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Rescue workers dispatched to locate missing tugboat skipper

A search has been launched for the skipper of tugboat Multi Sahabat 8, who went missing after his vessel capsized in ...

Helicopter pressed into service to locate missing fishermen

The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) has deployed a helicopter to search for three fishermen who went missing ...

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Covering a COVID-19 burial: The photojournalists' stories

In mid-March, weeks after the first two cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were reported in Indonesia, the ...

Bengkulu conservation office releases slow loris, eagle into wild

The Bengkulu Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA) released a male Sunda slow loris and a male black eagle into ...

Indonesia records 1,031 new COVID-19 cases, 540 recoveries

Out of 19,757 specimens examined as of 12 p.m. Western Indonesian Standard Time (WIB) on Wednesday, as many as 1,031 ...

African region emerges as alternative palm oil export destination

Nations in the African region hold potential market as alternative destinations for palm oil exports, according to the ...

Buru Island's police clamp down on illegal gold miners

Police in Buru Island, Maluku, continue to take severe measures against illegal gold miners, with several Waeapo police ...

Indonesian Channel in West Sumatra cancelled due to COVID-19

The ongoing global pandemic of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has forced the Indonesian Government to cancel the ...

Wild Sumatran tiger captured in West Sumatra's Solok District

A Sumatran tiger (Pantera Tigris Sumatrae) got ensnared in a trap recently installed by the West Sumatra Natural ...

MER-C urges Indonesians to work together in fighting COVID-19 pandemic

The Medical Emergency Rescue Committee (MER-C) Indonesia has appealed to Indonesian public and health workers to make ...

COVID-19 swab tests come negative for West Sumatra governor, deputy

The West Sumatra provincial administration dismissed rumors of Governor Irwan Prayitno and his deputy, Nasrul Abit, ...

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COVID-19 shifts tourism focus to safe, responsible travel

The novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has brought the world to a standstill, with people around the globe confined ...

West Sumatra to enter new normal phase from June 8

West Sumatra will apply a new normal order since June 8 to facilitate resumption of daily work and routine activities, ...

No addition of COVID-19 cases in six provinces: spokesperson

The six provinces of Aceh, Bengkulu, Riau, West Sulawesi, Gorontalo, and East Nusa Tenggara did not record any addition ...

Two siblings killed in landslide in Solok, West Sumatra

A landslide claimed two lives, inflicted injuries to two others, and buried one house in the Andaleh area, Sariak Ateh ...