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Haze disrupts flights at Batam airport

The haze from forest and bush fires disrupted numerous flights from several cities in Sumatra Island such as ...

Pekanbaru to host International Taekwondo Championship

The Indonesian city of Pekanbaru in Riau province is ready to host the International Taekwondo Championship Indonesia ...

Riau calls for private companies to help fight wildfires

It certainly is no easy task to break the vicious cycle of annual forest, peat land and plantation fires, which have ...

Russia-made helicopter deployed to extinguish Riau wildfires

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has rented a Russian-made Sikorsky helicopter to strengthen its efforts ...

S. Kalimantan on highest alert for wildfires

Authorities of South Kalimantan have declared the highest alert status for wildfires that have been proliferating due ...

Lebaran holiday travelers continue to throng ferry ports

Thousands of Idul Fitri or Lebaran homebound travelers this year have been seen thronging the ferry ports of Merak in ...

Riau authorities extinguish 10 bushfires

The fire brigade and disaster mitigation office of Pekanbaru, Riau Province, has extinguished bushfires in at least 10 ...

BMKG reveals 28 hotspots across Sumatra Island

The Meteorological, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) announced that 28 hotspots have been detected across ...

Six hotspots detected on Sumatra Island

Six hotspots indicating forest and plantation fires were detected on Sumatra Island, according to the Pekanbaru ...

Construction of Trans-Sumatra Toll Road finally begins

The plan to construct the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road, which will stretch over two thousand kilometers from south to north ...

Construction of Trans-Sumatra Toll Road finally begins

The plan to construct the Trans-Sumatra Toll Road, which will stretch over two thousand kilometers from south to north ...

Landslides, No. 1 Killer in Indonesia in 2014

Being located in the Pacifics ring of fire and comprising over 17 thousand islands, Indonesia is prone to natural ...

President Jokowi lauds acceleration of Trans-Sumatra toll road`s construction

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has lauded the Lampung Provincial Administration for accelerating the construction work ...

Indonesian government must protect pig-nosed turtles from extinction

As the illegal trade of wildlife continues to flourish, the government needs to work harder to crack down on pet trade ...

VP Kalla chairs meetings on airport, oil and gas issues

Vice President M. Jusuf Kalla chaired two separate meetings attended by some ministers and other concerned officials ...