PHUKET, THAILAND, May 8 (TNA) - Phuket International Airport in the southern Thai Andaman region is watching out for earthquakes and ensuring travellers' safety.

Pekanbaru, Riau, Dec 31 (Antara) - Indonesia was ravaged by 1,525 natural disasters in 2014 that claimed 566 lives, according to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB).

Manado, Oct 9 (Antara) - North Sulawesi is one of the most disaster-prone areas in Indonesia and therefore all parties concerned in the province should continue to step up alertness and preparednes

Tehran, June 11, IRNA - Building resilience to multiple shocks is one of the most urgent development challenges facing Asia and the Pacific, a UN senior official has wrote in an article.

Building resilience to multiple shocks is one of the most urgent development challenges facing Asia and the Pacific.

INDONESIA DID NOT HAVE MAJOR NATURAL DISASTERS IN 2012
by Fardah

Jakarta, Dec 20 (ANTARA) - Some 730 natural disasters have hit Indonesia so far this year, according to Chairman of National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) Sutopo Purwo Nugroho.

BANGKOK, September 13 (TNA) - An internationally-known Thai scientist Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya warned on Thursday that the 11th cycle of a solar storm could fall between December 2012 and January