Indonesia sets ambitious zero slum target by 2019
While facing serious problems with poverty in vast areas of the nation's less-developed cities, the government is confident in sharing its zero slum target by 2019 at the upcoming global meeting on urban
View ArticleBogor groundwater in critical condition: Official
Pollution and a decreasing amount of forest have damaged Bogor's environment and severely degraded the city’s groundwater, which is now in a critical state, an official said on Monday. "Research in West
View ArticleAir pollution alert in 14 Thai provinces
Air pollution in 14 provinces across Thailand is much higher than World Health Organisation (WHO) safe limits, Greenpeace revealed Monday in a shock report. The environmental group made the announcement
View Article10 die in Lombok earthquake, Mt. Rinjani closed to hikers
A 6.4-magnitude earthquake rocked Lombok and Sumbawa islands on Sunday at 6:47 a.m. local time, killing at least 10, including a Malaysian. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG)
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