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View all search resultsJakarta and Dili have been negotiating their land borders since 2002, shortly after Timor-Leste formalized its independence following a United Nations-supervised referendum in 1999. More than two decades later, both countries have yet to reach a full agreement on their land boundary, particularly concerning the Noel Besi-Citrana and Bidjael Sunan-Oben segments.
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17 hours agoWater from the Siranda reservoir has not been supplied to customers for two months, the city-owned tap water company said. ...
18 hours agoA Brazilian teenager has been arrested in Bali for attempting to bring 3.6 kg of cocaine into the island. Manuela Vitoria De Araujo Farias, 19, could now face the death penalty.
2 years agoGerindra Party leader Prabowo Subianto has thrown his support behind President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s son-in-law Bobby Nasution, the mayor of Medan, to run for governor of North Sumatra in 2024.
2 years agoRiau Islands Governor Ansar Ahmad says sovereignty issues were important factors to make the Natuna island chain into its own autonomous province.
2 years agoThe North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has started an investigation following the death of a 15-year-old Sumatran orangutan from severe injuries during treatment in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra.
2 years agoThe Bali Police are investigating into fake information that an Australian man was mugged and bashed while holidaying on the resort island.
2 years agoChinese-Indonesian residents of Semarang, Central Java, are hoping for better lives in the Year of the Rabbit, as restriction-free Lunar New Year festivities return.
2 years agoOn Sunday, Bali is eager to welcome the first flight from mainland China since all flights were stopped in February 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2 years agoThe Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) issued warning on Friday about potential tidal flooding at 26 beaches across Bali. The tidal flooding could last from Saturday until Wednesday.
2 years agoState-owned oil-and-gas-giant Pertamina will expand vehicle registration for its MyPertamina fuel app to cover more cities and regencies in East Java and Bali; the company seeks to ensure subsidized-fuel distribution is not abused.
2 years agoPolice in Brebes, Central Java, have detained six males for questioning in the alleged gang rape of a 15-year-old girl in December, which apparently involved an agreement between the families of the two sides to not pursue legal recourse.
2 years agoProduction at a nickel smelter owned by China's Jiangsu Delong Nickel Industry resumed on Tuesday, police said, after operations were suspended due to a protest and rioting at the weekend in which two workers were killed.
2 years agoPolice are investigating a protest over labor safety that turned violent at a nickel-smelting factory in Central Sulawesi’s North Morowali regency on Saturday, which left at least two workers dead, including a foreign national.
2 years agoThe disaster, in which 135 people died, occurred after a match at Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java, sparking questions about safety provisions and the use of tear gas, a crowd-control measure banned by soccer's global governing body, FIFA.
2 years agoAn Indonesian and a Chinese worker died after a clash broke out following a protest staged by a labour group at PT Gunbuster Nickel Industry (GNI) smelter, according to the Central Sulawesi police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Didik Supranoto.
2 years agoThe epicentre of the quake was 48 kilometres (30 miles) south-southeast of the city of Singkil in Aceh province, at a depth of 37 kilometres, USGS said.
2 years agoThe North Sumatra administration plans to highlight the province's traditional woven fabrics when it hosts the National Press Day celebration on Feb. 9.
2 years agoNorth Sumatra will host an F1 Powerboat race event on Lake Toba from Feb. 24 to 26 with 10 teams competing.
2 years agoThe epicentre of the quake was 427 kilometres (265 miles) south of Ambon at a depth of 95 kilometres, the US Geological Survey reported.
2 years agoOver half of those who arrived around 2:30 p.m. Sunday were women and children, Ridwan Jamil, head of Aceh Besar disaster agency, told Reuters.
2 years agoPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said more wildlife crossings would be constructed across the archipelago in order to reduce disruption to wildlife conservation and protected species.
2 years agoPolice are investigating a fire that broke out on Friday at a nickel smelter in an industrial park in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, injuring five Indonesian workers and two foreign workers, two severely.
2 years agoAn offhand remark by the mayor of Medan, North Sumatra, Bobby Nasution, made on New Year’s Eve declaring that the city of Medan was “anti-LGBT” has reignited the debate on LGBT issues, with the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) cautioning against discrimination based on sexual orientation.
2 years agoThe Indonesian Navy sent Thursday hospital ship KRI Soeharso-990 to bring logistics and to evacuate hundreds of residents and tourists stranded on Bawean Island off the coast of East Java amid bad weather.
2 years agoWhile 2022 saw a reduction in the occurrence of natural disasters, the death toll nonetheless ranked the highest in four years as a result of the deadly Cianjur, West Java, earthquake in November, as authorities promised improved disaster resilience by building on experience learned from this year.
2 years agoTen Indonesian universities will survey alimentary resources across the archipelago in the coming year as part of the government’s food security program.
2 years agoA woman died on Wednesday after becoming trapped in a flood that hit Emplasmen village in Labuhan Batu regency, North Sumatra.
2 years agoBut after more than a month adrift on the Andaman Sea without much food, medicine or a working engine, nearly 200 Rohingya reached Aceh province after their overcrowded, rickety wooden boat finally reached shore on Monday.
2 years agoPolice have deployed personnel to Central Weda district in Central Halmahera, North Maluku, following a clash between youth groups that started on Christmas Day and left two people injured.
2 years agoA boat washed ashore in Aceh province on Monday carrying 174 Rohingya, most of them dehydrated, fatigued and in need of urgent medical care after weeks at sea, local disaster agency officials said.
2 years agoLocal police in Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra, on Monday arrested a 50-year-old man suspected of attempting to smuggle 28 Rohingya refugees to Malaysia.
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