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N. Sumatra running out of measles vaccines amid increasing cases

The province recorded 748 cases as of April 30, with 51 cases having tested positive after laboratory tests, compared to March 5 data with only 387 cases.

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BP Batam reveals reason for canceled reexport of US-origin waste

Inspection found that there was less than 5 percent of hazardous and toxic goods in one e-waste container.

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Treasurer at St. Fransiscus Asisi Catholic church parish in Aek Nabara, Labuhanbatu regency, North Sumatra, Sr. Natalia Situmorang (second right), speaks during a press conference on April 10 at the Medan Diocese Cathedral's hall in Medan, North Sumatra, while accompanied by parish chairman Father Yonas Sandra Mallisa (center) and Father Amandus Rejino Santosa. The parish demanded state-owned lender Bank BNI to return the parish credit union funds of Rp 28 billion (US$1.63 million) being embezzled by a then-employee of BNI.

Wife of N. Sumatra church fund embezzler named suspect in money laundering case

The two are suspected to have used some Rp 7 billion (US$397,660) from the total Rp 28 billion embezzled from the Catholic Church parish' credit union in Aek Nabara, Labuhanbatu regency.

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A woman takes a picture on May 16 next to an exhibition at the Marsinah Museum in Nglundo village, Nganjuk regency, East Java. The museum, inaugurated by President Prabowo Subianto on May 16, features artifacts tracing labor activist Marsinah's life from her childhood to her work and activism as a factory laborer before her murder in 1993.

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Labor activist, national hero Marsinah honored in new memorial site

At the museum’s inauguration, President Prabowo Subianto said the site reflects the government’s commitment to labor movements, while calling Marsinah’s murder ‘a brutal act’ that should not happen in the country.

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Nourishing program: Kindergarten students eat meals on April 23 supplied by the government’s free nutritious meal program in Banda Aceh, Aceh.

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Prabowo vows to fix problems in free meals program amid governance concerns

President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to address various problems surrounding his administration’s flagship free nutritious meal program, while defending the multibillion-rupiah initiative as essential for students and farmers nationwide amid mounting concerns over its governance.

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This file photo taken on December 10, 2019, shows the first female flogger preparing to whip a woman in public, in Banda Aceh, Aceh, after she was caught in close proximity with a man who was not her husband in a hotel. With more women being charged for morality crimes in recent years, Aceh says it's trying to follow Islamic law that calls for women to whip female perpetrators, which is the case in neighboring Malaysia.

Prosecutor carries out 202 strokes of flogging for adulterer, 14 gamblers

With a total of 202 strokes of rattan cane, it was the largest accumulation of strokes in the regency.

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Indonesian Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni (center) talks during the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF21) on May 11 at the UN headquarters in New York City, the United States. Raja Juli said Indonesia managed to reduce forest and land fires by 86 percent in the past decade.

Indonesia reduced forest, land fires by 86%, minister claims at UN event

Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni pointed to strengthening prevention systems, integrated early warning, stricter law enforcement and community-based approaches at the site level as steps to decease forest fires.

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An ice cream vendor stops to look at posters of the three presidential and vice-presidential candidates, the list of participating parties and the list of candidates for members of the Regional Representative Council (DPD) from East Java on Feb. 3, 2024, in Surabaya, East Java, ahead of the 2024 presidential and legislative polls.

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Small political parties warn against last-minute elections law revision

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Prabowo recognizes 'problems' with free meal scheme

The scheme, which is said to have provided meals to more than 61 million people by March, was among the first to be cut back as Jakarta seeks to counter the economic impact of the Middle East war.

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Coordinating Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Services Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra speaks to the media on Feb. 24, 2025, upon arriving at the Military Academy in Magelang, Central Java, to participate as a speaker in a regional leaders’ retreat.

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Govt denies ordering shutdowns of Papua documentary screenings

Clouds float above the Presidential Palace building on Aug. 17, 2025, before a ceremony marking Indonesia's 80th Independence Day at the Ceremonial Plaza in future capital Nusantara, East Kalimantan.

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Court ruling raises further questions over Nusantara’s future

Nadiem Makarim, former education minister and co-founder of ride-hailing firm Gojek, arrives for a hearing on May 13 over alleged corruption related to the procurement of Google Chromebook laptops at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

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Outcry as prosecutors seek 18-year sentence for Nadiem

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Indonesia to review visa waivers after foreign scammers' arrests

Authorities last week detained more than 500 people in two separate raids on an online gambling ring in the capital Jakarta and a scamming syndicate in Batam.

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President Prabowo Subianto (center) watches as Attorney General ST Burhanuddin (left) symbolically hands over administrative fine payments on May 13, 2026, to Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa during an event at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta. The Forest Area Enforcement Task Force handed over 10.27 trillion rupiah to the state treasury, consisting of 3.42 trillion rupiah in forestry administrative fines and 6.84 trillion rupiah in land and non-land tax revenues from task force supervision, as well as 2.37 million hectares of forest land reclaimed by the state.

