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Laborers carry banners on Friday as they hold a Labor Day commemoration protest outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta. — Laborers carry banners on Friday as they hold a Labor Day commemoration protest outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta.`

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Labor movement’s future in question after Said Iqbal joins Prabowo administration

The appointment of labor leader Said Iqbal as special presidential advisor on employment and workers’ welfare has sparked concerns over possible state cooptation of labor movement in the country, prompting questions about the future of labor groups’ independence.

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Rights groups decry light sentences in activist acid attack case

The Jakarta Military Court on Wednesday sentenced four soldiers up to three years in prison for their roles in acid attack targeting anti-militarism activist Andrie Yunus.

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Prosecutors reject Nadiem’s defense plea in Chromebook corruption case

Prosecutors rejected former education minister Nadiem Makarim’s defense plea at the Jakarta Corruption Court on Tuesday, maintaining that he had abused his authority and professional expertise for personal gain, as the defense prepared a final counterargument.

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A ground crew gives a signal to a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 upon arrival at Hang Nadim International Airport in Batam, Riau Islands, on Oct. 18, 2024. The flight marked its first scheduled commercial flight since operating chartered since May 20, 2023.

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Jeju Air suspends Batam-Incheon route in summer schedule

Jeju Air previously operated a twice weekly service connecting Incheon International Airport with Hang Nadim International Airport using Boeing 737-800.

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Col. Fredy Ferdian Isnartanto, who leads the panel of judges in the trial over the acid attack on human rights activist Andrie Yunus, reads the verdicts for the military personnel Sami Lakka, Nandala Dwi Prasetya, Budhi Hariyanto Widhi Cahyono, and Edi Sudarko--the defendants in the case--at the military court in Jakarta, June 10, 2026.

Military court jails four officers involved in acid attack on rights activist

The court found the attack was not influenced by any "chain of command."

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A store in Padangsidimpuan city, North Sumatra, is seen with the lights on as it uses a generator on May 22 while others are blanketed in darkness after the Sumatra blackout. The blackout affected almost all provinces in Sumatra. State-owned electricity company PLN said the power supply had returned to normal on Sunday.

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PLN estimates North Sumatra blackout to end on Wednesday

State-owned electricity company PLN is working hard to restore electricity to affected regions in North Sumatra and expects electricity supply to resume on Wednesday or Thursday.

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Attorney General’s Office (AGO) investigators escort former deputy head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Sony Sonjaya to a prisoner transport vehicle on June 3 at the AGO headquarters in Jakarta.

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Disgraced BGN official files to be justice collaborator

Disgraced former deputy chief of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Sony Sonjaya has offered to cooperate with law enforcement as a justice collaborator and expose “powerful names” allegedly tied to corruption in the free meals program, fueling intensified calls for a comprehensive audit of the multitrillion-rupiah program.

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Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas (left) hands over a document containing the government's response to the revision to the 2002 Police Law to House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad on June 9 during a House plenary session at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta. In the session, the House passed the new law unanimously.

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New law expands police role in civilian offices

The House of Representatives passed on Tuesday a controversial amendment to the 2002 Police Law, allowing an expanded role for active-duty police officers in civilian posts through rushed deliberations that took less than a week.

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Attorney General’s Office (AGO) investigators escort former deputy head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Sony Sonjaya to a prisoner transport vehicle on June 3 at the AGO headquarters in Jakarta.

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Disgraced BGN official files to be justice collaborator

Law Minister Supratman Andi Agtas (left) hands over a document containing the government's response to the revision to the 2002 Police Law to House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad on June 9 during a House plenary session at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta. In the session, the House passed the new law unanimously.

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New law expands police role in civilian offices

BREAKING: House passes new police law in 'rushed' process

Despite criticisms over a rushed legislative process, the House passed on Tuesday the amended Police Law, which includes a controversial provision that allows active-duty officers to take civilian posts in government.

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Head of National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Nanik Sudaryati Deyang along with her deputies Maj. Gen. Trenggono and Agustina Arumsari, and Said Iqbal, special presidential advisor for employment, take their oaths during their inauguration on June 8 at the State Palace in Jakarta.

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Prabowo swears in new BGN chief, labor leader Said Iqbal as presidential advisor

Police officers stand guard in front of the Aceh Provincial Legislative Council (DPRA) building on Sept. 1, 2025, in Banda Aceh, Aceh, during a protest by students demanding police reform and the dissolution of the House of Representatives.

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Concern grows over planned expansion of police roles in free meals agency, drug regulator

State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi (center) announces the dismissal of National Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Dadan Hindayana from his position, in a press briefing on June 2, 2026 at the Presidential Palace Complex in Central Jakarta. Prasetyo was accompanied by Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya (left) and Government Communications Agency (GCA) head Muhammad Qodari (right).

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Corruption scandals, rupiah fall revive reshuffle talks

Defendants in a murder case of a bank branch head in Jakarta, Chief Sgt. Frengky Yaru (second left), Second Cpl. Feri Heriyanto (center) and Chief Sgt. Mochamad Nasir, are escorted out of the courtroom after their verdict hearing at the Jakarta Military Court in Jakarta on June 3, 2026. The judges sentenced Nasir to 13 years in prison, Feri to seven years and Frengky to a year after finding them guilty in the murder case.

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Light sentences still mar military justice system: Kontras

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The main gate of Jakarta State Polytechnic (PNJ) in Depok, West Java is seen in this photo taken on Aug. 21, 2025.

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Jakarta university weighs punishment after two men caught kissing

A large fire takes hold of a densely populated neighborhood in Jl. Kemayoran Gempol in Kebon Kosong subdistrict, Kemayoran district, Central Jakarta engulfed in fire on June 1, 2026. The Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency deployed 33 fire trucks and more than 150 personnel to extinguish the fire.

