#west kalimantan province

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Gold mine collapse kills at least 18 in W Kalimantan

A gold mine collapsed and killed at least 18 people at Boma Cave area, Monterado sub-district, Bengkayang District, ...

Indonesian hotspots still need prompt response

Indonesian forest fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra, particularly in Riau Province, where fires have burnt 25 thousand ...

Indonesian air force to build air base in West Kalimantan

The Indonesian Air Force (TNI AU) will soon build a type C air base of at Temajuk in Sambas district, West Kalimantan ...

Food distribution affected January`s inflation: BPS

Indonesian Central Statistic Agency (BPS) has reported that the inflation rate in January 2014, which reached 1.07 ...

19 Chinese men detained for invalid forestry use permit

The Regional Police Department of West Kalimantan has detained 19 Chinese men after they failed to present a valid ...

Indonesian forestry ministry sets hotspot reduction target

The Indonesian forestry ministry has set a target for reducing hotspots of forest and plantation fires in Kalimantan, ...

Police foil attempt of smuggling illegal workers to Malaysia

Police in West Kalimantan province foiled an attempt of smuggling 29 illegal migrant workers to the Malaysian state of ...

Foreign workers` number in W Kalimantan increases

The number of foreign workers in West Kalimantan drastically increased in the last two months of 2012."Currently, the ...

Pertamina denies MV Rema perkasa sinks

State oil and gas company Pertamina denied on Thursday that motor vessel Rema Perkasa sank after it collided with ...

Narcotics agency administers urine test to judges

The National Narcotics Agency of the West Kalimantan Province has administered urine test to the judges and the staff ...

E. Kalimantan expected to become strategic economic growth center

East Kalimantan is known as a resource-rich province and is one of the best-established mining areas in Indonesia ...

Artificial rains being considered to put out forest fires

Forest fires have hit several provinces in Indonesia over the past few months and produced haze that has had an effect ...

Police seizes 6.9 tonnes of illegal sugar from Malaysia

The West Kalimantan police seized a total of 6.9 tonnes of illegal sugar brought from Malaysia on Wednesday (Sept. 8) ...

2012 crisis longer than in 2008, says vice president

Vice President Boediono said the current economic crisis in this part of the world may be longer than a similar ...

NGO save another orangutan in Ketapang

A non-governmental organization (NGO), West Kalimantan International Animal Rescue (IAR), has saved another orangutan ...