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Forest fire sanctions: Govt makes public names of companies

The Indonesian government has made public the names of companies on which it had imposed sanctions for having caused ...

Boat accident in West Kalimantan leaves 12 dead, two missing

Rescuers have found 12 bodies and are still on the lookout for two more victims after a long boat collided with a log ...

Speedboat overturns, killing four

Four people were killed and 18 others were missing after a speedboat carrying 42 passengers overturned in Kubu Raya ...

Semen Indonesia to increase production in 2016

State-owned cement producer PT Semen Indonesia has set a target to increase its production capacity to 30 million tons ...

Military to deploy 35,079 personnel to secure simultaneous elections

The Indonesia military (TNI) is set to deploy 35,079 soldiers to help the police in providing security for the ...

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 ...

Urban muslims support Jokowi

Among the urban Muslim community presidential candidate Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his running mate Jusuf Kalla ...

W. Kalimantan naval base to be promoted to naval main base

The naval base in the West Kalimantan provincial capital of Pontianak will be promoted to a naval main base, noted ...

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 ...

Two vessels caught red handed in illegal transaction

Two tankers flying Indonesian flag have been caught red handed by a customs and excise sea patrol when the tankers ...

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 ...

No border marks removed: Kopassus commander

Indonesian Army Special Forces (Kopassus) commander Major General Wisnu Bawatenaya said there has been no incidence of ...

NGO save another orangutan in Ketapang

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

Govt to increase number of border patrol soldiers

In 2012 the government plans to add an additional battalion of soldiers and build 15 new security checkpoints in West ...

Govt to create rice fields amid food scarcity threat

The government plans to create rice fields on 100 thousand hectares of land this year in anticipation of the threat of ...