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PNM targets to channelize loans worth Rp14 trillion in 2019

State-owned financing company PT Permodalan Nasional Madani (PNM) has outlined a target to channel loans amounting ...

Indonesia boosts its arsenal in battle against fall armyworm

Indonesia is prepping itself by securing all necessary arsenal in an uphill battle against the fall armyworm, an ...

Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand exchange online labor market information

- to realize the IB. Currently, work training institutions were being revitalized to improve regional human ...

Agam to hold Lake Maninjau festival in 2020

The Agam District administration's Tourism Office will hold the Enchanting Lake Maninjau festival in 2020 as a ...

Yahya congratulates Ombilin on its designation as World Heritage Site

Tourism Minister Arief Yahya extended his congratulations on Ombillin in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra Province, being ...

West Sumatra proposes 'rendang' as world heritage to UNESCO

Indonesia's West Sumatra provincial administration will propose its unique culinary rendang to be included on ...

Ombilin's designation as UNESCO world heritage supports West Sumatra

Ony Yulfian, West Sumatra tourism agency's head, believes that the Ombilin Coal Mine in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, ...

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W Sumatra optimistic of Ombilin Heritage site driving tourism growth

Indonesia applauded the World Heritage Committee's decision to inscribe former coal mine site Ombilin in Sawahlunto ...

Govt to ensure effective protection of Ombilin World Heritage site

Education and Culture Ministry's Director General for Culture Hilmar Farid has confirmed that the government will ...

Ministry of Tourism prepares plan on special economic zone in Mandeh

The Ministry of Tourism will soon prepare a master plan for the development of the Ameh Hill Special Economic Zone ...

Stop mining activities in Ombilin following Unesco inscription: NGO

Walhi (Indonesian environmental forum) has urged the government to stop mining activities around Sawahlunto town, West ...

Ombilin coal mine makes it into UNESCO World Heritage list

The Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra, was designated as a world cultural heritage during the ...

UNESCO declares Ombilin mining site as world heritage

The Ombilin coal mining site, built during the colonial ruler in Sawahlunto, West Sumatra Province, was declared as a ...

Police make record drug bust in West Sumatra

The West Sumatra Provincial Police seized its biggest ever haul of drugs in the province, reaching seven kilograms of ...

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Minang Kayo achieves international dream through leather handicrafts

Not many know that in one corner of the Veranda of Mecca, the nickname for the City of Padang Panjang, West Sumatra, ...