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Ongoing conflict: Personnel from a joint military and police team remove the bodies on Feb. 12 of a Smart Air pilot and copilot at Korowai airfield in Boven Digoel regency, South Papua. — Ongoing conflict: Personnel from a joint military and police team remove the bodies on Feb. 12 of a Smart Air pilot and copilot at Korowai airfield in Boven Digoel regency, South Papua.`

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Police arrest two armed criminals in Yahukimo

Two suspects, identified as GW and AH, have been confirmed to be members of the Sisibia armed criminal group.

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Norway, Indonesia launch fourth period of Environmental Fund

The small grant is a funding scheme to support Indonesia’s target for Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) Net sink 2030.

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Free ‘mudik’ kicks off as Indonesia braces for massive population movement

The Transportation Ministry has introduced a free mudik (exodus) program this year, deploying hundreds of buses and tens of thousands of free tickets to help families save on travel costs and ease congestion, as authorities brace for one of Indonesia’s largest annual population movements.

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Routinely checking your pulse may help detect arrhythmia early, say heart health groups

For this year's Pulse Day, the APHRS and InaHRS's MENARI campaign aims to teach people how to check their pulse while educating the public on how to maintain heart health.

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Graft defendant Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza, son of oil tycoon Riza Chalid and beneficial owner of fuel terminal company PT Orbit Terminal Merak, sits in the courtroom of the Jakarta Corruption Court in Jakarta on Feb. 13, 2026 ahead of his sentence demand hearing. Prosecutors demanded Kerry be sentenced to 18 years in prison for his alleged role in a corruption case pertaining to crude oil procurement at state energy company Pertamina.

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Riza Chalid’s son faces 18 years in Pertamina graft case

Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza, son of oil tycoon Riza Chalid, allegedly enriched himself and other parties as beneficial owner of a fuel terminal company, from a terminal lease contract with Pertamina that violated the state energy company’s standards.

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Collateral damage: A fisherman pulls in a net beyond a pile of fish carcasses on Thursday along a bank of the Cisadane River in Tangerang, Banten. The Environment Ministry said liquid pesticide pollution flowed from the Jaletreng River into the Cisadane River for about 22.5 kilometers, causing the deaths of various aquatic species.

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Tangerang river cleanup begins after toxic spill

As of Friday, Tangerang disaster authorities have released 1,500 liters of eco-enzyme while South Tangerang has launched its own cleanup operation using activated carbon, in an effort to remove toxic chemicals from the Cisadane and the Jalentreng rivers following a fire at a pesticide warehouse last week.

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Italian Navy light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi is seen in this undated photo at an unknown location. The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has approved a foreign loan limit of US$450 million for the Indonesian Navy to acquire the carrier.

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Indonesia expects first ever aircraft carrier in October

The Italian government has granted the decommissioned ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi to Indonesia with a new crew already being prepared.

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A firefighter battles a peatland wildfire on July 10, 2025, as forest and land fires returned amid extreme heat, in Rimba Panjang, Riau.

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Riau declares emergency alert for forest fires

Riau Police chief spokesman Sr. Comr. Zahwani Pandra Arsyad said all regional police forces had been instructed to increase patrols and surveillance in regions prone to forest fires to prevent them from spreading.

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Italian Navy light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi is seen in this undated photo at an unknown location. The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has approved a foreign loan limit of US$450 million for the Indonesian Navy to acquire the carrier.

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Indonesia expects first ever aircraft carrier in October

President Prabowo Subianto delivers his remarks at the Indonesia Economic Outlook 2026 forum in Jakarta on Friday, when he also defended the free nutritious meal program while acknowledging some problems in its implementation.

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Prabowo says Indonesia may need an authoritarian touch to fight corruption

A general view of a Constitutional Court ruling hearing on a petition to remove the presidential nomination threshold on Jan. 2, 2025, in Central Jakarta. The court justices ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, four students from Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University in Yogyakarta, to remove the nomination threshold for future presidential elections.

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Constitutional Court examines free meals budget

President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech at the inauguration of 1,072 police-run Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) across Indonesia at Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Feb. 13. The event also marked the opening of 18 police food warehouses and the groundbreaking of 107 new SPPG units, supporting the free meals program.

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Prabowo unveils nationwide police-backed rollout of free meals

Former religious affairs minister and graft suspect Yaqut Cholil Qoumas leaves the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Jan. 30, 2026, following an interrogation session. The antigraft body named Yaqut a suspect for allegedly enriching himself as well as other officials and travel agencies pertaining to the distribution of the haj quota in 2024. Fakhri Hermansyah

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Former minister Yaqut files pretrial in haj quota graft case

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators hold up cash and gold bars seized during the arrest of Finance Ministry's customs and excise directorate general officials at a press briefing at the antigraft body headquarters in Jakarta on Feb. 5, 2026. The KPK name six suspects in a bribery case pertaining to import duties involving several officials from the customs and excise office.

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KPK intensifies raids amid calls for independence

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa (far right) delivers a presentation on Oct. 14, 2025, during a monthly press briefing on the state budget at the Finance Ministry in Central Jakarta.

