#IN SUMATRA

The Terra and Aqua Satellite detected 297 hotspots of forest fires on Sumatra Island on Tuesday morning, a significant increase from 62 hotspots detected on ...

The Terra and Aqua satellite has detected 93 hotspots, or areas of intense heat indicative of forest fires, in the Riau province, Ardhitama of the Pekanbaru ...

The National Police will launch main security operations in 14 provinces during the 2013 Christmas and 2014 New Year celebrations, National Police Chief Gen. ...

Elephant-human conflict at Tesso Nillo National Park (TNTN) in Sumatra has inflicted material losses worth more than Rp1.99 billion over the past nine ...

Southeast Asian leaders on Wednesday approved a new system aimed at cracking down on illegal forest fires blamed for the region's worst smog crisis in ...

An NOAA Satellite spotted 21 forest fires hotspots in five provinces on Sumatra Island on Saturday. Agus Wibowo, an ...

Riau police said a Malaysian plantation company identified only as AP is facing its license being revoked after found using fire for land ...

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is expected to receive Hollywood top movie star Harrison Ford and his team at the Presidential Office here on ...

A state Islamic Junior High School (MTsN) in Pekanbaru was temporarily closed here on Tuesday as a result of the haze covering the city following the ...

A Malaysian national has been caught at the port of Dumai in Sumatra's province of Riau for bringing in 96.83 grams of ...