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Aceh scrambles to restore connection to regions cut-off by floods, landslides
Joint authorities in Aceh are working around the clock to open alternative land routes and flying in fuel to support road repairs as several regions across the province are still cut-off and hindered from receiving aid.
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Aceh evacuees battle hunger, illness amid aid delays
Many evacuees have been forced to take shelter along the roadside, enduring scorching heat by day and cold temperatures at night due to a lack of temporary shelters. Residents are resorting to filtering water from puddles left by the flood to meet their basic drinking needs.
3 hours ago
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Dangerous levels of toxic chemicals found in blood of Indonesia’s waste workers
An analysis conducted at WIOEH’s Green Hospital Laboratory in South Korea detected 23 hazardous plastic-related chemicals in all samples, with the waste workers showing significantly higher concentrations than the control group.
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Calls for better HIV education grow amid rising cases
As Indonesia commemorated World AIDS Day, some regions in the country recorded thousands of HIV cases, prompting renewed calls for stronger HIV education in schools and families.
6 hours ago
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Decade-old video casts food minister as ‘villain’ in Sumatra flood
Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan has suddenly become the target of public ire after a decade-old video of his interview with actor Harrison Ford resurfaced online, which for some netizens, made him a convenient scapegoat for the deadly floods in northern Sumatra.
6 hours ago
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Batam FTZ status prevents local MSMEs entering national market
Goods, including non-commercial ones, shipped from Batam have to pay high taxes to enter Indonesian customs area.
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Politics
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Frustration grows over govt’s poor disaster response
A week after cyclone-induced floods and landslides hit three provinces in Sumatra, authorities are still scrambling to find those who are missing and to distribute aid, as several affected areas remain still cut off and awaiting necessary supplies.
7 hours ago
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Coordinating economy minister office sends food aid, medical supplies to Sumatra
The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister has dispatched around 40 tonnes of food and medical supplies to flood-ravaged Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, as the government pressed on with search and rescue missions for a disaster that has claimed nearly 800 lives.
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Indonesia, Netherlands sign deal to repatriate two convicts, one on death row
Siegfried Mets, 73, was sentenced to death in 2008 for distributing drugs, while Ali Tokman, 64, was serving life imprisonment for smuggling more than 6 kg of the synthetic drug MDMA.
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Coordinating economy minister office sends food aid, medical supplies to Sumatra
The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister has dispatched around 40 tonnes of food and medical supplies to flood-ravaged Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, as the government pressed on with search and rescue missions for a disaster that has claimed nearly 800 lives.
22 hours ago
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Frustration in flood-stricken Sumatra as survivors await aid
In affected regions, there is growing frustration among survivors of catastrophic flooding and landslides over the pace of the rescue effort and aid delivery.
2 days ago
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Sumatra flood toll hits 631, one million in shelters
Government agencies and aid groups are rushing to get aid to those affected, while rescuers search for 472 people still listed as missing.
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POGI launches SPRIN movement to improve women’s health
Indonesian women still face four health problems of high maternal mortality ratio, varied quality continuity of health service, regional gaps and limited access to health service, and uneven literacy and public trust.
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