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Search continues for remaining passengers of capsized boat

Search efforts continued on Wednesday to locate five more passengers of Motor Vessel Kasih 25, who went missing after ...

COVID-19 recovery rate in Indonesia's 11 provinces has exceeded 75 pct

The recovery rate of COVID-19 patients in 11 provinces has exceeded 75 percent, according to Spokesman of the ...

Indonesia's COVID-19 recovery rate at 41.48%, CFR 5.15%

The recovery rate among COVID-19 patients in Indonesia has been recorded at 41.48 percent, while the country’s ...

BKSDA catch Sumatran tiger wandering around Solok's plantation area

The West Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Office (BKSDA), with assistance from the locals of Nagari Gantung Ciri, ...

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 ...

West Pasaman holds Mount Talamau coffee festival

West Pasaman District in West Sumatra Province is organizing the first Mount Talamau Coffee Festival on Jan 7-10, ...

Flood inundates residential area in Jayapura, Papua

A flood triggered by incessant rain since Thursday evening, inundated Yahim Gajah Mada housing complex in Sentani, ...

Year ender - Volcanic tsunami takes year-end vacationers by surprise

Vacationers, mostly constituting state electricity company PLN employees, were enjoying music played by rock band ...

Police seize 18 kg of crystal meth in Riau province

Police in the Indonesian province of Riau have seized 18 kilograms (kg) of crystal meth and 18,750 ecstasy pills of ...

President calls for stopping illegal logging in Jambi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) called on security authorities in Jambi here on Sunday to seriously tackle illegal ...

Solution to Tanah Abang`s persistent congestion by Eliswan Azly

For residents of Tanah Abang, located in Central Jakarta, the place has become an undisputed icon, as it is the ...

Two cars plunge into ravine, killing passenger in West Sumatra

A man was killed and four others were seriously injured when two cars plunged into ravine in landslides in Sitinjau ...

Riau police name two suspects in migrant workers` smuggling case

The Indonesian police in Bengkalis District, Riau Province, have named Hamid alias Boboi (31) and Jamal (38) as ...