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Egyptian arrested in Indonesia for smuggling protected native reptiles

Jakarta, Dec. 13 -- Indonesian authorities successfully stopped the smuggling of 32 live reptiles at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Banten. An Egyptian national was arrested for attempting t... Read More


Govt ensures sufficient sugar ahead of year-end, potential surplus

Jakarta, Dec. 13 -- The National Food Agency (Bapanas) ensured that the stock of consumer sugar is safe and sufficient ahead of Christmas and New Year or year-end holidays, with a potential significan... Read More


Sumatra floods: evacuees drop to 654 thousand, BNPB reports

Banda Aceh, Aceh, Dec. 13 -- The National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) reported that the evacuees displaced by floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra declined from 884 tho... Read More


W Sumatra governor urges land provision for temporary housing

Indonesia, Dec. 13 -- West Sumatra Governor Mahyeldi has instructed district heads and mayors in the flood- and landslide-hit regions to immediately prepare land for the construction of temporary hous... Read More


Wood waste to energy: seizing opportunities from biomass co-firing

C Lombok, NTB, Dec. 13 -- On a hillside surrounded by rice fields in Beber Village, Batukliang sub-district, Central Lombok District, West Nusa Tenggara, stands a company supplies biomass for power pl... Read More


Govt ensures sufficient food, medicine stocks in disaster-hit regions

Jakarta, Dec. 13 -- State Secretary Minister Prasetyo Hadi said stocks of basic necessities, including food and medicine, remain sufficient in flood- and landslide-affected areas of North Sumatra and ... Read More


Government begins temporary housing construction in West Sumatra

Padang, Dec. 13 -- Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno on Saturday conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of temporary housing for disaster victims in Pa... Read More


Indonesia's MPR sends 15,000 aid packages to disaster-hit Sumatra

Jakarta, Dec. 13 -- The Indonesian People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has distributed 15 thousand packages of aid to meet the basic needs of residents affected by major floods and landslides in Aceh... Read More


Pedicabs of hope: Prabowo's personal drive to empower citizens

Indonesia, Dec. 13 -- Abdul Mungid, a resident of Banyumas District in Central Java, smiled with relief as he gripped the handlebars of an electric pedicab he had just received from President Prabowo ... Read More


Berbak-Sembilang Park clears 98.8 hectares of illegal palm oil

Kota Jambi, Dec. 13 -- The Berbak and Sembilang National Park Office conducted a joint patrol to eradicate nearly 99 hectares of illegal palm oil plantations inside the national park area. "Encroachm... Read More