Two women hang out near emergency tents in Lubuk Sidup village, Aceh Tamiang regency, Aceh on May 11, 2026, where dozens of survivors of the deadly cyclone-induced flooding and landslides in northern Sumatra continue to live.`

Aceh flood survivors remain in tents six months after disaster

While hundreds of survivors of deadly floods and landslides in Aceh Tamiang have relocated to temporary housing sites, dozens others opt to stay in tents due to the poor condition of their provisional shelters

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More Indonesians repatriated from Johor Bahru, including 3-month-old

The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru led the multiagency effort to repatriate a total of 232 deportees by sea from Malaysia to Batam's central ferry terminal over two days.

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Police name 13 suspects for organizing illegal haj

The National Police have named 13 suspects for allegedly organizing unauthorized haj trips for this year’s haj season and umrah (minor haj) travels throughout the year, preying on more than 300 potential pilgrims and causing financial losses to victims.

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Students of Trisakti University gather on May 12, 2023, near the Arjuna Wijaya Statue in Central Jakarta to mark 25 years since the 1998 Reform movement, which heralded Indonesia’s move to democracy. The poster reads “25 years without clarity”, possibly a reference to the Trisakti Tragedy on May 12, 1998, when four Trisakti University students were killed during a peaceful protest, as well as other unresolved human rights atrocities dating back to that tumultuous period.

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Dejà vu as current 'chaos' haunt Reform anniversary

Twenty-eight years after the start of the Reform era, analysts and activists fear that Indonesia may be drifting toward conditions resembling the lead-up to the 1998 crisis.

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A boy passes through a drying rice field on June 25, 2023, in Pajukukang village, Maros regency, South Sulawesi. Some rice farmers in the region abandoned the crop after their crops failed due to the drought.

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El Niño may raise stunting rate as food output falls and prices rise

IDAI chairman Dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso said children are among the most vulnerable groups affected by climate change due to their still-developing immune systems and limited ability to regulate body temperature.

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A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital on May 16 following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Indonesia steps up Ebola surveillance after deadly Africa outbreaks

Indonesia has tightened health screening at airports and other entry points following deadly Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, as authorities race to prevent imported cases of the highly infectious disease that has killed more than 130 people in Central Africa.

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Berliana Damanik, an indigenous woman from Dolok Parmonangan village, harvests pineapples in a field near her home on Nov. 15, 2025, in Simalungun regency, North Sumatra.
She is among those affected by a prolonged agrarian conflict with pulp-and-paper company PT Toba Pulp Lestari.

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Between loss and hope: Indigenous women behind North Sumatra’s decades-long land conflict

Although Nurinda has finally been able to return, years of abandonment have devastated the farm. Nearly 90 percent of her coffee crops are gone, wiping out the harvest her family once depended on for income.

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