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Indonesia shifts family planning focus as population ages

Jakarta, Sept. 15 -- The Population and Family Development Ministry (BKKBN) said it continues to improve family quality and resilience to address Indonesia's aging population. Population and Family D... Read More


Minister Nazara's task is to make policy predictable: Economist

Jakarta, Sept. 15 -- A chief economist of Trimegah Sekuritas Indonesia, Fakhrul Fulvian, said the new Indonesia's Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara has to make fiscal policy easier for the market to re... Read More


Police seize 7.2 kg of methamphetamine, arrest suspect in Jakarta

Jakarta, Sept. 15 -- Central Jakarta police have seized 7,218.1 grams, or about 7.2 kg, of crystal methamphetamine worth Rp10 billion (about U$567,000) and arrested a suspect in West Jakarta, police s... Read More


Chinese hiker rescued after slipping on Mount Rinjani

Indonesia, Sept. 15 -- A joint search and rescue team evacuated a 47-year-old Chinese national safely after he slipped while hiking in Mount Rinjani National Park in West Nusa Tenggara Province, autho... Read More


Bornean orangutan spotted three times along East Kalimantan road

Indonesia, Sept. 15 -- A Bornean orangutan has been spotted foraging along the Sangatta-Rantau Pulung road, East Kutai District, East Kalimantan, three times, raising concerns about traffic risks to t... Read More


Minister urges Indonesian tech firms to innovate for global market

Jakarta, Sept. 15 -- Indonesia's Creative Economy Minister Teuku Riefky Harsya encouraged technology companies to keep producing innovations capable of meeting industry needs and creating added value ... Read More


Access hampers firefighting in Indonesia's Berbak National Park

Tanjab Timur, Jambi, Sept. 15 -- Berbak and Sembilang National Park Chief Yunaidi said access problems were hampering efforts to fight forest and land fires inside the park, making it difficult for fi... Read More


Sumenep police set up three posts for Virgo Transport 8 search

Sumenep, E Java, Sept. 15 -- Sumenep police in East Java have set up three integrated posts to support the search for victims of the Virgo Transport 8 ferry accident in the Java Sea on September 13. ... Read More


High Waves Delay Evacuation of 22 Virgo Transport 8 Survivors

Indonesia, Sept. 15 -- Indonesia's National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said 22 confirmed survivors of the Virgo Transport 8 accident were stranded at sea after high waves repeatedly disrupted... Read More


Customs foils gold smuggling at four Indonesian airports

Jakarta, Sept. 15 -- The Directorate General of Customs has foiled attempts to smuggle a total of 29 kilograms of gold worth around Rp73.3 billion through four international airports. The four airpor... Read More