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Prabowo pledges tougher asset recovery to fund public projects

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Going green: A resident deposits recyclable plastic and paper waste into a waste-bank collection box in the Samtama Village in East Cempaka Putih subdistrict, Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, on May 12, 2026. Recyclable materials collected through the neighborhood’s waste banks are sold monthly, with the proceeds used to fund community activities and social assistance programs.

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'Samtama Village' shows Jakarta potential of waste sorting

Foreign nationals, who police said were mainly from Vietnam, walk on May 10, 2026, ahead of being transported after their arrest in Jakarta. The detainees have been suspected of running an online gambling operation for two months at an office building

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Jakarta raid on foreign nationals raises questions over gambling ring financiers

A man cleans up a communal bathroom on May 8 in Tomang subdistrict, Grogol Petamburan district, West Jakarta. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded the number of community units (RW) classified as slum neighborhoods in Jakarta has decreased from 445 in 2017 to 211 this year.

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Slums in Jakarta reduced by half in past decade

Cultural pride: Participants take part in the “Parade Inspirasi Diri” on April 26 during the Car Free Day (CFD) event at Jakarta’s Hotel Indonesia traffic circle. The parade, showcasing a cross-disciplinary arts collaboration featuring 143 dancers, musicians and choir members, is part
of the Road to Pagelaran Sabang Merauke 2026, which will be held Aug. 21-23 at Indonesia Arena in Senayan, Jakarta.

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Pramono opens CFD in Rasuna Said area, launches waste sorting movement

Children play on May 5, 2026, in floodwaters in Bojong Kavling, Rawa Buaya, West Jakarta. The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that as of 2 p.m., 18 neighborhood units and one road remained inundated, with water levels ranging from 15 to 95 centimeters following heavy rainfall that caused rivers to overflow.

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Dry season nears but heavy rain still expected across Jakarta

A search and rescue team uses heavy machinery on March 9, 2026, the day after a landslide at the Bantargebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, the country’s biggest, buried garbage trucks, food stalls and 13 people, killing seven.

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Jakarta mandates household sorting to tackle chronic waste crisis

A number of students take part in automotive training at a private vocational school in Jakarta on April 4, 2026. The Jakarta administration expanded its free private school program in 2026 covering 103 schools across various education levels, aiming to expand access to education for Jakarta residents.

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Jakarta expands free schooling scheme as out-of-school rate remains high

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Prosecutor carries out 202 strokes of flogging for adulterer, 14 gamblers

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Indonesia reduced forest, land fires by 86%, minister claims at UN event

Motorists ride past the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital in Jakarta on May 12, 2026, where a male British national was quarantined due to suspected exposure to hantavirus, although he was eventually declared uninfected.

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Bali increases surveillance for hantavirus

East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa (center) talks with a student while inspecting the free nutritious meals program on Jan. 8, 2025, at the SMPN 1 Candi state junior high school in Sidoarjo, East Java.

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Hundreds of Surabaya students fall ill after consuming free meals

Satrio Wiratama, meaning “noble and brave knight“ and known as Rio, is a 170 days old male giant panda cub, the first cub born in Indonesia from a couple brought from China in 2017, at the Panda Palace of Taman Safari Indonesia zoo in Bogor, West Java on May 15, 2026.

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Indonesia's first giant panda is set to charm the public

Satrio Wiratama, the 170-day-old panda cub, was born in November last year in Taman Safari Indonesia zoo in Cisarua, Bogor regency, West Java, to a pair of pandas loaned by China to Indonesia.

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A diplomat from the Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, signs a handover letter while surrounded by officials from various Indonesian agencies and observed by a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officer (left, sitting) during a rendezvous on May 7 on the sea border between the countries. The consulate general repatriated two fishermen and their fishing boat (background) who drifted away into Malaysian waters after their boat ran out of fuel.

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Indonesian consulate general in Johor Bahru repatriates two Batam fishermen

The newly crowned Langkat Sultan XV Tengku Ariefanda Abdul Djalil Rahmadshah (left) receives the Keris Alang Diraja from Tengku Zulkifli Kamil Aziz of the Aziz clan on May 12, 2026, in Medan, North Sumatra. Ariefanda was appointed sultan once his father Langkat Sultan XIV Tengku Azwar Abdul Djalil Rahmadshah passed away.

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New Langkat sultan vows to continue sultanate’s legacy

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Prabowo vows to fix problems in free meals program amid governance concerns

Foreign nationals, who police said were mainly from Vietnam, suspected of running an online gambling operation for two months at an office building, are led to transportation after being arrested on May 10 in Jakarta..

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Govt raises chance to review visa waiver policy

Police officers visit a drug store to inspect syrup formulas for children following numerous child deaths from kidney injuries attributed to harmful substances in medicinal syrups in Banda Aceh, Aceh on Oct. 24, 2022.

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BPOM tightens OTC drug sales in modern retail outlets

Motorcyclists ride past the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital in Jakarta on May 12, 2026, where a male British national was quarantined due to suspected hantavirus exposure, although he was eventually declared uninfected.

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