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Back to homepageFlood death toll rises to 21 in Indonesian capital
The death toll from flash floods and landslides in and around Indonesia’s capital Jakarta reached at least 21 on Monday, with more heavy rain forecast, authorities said. The deadliest floods in years displaced more than 30,000 people and caused chaos
Read MoreJokowi to announce new Cabinet on Sunday
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) will announce his new Cabinet after he is sworn-in as the republic’s president for the 2019- 2024 term this Sunday. “I will announce it immediately after my appointment as president on October 20, either
Read MoreSleepy to sleepless? Indonesia’s future capital in the forest
By day, the unforgiving sun glares off the road beside Ipah’s wooden home with blinding brightness as a passing motorcycle stirs a swirl of dust. By night, the beams of an occasional truck carrying coal or palm fruits pierce the
Read MoreHaze, embarrassing to Jokowi
JAKARTA: Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, said the haze caused by forest fires in Indonesia has been an embarrassment for him to face Malaysia and Singapore as the problem has affected them. “I sometimes feel embarrassed. This
Read MoreIndonesia chooses between Jokowi and Prabowo in biggest one day polls
JAKARTA – Indonesians began voting in the world’s biggest single-day election today as polling stations opened across the sprawling equatorial archipelago following a six-month campaign to choose a new president and parliament. The eight-hour vote across a country that stretches
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