Indonesian Navy personnel maneuver their boats on Sept. 17, 2026 directly above the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship which capsized in the Java Sea waters. The Virgo Transport 8 carried 213 passengers and 30 crew when it lost contact with its shipping company after departing from Surabaya, East Java to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan on Sept. 13.`

Rescuers extend search for dozens still missing in Java Sea ferry accident

Rescuers recovered three bodies from the submerged ship on Friday, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine, with 126 others still missing, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).

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Court decision tightens House oversight on free meals funding

‘Any policy resulting in a fundamental change to the amount of central government expenditure by function must obtain House’s approval,’ according to Constitutional Court justices.

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Tame Sumatran elephant dies in Riau, 13th this year

At least 13 Sumatran elephants have been reported dead in Indonesia since the start of the year, including seven in the wild and five in captivity. The deaths have been attributed to various causes, including poaching, disease, snares and suspected poisoning.

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Danantara Chief Investment Officer Pandu Patria Sjahrir, Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan and Environment Minister Moh Jumhur Hidayat break ground on the Bogor Raya 1 Waste-to-Energy (PSEL) plant on Thursday in Galuga Village, Bogor Regency, West Java. The Rp 2.8 trillion (US$157 million) project is meant to process over 500,000 tonnes of waste annually or around 45 percent of total waste in Bogor city and regency

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Danantara breaks ground on Rp 2.8 trillion waste-to-energy project in Bogor

PSEL Bogor Raya 1 was the fourth waste-to-energy plant launched by Danantara this year, following similar projects in Bali and the West Java cities of Bandung and Bekasi.

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An official from the Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru (left) speaks to Indonesians being repatriated on board a ferry during a trip from Pasir Gudang international ferry terminal in Johor Bahru to Batam Center international ferry terminal in Batam city, Riau Islands, on Sept. 15, 2026. Malaysia deported 150 Indonesian who had completed their immigration administration process for overstaying and working illegally.

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Another 150 Indonesians deported from Malaysia to Batam

The repatriation was held in cooperation with Division M of the Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM), covering 100 men, 48 women, a 15-year-old boy and a one-year-old toddler.

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Several evacuees sit in an evacuation shelter on Aug. 28 in Lape, Aesesa district, Nagekeo regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT).

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NTT earthquake death figures prompt calls for investigation

According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), at least 94 people of the total 142 casualties recorded after the 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolting Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) died in evacuation shelters after the disaster.

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A staff member of the Regional Disaster Agency (BPBD) sprays water to extinguish a fire in a peatland area burnt by wildfires, in Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 15, 2026.

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Indonesia to receive assistance from Malaysia to contain wildfires

President Prabowo Subianto said on Friday that he would receive assistance from Malaysia to help contain forest and land fires that have been raging for weeks.

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This aerial picture shows former Italian Navy aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi docked upon its arrival from Italy at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on September 18, 2026, ahead of its handover to the Indonesian Navy.

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Indonesian Navy welcomes former Italian warship as its first aircraft carrier

The former Italian carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi docked at a port in Jakarta after sailing from Italy via Colombo and the Malacca strait, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Muhammad Ali told reporters.

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Indonesian Navy welcomes former Italian warship as its first aircraft carrier

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President Prabowo Subianto leads a plenary cabinet meeting on July 20 at the State Palace in Jakarta.

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Prabowo hints at another cabinet reshuffle ahead of two-year mark in office

A woman dips her finger into a jar of ink in on Feb. 14, 2024, after casting a ballot in the 2024 general election at a polling station in Teba hamlet, Jimbaran, Bali.

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Party leaders begin talk on election law revision, weigh higher threshold

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators hold up cash on Wednesday seized during the arrest of eight suspects in a bribery case involving the issuance of right-to-build (HGB) permits at the Agrarian and Spatial Planning Ministry.

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Agrarian ministry in spotlight for corruption

Febrie Adriansyah (center), a former senior prosecutor who is now a suspect in a corruption and money laundering case, arrives at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) headquarters in Jakarta on Aug. 7 for an interrogation by a team of nine senior investigators.

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AGO moves closer to Febrie prosecution

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Purbaya ousted after clash with Prabowo's ex-army colleague, sources say

The episode is another example of Prabowo's personal style of governance, with the former special forces commander making decisions based on feedback more from his trusted inner circle and loyalists than professionals and experts, analysts say.

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Members of the All-Indonesia Village Administration Association (Apdesi) hold a protest on Dec. 5, 2023, in front of the legislative complex in Jakarta. They demanded the House of Representatives revise the 2014 Village Law, urging lawmakers to increase the maximum village head term from six to nine years.

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Push to postpone village head elections draws democratic concerns

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

Extra lesson: Children in fourth to sixth grade do coloring activities with volunteers during the noon session at Rumah Belajar Senen in Senen, Central Jakarta, on July 18, 2026.

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Jakarta’s makeshift classrooms under sweltering threat

Director of the Jakarta Police Criminal Investigation Department, Sr. Comr. Iman Imanuddin,(left) and spokesperson Sr. Comr. Budi Hermanto (right) show face sketches of alleged perpetrators of unrest that led to the killing of 60-year-old mirror vendor Bambang Setiyawan in Pejompongan, Central Jakarta, during a press briefing at the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta on Sept. 2, 2026. The police also named 47 suspects allegedly involved in the damaging of public facilities and other violent acts during the unrest.

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Calls mount for police to hunt down mastermind behind deadly Jakarta unrest

Firefighters spray water along Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on Sept. 9, 2026 to clear volcanic ash spewed from Mount Anak Krakatau's eruption.

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Jakarta quick fixes become rare bright spot amid disasters, government shortcomings

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

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Jakarta to expand Satpol PP amid staffing gaps

Tap and go: Passengers tap electronic fare cards after disembarking from an LRT train on June 22 at Velodrome Station in East Jakarta.

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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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Indonesia to receive assistance from Malaysia to contain wildfires

President Prabowo Subianto said on Friday that he would receive assistance from Malaysia to help contain forest and land fires that have been raging for weeks.

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PT Ghim Li Indonesia's workers, who have been abandoned by the management, lie down in the company's factory on Monday to safeguard company assets, such as sewing machines, at the factory's Sewing Department in the Tunas Industrial Area, Batam city in Riau Islands. The Ghim Li management team abandoned the workers after failing to pay August wages.

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Another company flees Batam, abandons 1,025 workers

Officers of the Habema Joint Operations Command of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) retrieve the body of a victim killed by Papuan separatists, on Wednesday near Lake Habema in Highland Papua.

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Papua killings renews calls for peace talks, end armed conflict

Search and rescue personnel ride on a rubber boat on Sept. 9 during a search operation for people who were reported missing in the waters of the Sunda Strait, including journalists covering the activity of Mount Anak Krakatau in Pandeglang, Banten.

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Basarnas ends search for five missing journalists in Sunda Strait

An aerial view of the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship that capsized in Indonesia's Java sea, September 13, 2026, in this still image taken from video.

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Rescuers plan to right ship capsized in Java Sea

The Virgo Transport 8 was carrying 243 people on a 20-hour voyage from Surabaya in East Java to Banjarmasin in South Kalimantan when it capsized in bad weather early on Sunday. Six people died and 108 survived the incident, tallies that have not changed since Sunday.

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