure ...

Satellites confirm presence of 192 hotspots on Sumatra Island

The Terra and Aqua satellites detected 192 hotspots indicating forest fires across Sumatra Island on Monday morning, a ...

773 hotspots identified across Indonesia: BNPB

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) confirmed the detection of some 773 hotspots scattered across several ...

BMKG identifies 18,895 hotspots in Southeast Asia, Papua New Guinea

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) identified at least 18,895 hotspots in Southeast Asia and ...

Sumatran tiger preservation to entail adoption of cultural approach

The comprehensive adoption of a cultural approach is deemed necessary to preserve some 600 Sumatran tigers ...

Haze-induced respiratory ailments inflict 1,136 Pekanbaru residents

At least 1,136 residents of Pekanbaru, Riau Province, have suffered from upper respiratory tract infection following ...

Parts of ASEAN to be fire-prone next week

The Australian monsoon can make parts of Southeast Asia prone to fires in the next week, according to the Fire Danger ...