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North Sumatra Police arrest four suspected of human trafficking to Malaysia

The suspects were arrested from two different cases in Deli Serdang and Asahan regencies, including an employee at Tanjung Balai penitentiary.

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Body of Riau migrant worker killed in S. Korea returned home

Muhammad Taufiq was a government-to-government scheme migrant worker who was killed in South Korea on Nov. 2, 2026, when cleaning a paving block making machine.

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Seven Gadjah Mada University students released from detention after demonstration

Yogyakarta Police released 154 of 157 detainees because they were not linked to any criminal actions.

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Former National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo smiles as he arrives at the State Palace on Oct. 1 in Jakarta. President Prabowo Subianto on Oct. 1 replaced his foreign minister in his seventh cabinet reshuffle in two years, as he also changed the police chief.

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Listyo ordered wiretapping, acted as ‘end user’: Police

National Police chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto announced on Thursday that his predecessor Listyo Sigit Prabowo played a major role in the wiretapping scandal targeting President Prabowo Subianto, as investigators expand the case into an alleged treason attempt.

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President Prabowo Subianto (second right) congratulates Raffi Ahmad (center) on Oct. 22, 2024, at the State Palace in Jakarta after his inauguration as the Presidential Envoy for Youth and Arts Workers Development.

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State spending on influencers slammed as wasteful

A total of Rp 14.7 billion (US$806,234) were paid by two ministries to PT RANS Animasi Indonesia, which was owned by celebrity-turned-government official Raffi Ahmad.

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President Prabowo Subianto (left) embraces Gibran Rakabuming Raka (center), who served as vice president from 2024 to 2026, while House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad looks on following a press statement at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta on Nov. 12, 2026. Prabowo said he respected and supported Gibran's decision to resign as vice president.

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Gibran resigns

Gibran Rakabuming Raka has officially resigned as vice president, amid mounting pressure on his academic credentials and eligibility to remain in office, effectively ending the alliance between President Prabowo Subianto and his predecessor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

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This picture taken on February 11, 2026 shows native forest trees (left) and land cleared and prepared for industrial planting (right) in Lahei Mangkutup, Kapuas regency in Central Kalimantan Province. Vast tracts of Indonesian rainforest home to endangered orangutans have been cleared for plantations supplying a maker of “carbon-neutral“ packaging, an investigation by AFP and The Gecko Project has found.

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Biodiesel push risks reviving palm oil deforestation

Indonesia’s push to expand its mandatory palm-based biodiesel blend risks reversing a decade of declining deforestation linked to the commodity, as the government considers converting millions of hectares of “degraded forests” into plantations to achieve energy self-sufficiency.

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Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (center) arrives for submitting his resignation letter to the People's Consultative Assembly at the parliament building in Jakarta on November 12, 2026.

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VP Gibran hands in resignation as Jokowi expresses support for Prabowo

The expression of support after the departure of Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Indonesia's highest profile resignation since that of president Soeharto in 1998, could soothe signs of strain in the political alliance of Prabowo and predecessor Jokowi.

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VP Gibran hands in resignation as Jokowi expresses support for Prabowo

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BREAKING: Gibran hands resignation letter to Assembly

Gibran met with President Prabowo earlier on Thursday before arriving at the Senayan Legislative Complex at 11 a.m. to deliver his resignation letter in person to the Assembly.

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Gibran has tendered his resignation to President Prabowo, aide says

Gibran, the 39-year-old son of former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has come under intense scrutiny from lawmakers following Constitutional Court and Supreme Court rulings last month that his education documents did not meet election requirements.

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Presidential gesture: President Prabowo Subianto (left), accompanied by Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, leads a plenary cabinet meeting on March 13 at the State Palace in Central Jakarta.

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House presses ahead with Gibran impeachment

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120 lawmakers sign petition that could lead to Gibran's impeachment

Gibran, the son of former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, has come under intense scrutiny following rulings last month by the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court saying that his education documents did not meet election requirements.

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