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Central Java acts against bullying after death of pupil

Governor Ahmad Luthfi has instructed all schools in Central Java to increase monitoring of students to prevent bullying cases in the future.

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Jakarta school renovations win praise, but funding leaves others waiting

Renovated public schools across Jakarta have won praise, but tighter finances are limiting the city’s ability to address its broader backlog of aging school buildings, prompting the administration to seek alternative sources of funding.

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Super flu alert: A healthcare worker performs a swab test on a patient during influenza symptom screening on Jan. 7 at a community health center (Puskesmas) in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten. The South Tangerang Health Agency has tightened monitoring by deploying surveillance for influenza-like illness (ILI), including strict testing and sending samples to the city’s health laboratory. So far, no cases of “super flu” have been detected in South Tangerang.

Regions step up influenza A surveillance amid rising cases

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that influenza activity is rising in Indonesia and across Southeast Asia, but the situation remains within a moderate range and does not yet warrant alarm.

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Soldiers of the Indonesian Military's (TNI) 613th Infantry Battalion/Raja Alam chant during a homecoming ceremony on July 22 at Semayang Port in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, after returning from a 12-month border security deployment along the Indonesia–Papua New Guinea frontier. A total of 450 personnel took part in the mission.

New monument in Papua honors late military chief L.B. Moerdani

One of Moerdani's most notable roles was linked to Papua in 1962, when he led a parachute operation in Merauke as Indonesia sought to take control of West Irian from Dutch troops. The operation has been commemorated by the Merauke statue, which depicts him holding a rifle and wearing a parachute.

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Students collect buffer meals at state junior high school SMPN 2 Kandeman in Batang regency, Central Java, on Oct. 8, 2026. The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) is testing a buffet-style meal service model to provide warmer and fresher meals, reduce the risk of food spoilage that could cause health problems and strengthen the educational experience for beneficiaries.

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Free-meal buffet trial leaves safety risks unresolved

A buffet-style system currently being tested under President Prabowo Subianto’s free meals program does not eliminate the risk of food contamination, as meals are still prepared at kitchens outside school complexes and must be transported to schools.

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A person walks with a bicycle along a road shrouded in haze from wildfires in Banyuasin, South Sumatra, on Sept. 6, 2026.

Police investigate deadly highway crashes linked to wildfire haze in Lampung

Wildfires have caused widespread disruption, with thick haze reducing visibility across Sumatra, forcing airlines to delay or divert dozens of flights and prompting authorities in several regions to close schools or move classes online to limit exposure.

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The Threads' Instagram app is pictured on the App Store, in this photo illustration created in Washington, on July 5, 2023. Threads, meant to compete with Twitter, was released in 2023.

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Indonesia flags Meta’s gaps in child safety compliance

Indonesia has again urged Meta to comply with the country’s Child Protection in Digital Space Regulation, known as PP TUNAS, singling out its Threads platform for failing to report any action against underage users more than six months after the regulation took effect.

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Defendant Febrie Adriansyah (left) prepares to attend his indictment hearing on Oct. 7 at the Jakarta Corruption Court. The former deputy attorney general for special crimes was charged with allegedly receiving Rp 55 billion (US$3.3 million) in connection with an extortion and money-laundering case involving Rp 354 billion.

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Integrity of AGO in spotlight as ex-top prosecutor stands trial

An image of Indonesian Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka is displayed in a frame outside a photo framing shop on Thursday in the Jatinegara area of East Jakarta.

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Gibran gets heat after Constitutional Court ruling

President Prabowo Subianto (left) shakes hands with Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Agus Subiyanto as newly appointed National Police chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto salutes the President on Wednesday before Prabowo briefs 800 high-ranking TNI and National Police officers at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta.

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Speculation swirls over possible TNI chief change

Two activists install a banner reading “Freedom of expression = a right” on March 6 on a fence surrounding the Central Jakarta District Court, after the court acquitted activists Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah, Khariq Anhar, Muzaffar Salim and Syahdan Husein in their trial for incitement in relation to the anti-government protests in August-September 2025.

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Assault on UI student body member renews intimidation concerns

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (center) talks with student protesters after receiving them in a meeting on June 15 at the Vice Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta.

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Court ruling on Gibran’s diploma puts impeachment question in spotlight

President Prabowo Subianto delivers a briefing to high-ranking Indonesian Military (TNI) and National Police officers on Wednesday at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta.

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Prabowo tightens grip on security forces

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks on before President Prabowo Subianto's speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers on May 20 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta.

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Top court quashes petition to disqualify Gibran

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Jakarta gears up to expand Transjakarta portfolio

The skyline of downtown Jakarta appears in the distance on Nov. 1, 2022, beyond the lush greenery of Tebet Eco Park in Tebet, South Jakarta.

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Residents flock to Greater Jakarta's growing green spaces

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Police charge train driver over crash that killed 16 women in Bekasi

A long-distance train smashed on April 28 into a women-only car at the back of a stationary commuter train near Bekasi Timur station in West Java.

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A group of people take advantage of Car Free Day on Dec. 4, 2022, exercising along a Jakarta thoroughfare closed to motor vehicles between 6 a.m. and 11 a.m.

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Extending Jakarta’s CFD may raise awareness but not dent pollution

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (left) poses with New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a bilateral meeting at Civic Hall in New York in the United States on Sept. 20, 2026, on the sidelines of the Urban 20 Mayors Summit.

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New York offers Jakarta assistance on municipal bond plan

South Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) personnel fill residents’ buckets with water on Sept. 16 in West Cilandak, South Jakarta. BPBD South Jakarta, in collaboration with city-owned water company PAM Jaya, distributed free clean water to residents affected by water shortages caused by drought, which has left water supplies cloudy and reduced availability.

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Jakarta water shortages worsen as dry season drags on

President Prabowo Subianto (second left) and Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (second
right) test the Jakarta light rapid transit (LRT)’s extension from North Jakarta to Manggarai,
South Jakarta, on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026.

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Prabowo opens new LRT link, backs Jakarta’s expansion push

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Police investigate deadly highway crashes linked to wildfire haze in Lampung

Thirty-five Indian nationals sit before judges on Oct. 7 at the Denpasar District Court during their verdict hearing in an online gambling case. They were sentenced to between two and two-and-a-half years in prison and will be deported and barred from re-entering Indonesia after serving their sentences.

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Bali court jails 35 Indian nationals over online gambling operation

People work together to rehabilitate and repair the Bireuen-Central Aceh national highway on June 12 in the Tajuk Enang-Enang area of Pintu Rime Gayo district, Bener Meriah regency, Aceh province. Community members raised funds and contributed labor to repair the heavily damaged highway and a bridge whose structure collapsed and was buried by debris following a natural disaster in late November 2025.

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Aceh question slow recovery nearly a year after devastating floods

A drone view shows the Ampera Bridge shrouded in haze from forest fires on Sept. 6 in Palembang, South Sumatra.

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