Forest Fire in East Kalimantan, 668 Hot Spots

East Kalimantan (Borneo), one province in Indonesia, has been anguished by white smoke which hampering people's eyesight; normal eyesight just reach 5 to 9 kms. The smoke appeared by quite huge forest fire from...

Northern City's Coal Mine

I would like to remind you about several stories on flood at my city, Samarinda.. I mentioned that the floods caused by open coal mining near town.. And several days ago, i took some pictures on it..

Christmas with Flood..

Christmas ceremony moved from Saint Lucas Church to local gymnastic hall because of flood..And for anticipation, in Christmas ceremony at Cathedral Saint Marie, there're 5.000 additional sits for the...

Airport Become Harbour

Recently, there's sequel from "Samarinda Flood part 1".. And the flood is worse than before.. Even an airport changed to be a harbour.. When the passengers should take a boat, not a cab, to get out from the...

"Poverty Playground"

Just like what you've seen..Those two little girls were playing around in the middle of the rain.. They live not far from a big storage building of a snack company.. I've been presuming that they were seeking for...

Flood Destroyed Natural Park's Wall, Crocs Fled..

I almost forgot to mention this event..In the 1st day of the flood (Nov 5th), the tide wave destroyed a part of Samarinda natural park's wall.. Unfortunately, that was the wall from crocodile's place..So it was...

Somersault..

An attraction..?? LoL.. Hello guys, that flood is a disaster, how come you peoples make fun of it.. ^^

"Flood Water Park": A Paradox Reality..

Nowadays, Samarinda peoples are dealing with a massive risk of flood..Since a decade ago, peoples in Northern Samarinda have to be alert about the flood that can suddenly came and force them to move out..Just like...

Singapore-listed Straits Asia to buy Indonesian coal mine

""This is a fantastic opportunity for Straits Asia to acquire a growing thermal coal mining business in the Kalimantan region, which is already similar in scope and operation to our Sebuku operation, also in Kalimantan," Straits Asia CEO Richard Ong was quoted by Thomson...

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