Jakarta Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) personnel sit in the agency's patrol car on Jan. 10, 2024, in Jakarta.`

Jakarta to expand Satpol PP amid staffing gaps

Tasked to enforce local regulations, the city’s public order agenc currently has only 5,000 personnel, less than the 12,000 needed to launch round-the-clock patrols across the capital city.

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Six killed, 129 missing after ferry capsizes off Java

The Virgo Transport 8 -- which authorities said carried 213 passengers and 30 crew -- lost contact with its shipping company early Sunday after departing from Surabaya in East Java.

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Wildfire emissions may cause Indonesia to miss climate target

Greenhouse gas emitted from forest and peatland fires across Indonesia has reached the same amount of 74 coal-fired power plants, potentially hurting the country’s “net sink” aim in the forestry sector by 2030.

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Participants in a protest by a civil society coalition known as MBG Watch display a poster reading “Free Nutritious Meals and Red-and-White Village Cooperatives = Vampires of the State Budget” on Aug. 14 outside the National Nutrition Agency, or BGN, office in Central Jakarta. The protest was held to voice public concerns and criticize government budget policies, particularly the free nutritious meal program, amid continuing reports of food poisoning in several regions.

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Two free meal poisoning victims from N. Sumatra treated in Jakarta

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has become the highest state official to apologize for mass food poisoning caused by the free nutritious meal program in Karo regency, North Sumatra.

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A noncommissioned police officer (left) sprays the X Fire solution over a peatland area on Friday while an officer observes the spraying in Sering village, Pangkalan Kerinci district in Pelalawan regency, Riau. Made by the National Police's Logistics Staff and the Mobile Brigade (Brimob), the solution is made from a mixture of crude palm oil (CPO) and tapioca flour and is expected to contain forest fires by cutting oxygen supply.

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Police tests X Fire to fight forest fires at peatland in Riau

Fires on peatlands have unique characteristics because extinguished fires can continue to burn underneath the surface.

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Relatives of affected passengers look on as a National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) officer writes updates on a whiteboard amid ongoing rescue operations on the stricken Virgo Transport 8 ferry, at Trisakti Bandarmasih Port in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, on September 13, 2026.

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Rescuers searching for 140 people from passenger ship in Java Sea

A passenger ship carrying 243 people was reported missing after losing contact early on Sunday during bad weather, the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said.

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This photo taken on Tuesday and released by the Odisha Forest Department shows orangutans sitting next to bananas upon their rescue by officials at the Ranakatha Protected Reserved Forest in Balasore district, in India's Odisha state. Indian officials rescued five baby orangutans in an eastern forest, a state minister said, with authorities suspecting they were trafficked into the country from Southeast Asia.

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Ministry ready to repatriate five orangutan babies found in India

Initial information revealed that the orangutan babies are aged between one and five years old and were found in healthy conditions.

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A relative cries in front of the coffin containing the body of Willi Mbuik, one of three civil servants killed in a shooting allegedly carried out by members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) in Muliama district, Jayawijaya regency, Papua Highlands, on Sept. 9, as her remains arrive at El Tari Airport in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, on Sept. 11, 2026.

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Jakarta presses ahead with municipal bonds despite pushback

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Soekarno-Hatta airport extends closure after Anak Krakatau eruption

Mount Anak Krakatau, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) from Jakarta, erupted on Saturday, spewing a fountain of lava and a plume of volcanic ash.

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Jakarta international airport extends closure after Anak Krakatau eruption

Eight airports halted operations over the weekend after ash was detected in their airspace, disrupting hundreds of flights and leaving more than 170,000 passengers stranded, according to the transport ministry.

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A Transjakarta bus leaves the Flavor Bliss shelter in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten after the launching of Transjabodetabek bus service's new route between Alam Sutera township and Blok M, South Jakarta on April 24, 2025. The Jakarta administration worked with the Banten administration to open the Alam Sutera-Blok M route for Transjabodetabek in a bid to tackle the city's perennial traffic problem.

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Jakarta transit grows, but Greater Jakarta stays disconnected

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Jakarta fines waste firms over illegal dumping

Jakarta has seen a surge of makeshift dumpsites as the gradual closure of Bantar Gebang, the capital’s largest landfill in neighboring Bekasi, has put further pressure on the city’s waste management system.

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