Senin , 04 Dec 2017, 04:10 WIB

Natural disasters push people into poverty: Minister

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MALANG -- Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has said that natural disasters that have hit several regions in Indonesia, have push people into poverty again. "Some 80 percent...

Ahad , 03 Dec 2017, 12:50 WIB

Number of people displaced by natural disasters up annually

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MALANG -- Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has said the number of people displaced by natural disasters like flood, landslide and volcano eruption, significantly increases annually. The number of evacuees reached 3.2 million during 2017, up from 2.7 million in 2016 and 1.2 million in 2015, Minister Parawansa said here Sunday while closing the National Jamboree of Muhammadiyah's...