#sumatra island

Collection of sumatra island news, found 75 news.

news focus: Indonesia to be middle power or fence sitter?

Indonesia enjoyed the relatively high economic growth rate of 6.5 percent in 2010 and is now the leader of regional ...

Ministry deploys personnel, planes to help extinguish forest fires

The forestry ministry has mobilized personnel and three planes to help extinguish forest fires on Sumatra Island. ...

Peat forest fires obstructing carbon emission cutting efforts

The ongoing peat forest fires on Sumatra and Kalimantan Islands may cause Indonesia to miss its carbon emission ...

RI continues stressing need to conserve APEC`S marine resources

Indonesia is at APEC forums to continue stressing the need to conserve the region`s marine resources to ensure its ...

Press council chief hospitalized

Chief of the Press Council Baqir Manan was rushed to Pertamina hospital in South Jakarta on Friday night for having ...

Can Lake Kerinci Festival boost foreign tourist visits?

Kerinci district which is nationally famous for its Mount Kerinci and export-quality Kayo Aro tea is to stage its ...

Forestry Ministry to compensate victims of human-animal conflicts

The forestry ministry plans to compensate victims of human-animal conflicts which often occur on Sumatra Island. ...

Navy sends ship to ease congestion at Merak ferry port

The Indonesian Navy has sent a ship to the Merak ferry terminal on Banten`s western coast to ease a congestion of ...

Hundreds of trucks stuck at Merak port

Extreme weather conditions that had triggered high waves in the Sunda Strait has caused several hundreds trucks ...

"Sail Wakatobi-belitong 2011" To Expose Ri`s Other Paradises

Many foreign tourists are quite familiar with Bali Island, while Indonesia actually has a few more paradise islands, ...

Sail Wakatobi-Belitong 2011 to expose RI`s other paradises

Many foreign tourists are quite familiar with Bali Island, while Indonesia actually has a few more paradise islands, ...

US supports tripartite Malacca Straits security arrangements

The United States supports the existing framework of security arrangements made over the Malacca Straits` littoral ...

Hundreds of cargo trucks stuck in Merak

A few hundreds of cargo trucks could not yet go on aboard the ferries sailing from Merak seaport in Java to Bakauheni ...

Wild elephants in Bengkulu remain in Danger

Bengkulu province in Sumatra island still had about 100 - 165 elephants but the population of those animals was ...

Strong earthquake shakes Mentawai

An earthquake measuring 5.8 at the Richter scale again hit Mentawai islands, West Sumatra province, on Wednesday at ...