President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo promised to put the best candidates forward for a team that will vet names for the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) next leaders, as activists are calling on the outgoing president to prove his commitment to fighting corruption.

A close aide of Prabowo Subianto has played down suggestions that the president-elect is currently engaged in intensive negotiations with coalition members over the composition of his incoming cabinet, claiming he so far is still focusing on how to fulfill his campaign promises instead.

The former news anchor, a Jokowi supporter who is close to PSI chair Kaesang, did not divulge any details, only confirming that she had been given a new role was in the administration of the outgoing President.

Officials said some of those earlier unaccounted for were found dead during the day, which lifted the toll from 58 reported in the morning.

An aide of Prabowo Subianto claimed on Tuesday that the president-elect had not started discussions with his coalition members about the composition of his incoming cabinet because he was still focusing on ensuring that his campaign promises could be fulfilled during his presidency.

Former West Java governor Ridwan Kamil is among the popular figures to run in both the West Java and Jakarta gubernatorial elections, various recent opinion polls have found.

Heavy rain on Saturday evening triggered flash floods, landslides, and cold lava flow - a mud-like mixture of volcanic ash, rock debris and water - in three districts and one town in West Sumatra province. By Tuesday, the death toll was at 52. 

An overwhelming 86.5 of respondents surveyed by Indikator Politik in late April have expressed satisfaction with the police's management of Idul Fitri traffic.

Workers cleaned up damaged buildings after the deluge while rescuers deployed a thermal drone to help the search, using excavators and their bare hands to try to find survivors in the rivers and rubble.

The House of Representatives is set to pass a revision to the Constitutional Court Law in any upcoming plenary session after the legislature and government agreed to endorse the bill in an unannounced, closed-door meeting while lawmakers were still in recess.

House Legislation Body (Baleg) chair Supratman Andi Agtas said that even though the bill was not on the priority list, lawmakers could still proceed with deliberations on it because the Ministry Law was part of the large body of legislation impacted by Constitutional Court rulings.

The Press Council has come out with a stern rejection of the widely criticized broadcasting bill, saying on Tuesday that it goes against the principles laid out in the Press Law and will only churn out bad journalism in the future.

As cabinet talks are unfolding, observers have pinpointed three posts that would be highly contested by the parties: the positions of environment and forestry, agrarian and spatial planning and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) ministers.

Torrential rain on Saturday evening triggered flash floods, landslides, and cold lava flow, a mud-like mixture of volcanic ash, rock debris and water, in three districts in West Sumatra province. On Monday, the death toll was 43.

Authorities said four suspects, including an Indonesian national, were arrested earlier this month at a villa on the island.

Hours of heavy rain caused large volcanic rocks to roll down one of Indonesia's most active volcanos into two districts in the province Saturday evening, while flooding inundated roads, homes and mosques.

Journalist organizations and members of the public have come out against a broadcasting bill they say would stifle the freedom of the press through vague and problematic provisions, including one they fear could curb investigative journalism on screen.

Under Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No. 59/2024, state healthcare agency BPJS Kesehatan will implement a single-class standard for inpatient treatment, dubbed KRIS, beginning June 30, 2025.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said the recent heavy rainfall in the province was related to abnormally warm sea surface temperatures producing moisture-laden clouds.

A deadly bus accident that killed nearly a dozen children on a study tour to Subang, West Java, has led experts to call on the government to impose stricter safety measures for buses and transportation providers to avoid similar incidents in the future.

The President has issued a new decree that finally scraps the three classes under the national health scheme, a plan that had been in the pipeline since before the pandemic.

The communications minister has said political parties are waiting in line to have the President onboard, amid ongoing speculation over Jokowi’s uncertain political future after his final term ends in October.

No damage or casualties were immediately reported but images showed a column of ash soaring into the sky on Halmahera island in North Maluku.

Months before president-elect Prabowo Subianto is sworn in, the families of the May 1998 victims must put their faith in the next government, even though it will be inextricably linked to the nation’s dark past.

President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s recent comments about Sukarno point to a “growing impatience” in his efforts to court the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) as a stabilizing force for the incoming government, analysts contend.

Hours of heavy rain caused flooding in two districts in West Sumatra province on Saturday evening and sent sweeping ash and large rocks down Mount Marapi, the most active volcano in Sumatra.

Petitioners that challenged the 2016 Regional Elections Law have criticized the KPU's decision, saying it violated a requirement from the Constitutional Court for legislators-elect to submit a statement that they would relinquish their new posts if they won in the regional head elections on Nov. 27.