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Archipelago 3 weeks ago
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Sumatra flood survivors observe Ramadan with quiet resilience
Putri said observing the fast from an emergency tent is far from ideal. The shelter becomes stiflingly hot in the afternoon and uncomfortably cold at night. She also worries about the risk of wild animals entering her tent.
Politics 2 months ago
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Prabowo spends New Year’s Eve with Sumatra disaster survivors
President Prabowo Subianto spent the final day of 2025 with hundreds of displaced people in South Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, among the hundreds of thousands who welcomed the New Year at emergency shelters following the floods and landslides that devastated the island’s northern region.
National 6 years ago
Batang Toru hydro plant ‘unnecessary’, energy analyst says
A new report argues the Rp 22 trillion (US$1.6 billion) project is “entirely unnecessary [...] for future energy needs” and poses “a critical threat to the local ecosystem and the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan.”
National 6 years ago
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Two arrested as mercury poisoning plagues North Sumatra’s El Dorado
Unlicensed small-scale gold mining has been a major source of income for residents in Mandailing Natal regency in the past decade, but it has recently come under the spotlight after reports of babies being born with deformities caused by mercury poisoning.
Environment 6 years ago
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N. Sumatra stakeholders unite under local wisdom to protect Tapanuli orangutan
From local communities to a hydropower company, all stakeholders are applying the customary wisdom to protect and save the rarest great ape on the planet, the endemic Tapanuli orangutan of North Sumatra.