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Public spat between two ministers raises questions about weak coordination

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Collateral damage: A fisherman pulls in a net beyond a pile of fish carcasses on Thursday along a bank of the Cisadane River in Tangerang, Banten. The Environment Ministry said liquid pesticide pollution flowed from the Jaletreng River into the Cisadane River for about 22.5 kilometers, causing the deaths of various aquatic species.

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Tangerang river cleanup begins after toxic spill

A teacher distributes free meals to students while schools remain closed following a building collapse at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Miftahul Falah in Gunungputri, Bogor regency, West Java, on Feb. 2, 2026. The government has confirmed that the program will continue during Ramadan, with menus and distribution times adjusted for students observing the fast.

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Ramadan free meals draw ire over cost, safety

Dead fish lie on a rock by the Cisadane river on July 28, 2023, in Tangerang, Banten, as the water level decreased due to prolonged hot weather.

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Fire at Tangerang pesticide warehouse triggers toxic spill into rivers

Congested traffic is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, during the afternoon rush on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, South Jakarta. Jakarta plans to finalize a 25-year roadmap on air quality control and protection by the end of this year.

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Jakarta accelerates air quality roadmap as pollution worsens

Residents walk past the former British Embassy building on Feb. 10, 2026, near the Hotel Indonesia (Bundaran HI) traffic circle in Jakarta. President Prabowo Subianto previously announced the allocation of a 4,000-square-meter plot at the site for the construction of a 40-story Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) skyscraper, dubbed the “Umat Building”, which will house various Islamic groups.

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New Islamic groups’ office plan raises heritage concerns

Seawater counterflow: A motorist passes on Dec. 6 along the side of a giant seawall that appears to have cracked in several sections, allowing seawater to overflow into residential areas in Muara Baru, North Jakarta.

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Jakarta tightens groundwater rule to curb subsidence

Comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono summoned by police over Netflix show

Police said he had been summoned but did not name him as a suspect in any offenses or mention any formal charges.

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A firefighter battles a peatland wildfire on July 10, 2025, as forest and land fires returned amid extreme heat, in Rimba Panjang, Riau.

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Riau declares emergency alert for forest fires

A man in Hanoman costume shakes hands with a visitor on Feb. 13, 2026, during the Tok Panjang communal dinner at the opening ceremony of Semawis Imlek night market in the Chinatown in Gang Gambiran, Semarang. Tok Panjang is usually held to celebrate Chinese New Year, locally known as Imlek, and this year will be the Year of the Horse.

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Semarang holds Imlek night market to welcome Chinese New Year

Mourners weep during a symbolic funeral ceremony for missing victims at the site of flash floods and landslides in Hutanabolon, Tukka district, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on Dec. 23, 2025. The ceremony was held for families who lost relatives during the recent flash floods and landslides.

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Fresh floods devastate Central Tapanuli two months after deadly cyclone

Brazilian national Yuri Bezzera da Costa leaves the Denpasar District Court in Bali on Feb. 12, 2026, after being sentenced to 18 years in prison for trafficking 3 kilograms of cocaine.

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Brazilian sentenced to 18 years in prison for smuggling cocaine to Bali

Personnel from a joint team (background) talk to five prospective migrant workers at Wisma Amira hotel in Dumai, Riau, on Dec. 12, 2025. A human trafficking syndicate was going to send the migrant workers to work in Cambodia through Malaysia.

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Riau couple held for facilitating human trafficking

A local resident rescues a wounded Irrawaddy dolphin from the Mahakam River in East Kalimantan in this undated photo.

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Two firms sealed for allegedly contributing to degradation of Irrawaddy dolphin habitat

Members of the Indonesian military (TNI) and police evacuate students on Jan. 29, 2026 that are suspected to have suffered from food poisoning from the free meals program at a senior high school in Kudus regency, Central Java.

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200 students in North Sumatra fall ill after consuming govt provided lunch

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An activist takes part in a hunger strike outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 14, 2023, as part of a protest demanding lawmakers pass the long-awaited domestic workers protection bill.

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Civil groups renew calls for domestic workers bill passage

The Jaletreng River flows through South Tangerang, Banten, in this undated picture. The river is one of the tributaries of the Cisadane River that runs from Bogor regency in West Java to South Tangerang, as well as Tangerang city and regency in Banten, before emptying into the Java Sea.

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Tangerang toxic spill disrupts clean water supply

An employee serves a customer at the Jakarta branch of the Social Security Administrative Body for Health (BPJS Kesehatan).

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Government pledges better JKN governance after millions lose subsidized coverage

Lunch break: A student shows his free nutritious meal on Jan. 28, 2026, at SDN 18 state elementary school in Tukka, Central Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra. The program has resumed after floods hit the regency in November last year.

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Public satisfied with free meal program despite food safety, budget concerns

Joint search and rescue personnel search for victims on Jan. 27, 2026, at the site of a landslide following heavy rains in Pasir Langu village, Cisarua district West Bandung regency, West Java.

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Budget cuts cast shadow over disaster readiness

Stock illustration of children's mental health.

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Child suicides reveal failures in psychological protection

An illustration of the Indonesia Health Card, with medication and rupiah banknotes in the foreground (Courtesy of BPJS Kesehatan)

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Patients lose access to lifesaving care due to JKN subsidy cuts

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