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Flash floods in North Sulawesi kill at least 16, injure 18

BMKG has urged the public to remain vigilant in the face of extreme weather after detecting the formation of Cyclone Seed 91S in the southwestern Indian Ocean near Lampung on Monday.

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Batam adds traffic education to curriculum, aims to reduce accidents involving students

Batam, the largest city in Riau Islands province, is an economic center with high vehicle mobility thanks to its free trade zone status.

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Aero Sutan Aswar of Indonesia and Aqsa Sutan Aswar of Indonesia compete on Jet Skis in the 2018 Asian Games on Aug. 24, 2018 in Jakarta.

Tourism safety in spotlight after Saudi tourist killed in jet ski accident

A lawmaker has called for a sweeping overhaul of Indonesia’s tourism safety and security standards, saying a series of fatal incidents involving both domestic and foreign tourists has exposed serious weaknesses in oversight and enforcement.

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Fatal accident: A building on Jl. Letjen Soeprapto is seen on Dec.9, 2025, after a fire in Cempaka Baru, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. The fire, which took place in a building housing a company providing unmanned aircraft for industrial use, left 22 people dead. There has been no immediate report on the cause.

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Overcrowded settlements, weak safety fuel Jakarta’s fire crisis

Jakarta’s fire crisis deepened in 2025 as higher death tolls and mounting losses revealed enduring risks in overcrowded neighborhoods and poorly regulated commercial buildings.

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An election staffer counts ballots at a polling station on Nov. 27, 2024, in Banda Aceh, Aceh.

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Democrats back Prabowo’s plan to end direct regional elections

The pro-government Democratic Party has thrown its weight behind President Prabowo Subianto’s suggestion to abolish direct elections for regional heads, potentially overturning a legacy of democracy that came about under its founding figure, former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

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A police officer stands guard in front of the Constitutional Court building on Feb. 4, 2025, in Jakarta.

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New KUHP, KUHAP meets legal pushback in Constitutional Court

At least 10 judicial review petitions against the new Criminal Code (KUHP) and Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) have been filed with the Constitutional Court within four days after the new laws came into force.

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A teacher cleans school equipment on Jan. 4 from mud caused by flash floods at state elementary school SDN 11 Kuta Blang in Bireuen, Aceh. The Elementary and Secondary Education Ministry confirmed that 3,508 out of 4,149 schools affected by hydrometeorological disasters in North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh are ready to resume the second semester on Jan. 5.

Flood aftermath hampers school reopening in Aceh

As schools in disaster-hit regions of Sumatra reopened this week, students in Aceh continue to face challenges returning to normal learning routines, with many flood-damaged schools still undergoing recovery.

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Democrats back Prabowo’s plan to end direct regional elections

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New KUHP, KUHAP meets legal pushback in Constitutional Court

Former education minister Nadiem Makarim reacts on Jan. 5, 2026, prior to his trial in a corruption case about his involvement in the procurement of Google's Chromebook laptops for use at his ministry and by students, at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

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Corruption trial begins for ex-minister Nadiem after delays

An illustration of restricting freedom of speech.

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Freedom of expression under threat as more activists face intimidation

A voter inserts a ballot for the 2024 simultaneous regional elections into a ballot box at a polling station in Sitaro, North Sulawesi on Nov. 27, 2024. Thirty-seven provinces and more than 500 cities and regencies hold simultaneous regional elections on Nov. 27, 2024, making it largest one-day regional elections in the country's history.

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Pro-Prabowo parties close ranks to scrap direct regional elections

Activists hold a protest against the new Criminal Code (KUHP) on Dec. 5, 2022, outside the Senayan legislative complex in Central Jakarta . The House of Representatives passed on Dec. 6 a revision to the Criminal Code that would outlaw pre-marital sex aside from other sweeping changes to the criminal code, a move critics deemed as a setback to the country's freedoms.

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Authoritarian fears loom as new criminal code takes effect

President Prabowo Subianto (center) addresses displaced people during a gathering on Dec. 31, 2025, at an evacuation center in Batu Hula village, South Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, as North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution (right, front row) and South Tapanuli Regent Gus Irawan Pasaribu (second right, front row) look on.

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Prabowo spends New Year’s Eve with Sumatra disaster survivors

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Vehicles pass by piles of garbage in Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, on Dec. 26, 2025. The city administration has declared a waste management emergency, in effect from Dec. 23, 2025, to Jan. 5, 2026, to accelerate cleanup efforts and mitigate the impact on residents’ health.

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South Tangerang waste emergency highlights national problem

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Yearender: Jakarta’s public space grow, but unevenly delivered

From 24-hour city parks to libraries extending their evening hours, Jakarta closed the year with a series of public space initiatives. Yet these expansions remain concentrated around economic hubs, reinforcing the spatial inequality that has long shaped the capital.

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Visitors watch a sky simulation show at the Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory on Dec. 25, 2025. The facility reopens after years of closure for renovations, now featuring upgraded facilities and technology to enhance astronomy education for the public.

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Starts return to Jakarta as planetarium reopens to eager crowds

Workers wait for buses home on Feb. 6, 2024, on Jakarta's Jl. Sudirman after office hours.

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Jakarta's minimum wage bump faces disappointed laborers

The dome of Jakarta Planetarium is seen on March 5, 2024, at the Taman Ismail Marzuki compound, in Cikini, Central Jakarta. The renovation project was met with a sold-out opening day and great fanfare.

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Jakarta reopens planetarium after years of hurdles

Workers congregate on Dec. 24, 2025, at the pedestrian underpass on Jl. Kendal, Central Jakarta.

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Jakarta sets 2026’s minimum wage at Rp 5.7 million

A man holds an umbrella under overcast skies near the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, on Friday, Dec. 19, 2025. Jakarta is stepping up disaster mitigation, with heavy rains and strong winds forecast during the year-end holidays.

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Jakarta braces for floods, landslides over holiday season

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Flood aftermath hampers school reopening in Aceh

Smoke billows from a fire on Jan. 2 in the Duri-Grissik gas pipeline in Batu Ampar village, Kemuning district, Indragiri Hilir regency, Riau. Firefighters managed to extinguish the fire on Jan. 3.

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Police investigate gas pipeline explosion in Riau that injured 10

Indonesian military (TNI) troops prepare for deployment amid anti-government protests on Aug. 31, at the National Monument (Monas) complex in Central Jakarta.

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Family seeks justice after TNI soldier dies following alleged bullying by senior

Logs swept in by flash floods weeks earlier lie piled on Dec. 14, 2025, where homes once stood along a river in Aceh Tamiang, North Sumatra. Floods and landslides triggered by extreme weather linked to Cyclone Senyar struck three northern Sumatran provinces in late November, killing at least 1,140 people and damaging more than 170,000 houses. Nearly 400,000 people remained displaced as of Dec. 28, with 163 still unaccounted for.

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Indonesia 2025: In frames, beyond words

A group of soldiers assist in a post-disaster cleanup operation on Jan. 1, 2026, at SDN 9 Kebayakan state elementary school in Central Aceh, Aceh. Most schools across the province, as well as in North Sumatra and West Sumatra, are expected to reopen on Jan. 5 for the second semester following the severe floods and landslides in November 2025 triggered by Tropical Cyclone Senyar.

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Sumatra schools in disaster-hit regions prepare to reopen for semester 2

Rescue workers retrieve the body of Spanish citizen Fernando Martin Carreras on Jan. 4, 2026, in the waters off the Padar Strait in Komodo National Park, Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara. Carreras and his family were onboard the KM Sinar Sakinah, which sank on Dec. 26, 2025, because of bad weather.

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