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Central Jakarta fire destroys more than 300 homes

Metro Jaya Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Budi Hermanto (center), accompanied by Metro Jaya Police General Crimes Director Sr. Comr. Iman Imanuddin (second left), Metro Jaya Police Patrol Directorate chief Sr. Comr. Wahyu Dwi Ariwibowo (right), National Police Commission commissioner retired Insp. Gen. Ida Utari Purnamasasi (left) and Jakarta Military Command information chief Lt. Col. Noor Ishak, delivers a statement on May 22 during the disclosure of street crime cases involving aggravated theft, motor vehicle theft and violent theft at Metro Jaya Police headquarters in Jakarta. Metro Jaya Police and precinct police units uncovered 127 police reports related to street crimes between May 1 and May 22, and named 173 suspects.

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TNI defends role in anti-robbery raids amid rights concern

Jakarta Police spokesperson Sr. Comr. Budi Hermanto (center), accompanied by director for general crimes Sr. Comr. Iman Imanuddin (second left) and Jakarta Military Command (Kodam Jaya) spokesperson Lt. Col. Noor Ishak (second right), speaks during a press briefing about street crimes and violent robbery cases, at the Jakarta Police headquarters on May 22, 2026.

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Joint police, military crackdown on street robbers raises fear of extrajudicial killings

A Greater Jakarta Commuter train passes through the under-construction Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) railway station on Oct. 14, 2025, in North Jakarta. The station, located next to the stadium, will be directly connected with the 82,000-seat JIS.

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Jakarta to open railway station connected to Jakarta International Stadium

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

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A store in Padangsidimpuan city, North Sumatra, is seen with the lights on as it uses a generator on May 22 while others are blanketed in darkness after the Sumatra blackout. The blackout affected almost all provinces in Sumatra. State-owned electricity company PLN said the power supply had returned to normal on Sunday.

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PLN estimates North Sumatra blackout to end on Wednesday

Muara Enim Regent Edison (center) is escorted by police officers on June 9 upon arriving at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in South Jakarta. Edison was apprehended in a graft raid conducted by the KPK a day prior in an alleged corruption case involving procurement of goods and services within the Muara Enim Education and Culture Agency.

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KPK arrests South Sumatra’s Muara Enim regent for alleged graft

Acting Batam Mayor Li Claudia Chandra (left) shares a memento with a representative of 22 defense attachés visiting Batam, Riau Islands, on June 3, 2026. The defense attachés visited Batam to observe the Indonesian defense industry, especially shipyards.

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Batam hosts defense attachés to observe defense industry

Police gather in front of a collapsed Jollibee fast food restaurant after an 7.8 magnitude earthquake in General Santos City, Philippines, on June 8, 2026. A 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the southern Philippines on June 8 killed at least 19 people and collapsed buildings, police said, as the disaster sparked tsunami warnings across the region.

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North Sulawesi shaken by tremors, weak tsunami after major Philippines quake

Mount Dukono spews volcanic ash on May 12, 2026, as seen from Mamuya village, North Halmahera regency, North Maluku.

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Govt tightens tourism monitoring in volcanoes after Mount Dukono incident

Gold and copper producer PT Freeport Indonesia workers rest after being rescued by Indonesian Military's (TNI) Operation Command (Koops) in Timika regency, Central Papua, in this photo released on Jan. 12, 2026. The workers were trapped for three days due to threats by the Free Papua Organization (OPM) armed group, before being rescued on Jan. 10, 2026.

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OPM requests government to open humanitarian access for evacuees

A container (right) is seen ashore on June 6, 2026, on Sambu Kecil Island, northwest of Batam Island, Riau Islands, after falling from a container vessel which sunk in Singapore Strait. The Tanzanian-flagged MV Golden Star I sunk after reporting severe leakage on the evening of June 5, 2026, and the 107 containers it carried were thrown into the open sea.

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Crew rescued as container vessel sinks in Singapore Strait, 107 containers drifted

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Protestors carry a placard against femicide that states 180 reported cases across 38 Indonesian provinces in 2023, in a street demonstration on Nov. 25, 2024, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Jakarta.

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Femicide persists as women face systemic neglect

A cigarette vendor smokes on Jan. 29, 2023, as he awaits customers at his roadside stall in Surabaya, East Java.

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Health Ministry to push regulation on tobacco plain packaging

Yenny Wahid, the daughter of late president Abdurrahman “Gus Dur” Wahid, speaks on June 3, 2026, during an extraordinary congress of the women's group Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) in Jakarta. Yenny was elected Kowani’s new chairperson in the congress.

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Yenny Wahid elected chair of Kowani women's group

Schoolchildren pose with small Indonesian and French flags on May 28, 2025, while waiting to greet a motorcade carrying French President Emmanuel Macron at the National Monument (Monas) complex in Jakarta during his state visit to Indonesia.

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Plan to introduce French lessons draws support, doubt

Holding on: Iti cleans kitchen utensils at the home of her employer, Vita Oktarina, in Depok, West Java, on the outskirts of Jakarta, on May 17, 2026. She began working as a domestic worker after her husband died in 2010.

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After landmark law, domestic workers in Indonesia wait for wages to catch up

A banner reading “Stop sexual violence and other violence” hangs along a roadside on April 16 at the University of Indonesia’s campus in Depok, West Java.

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UI punishes 15 law students over lewd group chat scandal

Dadan Hindayana, then head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), reacts as ministers, agency representatives, and stakeholders attend a coordination meeting on the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal Program (MBG) at the Coordinating Ministry for Food in Jakarta on March 3, 2025.

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Prabowo fires free meal agency chief after suggesting Saudi rollout

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