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Yearender: A year of leadership leaving home

In one of the country’s most internationally visible stretches in years, Indonesia’s exposure more than doubled, with President Prabowo making 35 overseas visits to 29 countries in 12 months, nearly triple the average annual pace of the previous decade.

6 days ago
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Year-end travel remains risky amid heavy traffic, extreme weather

With the New Year return-traffic surge expected from Jan. 2 to 4, authorities are stepping up road safety operations to prevent accidents that have already claimed a number of lives during the year-end holiday season. ...

6 days ago
Archipelago

Valencia coach Fernando Martin dies in Labuan Bajo boat accident

Valencia said they were "deeply saddened by the passing of Fernando Martin, coach of Valencia CF Femenino B, and three of his children, in the tragic boat accident in Indonesia, as confirmed by local authorities". ...

6 days ago

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Manado fire kills 16 people in retirement home

A fire at the Werdha Damai retirement home was extinguished late Sunday and authorities are still investigating its cause, police official Alamsyah P. Hasibuan told Antara.

6 days ago
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Jakarta's minimum wage bump faces disappointed laborers

Laborers have voiced their dissatisfaction with the higher minimum wage for Jakarta next year, which stands at Rp 5.73 million (US$341), saying that the increase still falls short of meeting living standards amid rising cost of living in the capital.

1 week ago
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Yearender: Police reform met with doubt amid persistent brutality, impunity

Persisting cases of police brutality stem from weak oversight by the executive, legislative and judicial branches, as well as the police's external oversight body, the National Police Commission (Kompolnas), rights activists have said. 

1 week ago
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Flash flooding, strong winds mar year-end holidays

Natural disasters triggered by extreme weather continued to mar the year-end holiday, with the latest floods hit parts of South Kalimantan, affecting thousands of people.

1 week ago
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Anger over slow disaster response triggers display of separatist flags

Nearly five weeks after the devastating floods in Aceh, anger over the government’s slow disaster response continues to grow, sparking street protests and the display of separatist flags in some parts of the province, with residents demanding President Prabowo Subianto declare a national emergency.

1 week ago
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Repatriated orangutans need 'years of' rehab before release: Conservation group

It will be years before the orangutans, approximately a year old, are ready to go back into the wild, according to the head of the conservation group reponsible for their rehabilitation.

1 week ago
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Indonesia receives second MPCS frigate from Italian shipyard Fincantieri

The KRI Prabu Siliwangi-321 frigate is the second vessel of the Brawijaya-class Multipurpose Combat Ship (MPCS) made by Italian shipyard Fincantieri.

1 week ago
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Kudus village gets first-in-country solar-powered water well

The program combining solar cells and water pumps is claimed as the first in Indonesia to provide clean water in rural areas.

1 week ago
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Spanish family of four missing after boat sinks off Labuan Bajo

The mother and one daughter from the Spanish family, as well as four crew members and a tour guide, were rescued and safe, Basarnas said.

1 week ago
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Govt grants Christmas remissions to over 16,000 prisoners, including graft convicts

Of those receiving remissions, 174 inmates were released immediately, while 15,904 others saw their sentences shortened, including high-profile corruption convicts businessman Harvey Moeis and former communications and information minister Johnny G. Plate.

1 week ago
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Bakamla patrol vessel arrives in North Aceh with 92.2 tonnes of aid

The KN Pulau Dana is Bakamla's second patrol boat deployed to North Aceh carrying disaster relief aid for people affected by natural disasters.

1 week ago
Politics

NU leaders agree to hold early congress to end leadership dispute

Nahdlatul Ulama, the country’s largest Islamic organization, has taken a key step toward ending a weeks-long leadership dispute, with rival factions agreeing to convene an early congress next year.

1 week ago
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Jakarta reopens planetarium after years of hurdles

According to Ismail Marzuki Park’s official Instagram account (@tim.cikini), tickets for Friday’s four planetarium shows at the Bintang Theater sold out within minutes of going on sale on Thursday.

1 week ago
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Jakarta archbishop urges ecological repentance in Christmas reflection

Jakarta Archbishop Cardinal Ignatius Suharyo urges reflection on human responsibility in the devastating flood and landslides that hit three Sumatra provinces.

1 week ago
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Police sub-precinct chief in N. Sumatra relieved of duty after mob burned police station

The removal of the Muara Batang Gadis Police sub-precinct station in Mandailing Natal regency, North Sumatra, is part of the National Police's internal evaluation process to respond to various dynamics in the field, 

1 week ago
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Bus driver named suspect in fatal Central Java accident

The police found that the 22-year-old driver who had only driven a bus twice in the past two months was driving the bus at high speed when entering a downhill curve on a highway in Semarang, Central Java.

1 week ago
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Indonesia pushes for international legal framework on digital royalties

An estimated $55.5 billion in music and audiovisual royalties go uncollected worldwide each year, according to UNESCO and the World Bank.

1 week ago
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One year sentence sought for international organization worker for inciting August riot

In their sentence demand, prosecutors demanded that Laras Faizati Khairunnisa, who worked at an organization affiliated with the ASEAN secretariat, be found guilty of inciting hate and mass violence against the National Police related to the nationwide protests and unrest in late August through her Instagram Story posts.  

1 week ago
Society

'Starting anew': Christians in disaster-struck Sumatra hold Christmas mass

Many in the congregation of churches in regions affected by cyclone-induced floods and landslides are still sheltering at evacuation sites after the disasters wreaked havoc on the regions a month ago.

1 week ago
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Indonesia celebrates Christmas with prayers for Sumatra

Various churches and state officials call for Indonesian Christians to pray for victims of floods and landslides in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra during this year’s Christmas celebrations.

1 week ago
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Batam foils attempt to smuggle in 148 doctored vape pods from Malaysia

An Indonesian man traveling back from Malaysia has been detained as a suspect for allegedly attempting to smuggle 148 vape pods containing an anesthetic drug via Batam's ferry terminal.

1 week ago
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Batam gets highest 2026 minimum wage in Riau Islands

The provincial capital's minimum wage has been increased 7.38 percent to around Rp 5.36 million for 2026, while the greatest hike was around 9 percent for Bintan regency, where workers can expect a minimum wage of nearly Rp 4.6 million.

1 week ago
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Jakarta sets 2026’s minimum wage at Rp 5.7 million

Negotiations between workers, business owners and the city administration led to an agreement to set the alpha coefficient that determines the increase of minimum wage at 0.75, still within the threshold of between 0.5 and 0.9 set by the central government.

1 week ago
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Task force starts to relocate settlers from Tesso Nilo National Park

The government tried to maintain biodiversity while ensuring the balance between environmental protection and public economic interests.

1 week ago
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Aceh evacuees face rising disease risks amid limited food, sanitation

Data from the Health Ministry shows that between Nov. 25 and Dec. 21, more than 11,160 displaced residents in Aceh suffered from upper respiratory tract infections. 

1 week ago
Politics

Indonesia lodges complaint over 'flag desecration' at London embassy

The Foreign Ministry has urged calm over an action by a recently deported British porn star at the Indonesian Embassy in London that was deemed to have desecrated the national flag.

1 week ago
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Ma’ruf Amin steps down from MUI, PKB leadership roles

The former vice president's early resignation from leadership roles at the MUI and the PKB comes amid an internal leadership rift at NU, though any connection between these events is unknown.

1 week ago

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Mon, January 5, 2026

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