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Forest fires in 2019 exacerbated orangutan-human conflicts

The number of orangutan-human conflicts tended to increase since the forest fires razing Kalimantan’s forests ...

Driver on drugs hits seven motorists in Pontianak

A driver of a Honda Jazz sedan who crashed into seven motorists on Sultan Hamid II Street of Pontianak Timur, West ...

A cargo ship sinks in Belitung waters

A cargo ship carrying building materials capsized in Belitung Island waters, Bangka Belitung Province, on Sunday, on ...

Two Malaysian teens deported over violation of immigration regulations

The Indonesian immigration authority in Nunukan District, North Kalimantan Province, deported two Malaysian teenagers ...

Ministry seizes three Vietnamese fishing vessels in North Natuna

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry has detained three Vietnamese-flagged fishing vessels in the North Natuna ...

A sea of lanterns bedazzle Singkawang's Chinese New Year celebrations

Singkawang City in West Kalimantan has been bedecked with some 10 thousand festive red lanterns, emblematic of the ...

BPPT plans to procure PTDI-manufactured aircraft for cloud seeding

The Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) plans to purchase another aircraft from state-owned ...

People throng Jakarta Planetarium to witness annular solar eclipse

Hundreds of visitors congregated at Taman Ismail Marzuki, Jakarta, Thursday, to participate in the observation and ...

Border residents hand over 14 locally assembled firearms to police

Residents of Jagoi Babang Sub-district, Bengkayang District, West Kalimantan Province, bordering Malaysia handed over ...

Indonesian army seizes crystal meth smuggled from Malaysia

The Malaysia-Indonesia Border Security Task Force personnel at the XII/Tanjungpura Regional Military Command thwarted ...

$5.2 billion losses from forest, land fires: WB

Land and forest fires that affected several parts of Indonesia from June to October 2019 inflicted losses of US$5.2 ...

TNI backs government to expedite development in remote areas

Commander of the XII/Tanjungpura Regional Military Command Maj. Gen. Muhammad Nur Rahmad echoed the Indonesian ...

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Greenpeace campaigns on clean energy, alerts Jokowi's cabinet

At least a dozen environmental activists climbed atop the two main monuments in Jakarta on Wednesday, to unfurl a ...

West Kalimantan to hold Lake Sentarum Festival on Oct 25-27

- in Kapuas Hulu support the festival and plan to hold tribal rituals to coincide with the festival, he ...

Indonesia adds value to mining industry, invests in downstream processing facilities

- Creating mining and minerals processing infrastructure to increase Indonesia’s mineral value while strengthening ...