The death toll from the 5.6-magnitude earthquake in Cianjur, West Java, on November 21, 2022, has increased to 635 with an SAR team locating three more bodies, the Cianjur district administration informed on Tuesday. The search for missing victims who were feared buried in landslides triggered by the earthquake was
Newly-inaugurated National Defense Forces (TNI) Chief Admiral Yudo Margono is planning to visit conflict-prone areas, including Papua, Natuna Sea, and Aceh. “For the first step, of course, the (conflict-) prone strategic areas that we need to visit are Papua, Natuna Sea, and Aceh. (The visit) will become a priority,” Margono
The Agriculture Ministry formed the Agriculture Instrument Standardization Agency (BSIP) as a new institution replacing the Agriculture Research and Development Agency (Balitbangtan) that has merged with the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN). “This agency is new, but the important value of this agriculture instrument is that it is something
The Ministry of Communication and Information has urged netizens not to fill digital spaces with hoaxes and hate speech ahead of the 2024 General Elections. “The ministry’s task to cleanse (digital space) will be optimum if residents use the digital space for good purposes and not tarnish it. No more
President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and First Lady Iriana Jokowi planted date palms in the Semantok Dam area, Nganjuk District, East Java, which the head of state had recently inaugurated. “There were seven date palms planted in the Semantok Dam area. The trees were planted because they were suitable, rarely so
The Environment and Forestry Ministry is promoting the development of non-timber forest product businesses, Director General of Sustainable Forest Management at the ministry, Agus Justianto, informed here on Tuesday. Non-timber forest products comprise commodities that can be obtained from forests without cutting down trees, such as rubber latex, resin, bark,