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Firefighters attempt to extinguish fire in West Aceh

Tens of firefighters from the West Aceh Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) attempted to extinguish a fire ravaging two ...

Land clearance for plantations causal to Indonesia's forest fires

Rasio Ridho Sani, director general of law enforcement of the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry, pointed to ...

Terra, Aqua satellites identify 1,182 forest fire hotspots in Sumatra

The Terra and Aqua satellites tracked 1,182 hotspots suggestive of forest fires throughout Sumatra Island on ...

BI evacuates relatives of employees from haze-shrouded Pekanbaru

Bank Indonesia (BI) Office in Riau Province has evacuated 67 ailment-prone relatives of its employees to West Sumatra ...

Satellites detect 1,313 hotspots in Sumatra on Wednesday

The Pekanbaru meteorology station cited the presence of 1,313 hotspots indicative of forest fires throughout Sumatra ...

Rally participants seek govt's endorsement of revision of KPK law

Tens of people staged a rally outside the West Sumatra Provincial Legislative Assembly (DPRD) building on Friday, ...

Deteriorating air pollution forces evacuation of residents

Forest fire-induced air pollution in Pekanbaru, Riau, has reached a hazardous level, thereby compelling some citizens ...

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Ensuring no more exodus of native Papuan students

Law and order have been restored by the Indonesian police in Jayapura, Papua, and Manokwari, West Papua Province after ...

Satellites detect 1,211 fire hotspots throughout Sumatra

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) had identified 1,211 hotspots representing forest fires all ...

Parliament to hold hearing on Papua riots

The Commission I of the House of Representatives (DPR) will invite the Commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces ...

Vice President Kalla pays working visit to Aceh and West Sumatra

Vice President Jusuf Kalla paid a working visit to Aceh and West Sumatra provinces on Monday and Tuesday respectively ...

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Gap of quality among Indonesia's universities is a serious problem

The Research, Technology, and Higher Education Ministry has announced the 100 best universities in Indonesia for the ...

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Forest fires drive Sumatran tiger from their habitats

Indonesia, home to the Sumatran tiger, joined celebrations on International Tiger Day, observed on July 25, to raise ...

Sumatra Island ravaged by 584 hotspots representing forest fires

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics (BMKG) Station in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, confirmed the presence of 584 ...

Forest fire-induced haze lowers visibility in Pekanbaru to 1.5 km

Visibility in Riau's capital of Pekanbaru was curtailed to 1.5 kilometers (km) on Saturday at 8 a.m. local time ...