Rescuers found nine bodies under the rubbles, and are trying to find five other people, believed to be buried under the debris of houses, after a 6.1-magnitude quake destroyed thousands of buildings in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province on Friday, an official said yesterday. Octavianto, head of the Operation Unit of
BANGKOK — Protests against the Russian invasion of Ukraine continued for a second day in the Thai capital Sunday with several hundred demonstrators marching from Bangkok’s Lumpini Park to Benchakitti Park. Ukrainian software engineer Oleklsandr Polieno has lived in Thailand for six years. He flew from the island of Phuket to
Indonesia yesterday confirmed 46,643 new COVID-19 cases, raising its tally of infections to 5,504,418, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, the death toll from COVID-19 in the country rose by 258 to 147,844, while 41,805 more people recovered from the disease during the past 24 hours, bringing the
The Speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD), A. A. LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti, has encouraged the empowerment of farmers through harnessing technological innovations, in a bid to develop agricultural cultivation in the 4.0 era. “In this 4.0 era, agriculture must adapt to technology. Technology must be used in order to
The COVID-19 Handling Task Force reported that as of Saturday, 9.8 million Indonesian citizens have received the third booster COVID-19 vaccination. According to the task force data, the number of people receiving the booster dose rose by 267,325 on Saturday, taking the total number of people who have received the
Banda Neira’s Mini Palace, which was former VOC ( Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie) governor’s office, will be renovated and turned it into a presidential palace, according to the Maluku tourism office. The Maluku Provincial Government wanted to turn the cultural heritage into a presidential palace in eastern Indonesia, like the Bogor Palace,
National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) will review the relocation plan for the people living around Mount Talamau in West Pasaman District, West Sumatra Province, considering that earthquake-triggered landslides occurred at several areas of the mountain. Earlier, a 6.1-magnitude (M) quake rattled the district’s area on February 25, 2022. “We will discuss
The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) detected 16 hotspots indicating forest fires in five districts in East Kalimantan Province. “A total of 16 hotspots are detected today starting at 1 a.m. until 4 p.m. WITA (Central Indonesian Standard Time) and we have immediately conveyed (the information) to the respective
Defense analyst Beni Sukadis assessed that the government’s efforts to modernize Indonesia’s defence equipment have been on the right track as the threats of war may occur at anytime. “Strengthening defense must be carried out during peaceful condition in order to anticipate the threats of war that can occur at any time,”
Indonesian Internet Domain Name Registry (PANDI) will register the old Javanese script – which is called Kawi script — to the National Standardization Agency (BSN) to preserve the nation’s cultural heritage through digitalization. The script will also be registered as Internationalized Domain Names (IDN) to allow people around the world