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RI Govt restores key routes to speed aid after Sumatra floods

Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- The Indonesian government has reopened two vital routes in North Sumatra, accelerating deliveries of aid to communities cut off by floods and landslides, the National Disaster Manag... Read More


Indonesian troops brave raging rivers to reach stranded Aceh villages

Banda Aceh, Aceh, Dec. 2 -- Indonesian soldiers and residents crossed swollen rivers to reach isolated villages in Aceh Tengah, delivering aid to survivors who had been cut off for more than a week af... Read More


Indonesia to hold first national human rights conference

Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- The Human Rights Ministry is formulating steps for human rights development in the National Human Rights (HAM) Development Planning Conference to be held from December 8-10. Human ... Read More


Prabowo receives report linking Sumatra floods to illegal logging

Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has received a comprehensive report on the causes of recent major floods across Sumatra, amid public concern over possible illegal logging, Peo... Read More


Indonesia's BNPB reopens key Aceh route as restoration efforts hasten

Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) informed that four-wheeled vehicles are now allowed to pass through the North Sumatra route to Kuala Simpang in Aceh Tamiang, though w... Read More


Sumatra floods: Indonesia's BNPB confirms 604 dead, 468 still missing

Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) informed that the latest death toll from the floods and landslides in Sumatra had reached 604, with 468 people still missing, based on... Read More


Indonesia urged to bolster governance, anti-graft drive for OECD bid

Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- Indonesia must strengthen legal governance and anti-corruption enforcement before joining the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Coordinating Minister fo... Read More


Indonesia races to build temporary homes for flood-landslide victims

Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- The government is preparing temporary housing for victims of floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, as informed by Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf. ... Read More


Indonesia deports Swedish suspect wanted for serious violent crimes

Jakarta, Dec. 2 -- Indonesia's Directorate General of Immigration has deported a 34-year-old Swedish national, identified as the initials of GR, who is suspected of committing serious violent crimes i... Read More


Indonesia launches new Immigration Research Center in Bali

Badung, Bali, Dec. 2 -- The Directorate General of Immigration and Udayana University (Unud) in Bali have agreed to establish an Indonesian Immigration Research Center to support both academic and pra... Read More