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120 Sri Lankan immigrants refuse to return to their country

Some 120 Sri Lankan immigrants stranded in the waters off the west coast of Sumatra island have refused to return to ...

120 Sri Lankan immigrants refuse to return to their country

Some 120 Sri Lankan immigrants stranded in the waters off the west coast of Sumatra island have refused to return to ...

Indonesia releases more sea turtle hatchlings into sea

Several inhabitants of Sao Village, Mentawai Island, West Sumatra Province, must be overjoyed when they found a 75-kg ...

Sumatran tigers breed well in South Bukit Barisan

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Indonesia said that at least 80 Sumatran Tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) are ...

Orangutans living outside natural habitat need attention

Orangutans are usually cute, adorable and smart that some people want to keep them as pets. Besides, orangutans and ...

Earthquake jolts Bengkulu

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter Scale jolted Bengkulu Province, Sumatra Island, on Sunday at 11.05 am local ...

Lampung seaport police confiscate 10 kgs of marijuana from passenger

Lampung`s Bakauheni seaport police have confiscated a package containing 10 kilograms of dried marijuana from an ...

Conflicts between wild elephants and humans on the rise in Riau

Wild elephants often go on a rampage in several villages of Riau province, and the latest such incident took place in ...

floods expand in several Indonesian provinces

Floods that have hit some parts of Indonesia since November 2012, are currently expanding in a number of provinces ...

Nuclear power plant to meet energy needs

Given its reliability and low operational costs, a nuclear power plant is the most feasible option to meet rising ...

Indonesia can manage nuclear power plant

Indonesia has enough experts who are capable of managing a nuclear power plant (PLTN), according to Research and ...

Long and winding road towards Sunda Strait Bridge

Indonesia has been dreaming of building the Sunda Strait Bridge, a mega project that will connect Indonesia`s two ...

Indonesia's Parliament Sends Delegation to Gaza to Support Palestine

Since Israeli aggression in Gaza began earlier this month, a number of Indonesian cities have seen daily rallies ...

Rainy season sees parts of Indonesia hit by floods, landslides

The rainy season has only begun in Indonesia, which has only two seasons, rainy (November to March) and dry (June to ...

Indonesian Muslims condemn Israeli aggression on Gaza

Over the past two consecutive days, Indonesian Muslims staged rallies in front of the US embassy to protest the ...