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KAI Group offers free vaccinations for train passengers in 18 cities

Indonesia's state-owned railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (Persero) and its subsidiary, KAI Commuter, are ...

Maninjau forest's 426 ha encroached for conversion into plantations

Some 426 hectares (ha) of the Maninjau Nature Reserve Forest area in Lubukbasung Sub-district, Agam District, West ...

Seven provinces susceptible to Delta variant attacks: Health minister

A total of seven provinces in Indonesia are categorized as prone to spikes in COVID-19 cases triggered by the ...

Landslide buries eight illegal gold miners in West Sumatra

A landslide, triggered by torrential rains, killed eight illegal gold miners and injured eight others in South Solok ...

Two wild tiger traps installed in West Sumatra's Tigo Balai village

The Agam Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has installed two wild tiger cage traps in areas where several ...

3 Sumatran tigers repeatedly sighted in West Sumatra's Kota Rantang

Three wild Sumatran tigers have repeatedly trespassed into the farmland of Kota Rantang Village in Palupuah ...

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Indonesia prepares for self-funded vaccination campaign

To achieve the target of inoculating 181.5 million people within a year, Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin is ...

Independent vaccinations can help achieve herd immunity faster: expert

Independent vaccinations could help accelerate the achievement of herd immunity against the coronavirus in the country, ...

Rescuers find four of six miners following South Solok landslide

Rescuers found four of the six miners buried by a landslide in a gold mine in South Solok District, West Sumatra ...

Floods inundate 463 homes in South Solok, West Sumatra

Floods submerged 463 homes and affected 485 families comprising 1,554 people in South Solok District, West Sumatra ...

COVID-19 immunization must start with top leaders: MP

An Indonesian legislator has proposed that the government's COVID-19 vaccination program start with President Joko ...

West Sumatra rattled by 6.3-magnitude quake

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale shook West Sumatra Province on Tuesday, though no tsunami warning was ...

Floods inundate 126 homes in South Solok, West Sumatra

Floods triggered by unremitting torrential rains that led to the Batang Pangian and Batang Geringging rivers to ...

Two shallow quakes jolt West Sumatra's Mentawai Islands

Two moderate earthquakes struck Mentawai Islands district in West Sumatra province on Monday afternoon. There were no ...

West Sumatra police nab 126 drug dealers and couriers in a month

The West Sumatra police apprehended 126 suspected drug dealers and couriers as a result of various raid operations in ...