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Greenpeace calls on banks to stop credit for coal mining

Greenpeace Indonesia asks all banks in Indonesia to comply with call by the Financial Service Authority (OJK) to stop ...

Papua tourism attractions need intensive promotion

Indonesias easternmost province of Papua has myriad natural, marine, cultural, and historical attractions for both ...

Toddler dies of dengue in C. Sulawesi

A ten-month-old toddler from Sigi District in Central Sulawesi has died of dengue fever at the Undata General ...

Dengue cases continue to increase in several Indonesian regions

Despite the government having urged people in various provinces to be wary of dengue fever, a viral disease caused by ...

Researchers from NUS turn paper waste into ultralight super material that improves oil spill cleaning and heat insulation

- A research team led by Assistant Professor Duong Hai Minh from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the ...

Indonesia, Japan cooperate to develop anti-malarial drug

The Agency of Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT), in cooperation with the Japanese government, is ...

Indonesia becomes favorite destination for Chinese new year 2016

Chinas largest online travel agency, Ctrip.com, has revealed that Indonesia is one of the ten favorite destinations ...

Establishment of Indonesia`s Peatland Restoration Agency lauded

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) installed Nazir Foead, former conservation director at the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), ...

Sanofi Pasteur's Dengue Vaccine Approved in the Philippines

- Sanofi Pasteur, the vaccines division of Sanofi, announced today that the Philippines have granted marketing approval ...

Development of Tanjung Lesung to be accelerated

The development of the Tanjung Lesung Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for tourism will be accelerated as a government ...

690 million children at risk from climate change: UNICEF

Nearly 690 million of the worlds 2.3 billion children live in areas most exposed to climate change, facing higher ...

@USANAinc Officially Open For Business In Indonesia

- Indonesia, the world's fourth-most populous country, welcomes USANA Health Sciences (NYSE: USNA) — a ...

Elephant hospital set up in Way Kambas Lampung

Indonesia has set up a special hospital at Way Kambas Park in Lampung, Sumatra, to treat the Sumatran elephant. ...

No new license for use of peat lands: Forestry minister

Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya said license not yet used for peat land exploitation would be cancelled ...

Increased cloud cover forecast over Sumatra, Kalimantan

Indonesias National Agency for Disaster Management (BNPB) has forecast an increase in cloud cover over Sumatra and ...