Residents clear debris while searching for landslide victims on Jan. 24, 2026, in Pasirlangu village, Cisarua, West Bandung regency, West Java. An assessment by a joint search and rescue team and local authorities as of 12:30 p.m. showed that 34 families, or 113 people, were affected by the landslide, with 23 survivors, eight people found dead and 82 others still missing. `

Four soldiers among dead as West Java landslide toll rises to 43

Indonesian Navy chief of staff Adm. Muhammad Ali said that 19 Marine Corps personnel were still missing.

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Jakarta expands cloud seeding to curb flood risks

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) previously forecast rainfall to increase until the end of January in many parts of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara islands.

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West Bandung landslide death toll rises to 34, dozens missing

Rescuers have been scouring the unstable area in West Bandung region manually and using heavy equipment. But they are treading carefully for fear of another landslide due to bad weather.

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Flood-torn: A student folds a mud-stained Indonesian flag on Dec. 7, 2025, during a clean-up of her flood-affected school in Padang, West Sumatra. Severe floods and landslides killed close to a thousand people on Sumatra in late December 2025.

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Flood-hit Sumatra students still studying in tents two months after disaster

Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Atip Latipulhayat said a total of 4,859 schools across three provinces were damaged by floods in Sumatra.

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Green patrol: Mangrove conservationists conduct a riverine patrol on April 12, 2025 at the Teluk Pambang mangrove forest in Bengkalis regency, Riau.

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Land erosion worsens on Riau’s Bengkalis Island, may alter maritime border

Changes in an island's shoreline can lead to the changes in basepoints for maritime border with neighboring countries.

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Sky warriors: Indonesian Air Force fighter jet pilots prepare to fly a Rafale aircraft on Sept. 24 at St. Dizier-Robinson air base in France.

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Air Force welcomes three new Rafale jets

Indonesia has received its first batch of French-made Rafale fighter jets, the Defense Ministry confirmed on Tuesday, with three aircraft now stationed at an airbase in Pekanbaru, Riau.

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Rosita Istiawan, 64, stands in the forest she and her family nurtured on Jan. 12 in Megamendung district, Bogor regency, West Java. Purchased as barren land in 2001, the plot was transformed into a lush forest now home to around 44,000 trees.

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As forests shrink in Bogor, a family defies the odds to grow trees

“Our whole family, including our two children, participated directly in planting, arranging and caring for the trees. We didn’t rely on any outside workers. Planting trees is easy, but taking care of them is the hard part,” Rosita said.

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Police officers form a line on March 20, 2025, during a protest against the revision of the Indonesian Military (TNI) Law in Jakarta.

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Police chief opposes proposal to place police under ministry

National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo has firmly opposed proposals to place the force under the supervision of a ministry, warning he would rather step down than see the police no longer report directly to the President.

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