Riot police stand guard during a protest on Aug. 27 against government policies and demanding harsher penalties for corruption outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta.`

Komnas HAM launches probe on Jakarta protest handling

At least one person died and 322 others were arrested after a protest in front of the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta on Aug. 27, in which protesters from Pati, Central Java, called for stronger law enforcement against corruption.

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CSIS at 55: Defending space for policy debate

The Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) celebrated its 55th anniversary on Tuesday, pledging to continue to push into increasingly complex policy debates even as the space for expert voices in policymaking appears to be narrowing.

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Police monitor wildfire areas to prevent illegal land conversion

Police have ramped up postfire monitoring to ensure that unscrupulous actors or uninformed residents do not exploit burnt land for cultivating cash crops, including oil palm.

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Central Java Governor Ahmad Luthfi (third left) places a Red-and-White flag marking the start of construction of the 134.2 Megawatt peak (MWp) floating solar farm at Gajah Mungkur Dam in Wonogiri, Central Java, on Aug. 25, 2026.

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Work starts on 134.3 MWp floating solar farm in C. Java

The Gajah Mungkur floating photovoltaic (FPV) system is one of the strategic projects in a national program to develop 100 GWp in three years.

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Officials from various agencies look on as two men install a poster on Aug. 29 warning residents and tourists not to approach Mount Sinabung in Karo regency, North Sumatra. The Mount Sinabung Monitoring Post has increased the volcano's status to Level II Waspada (advisory) following increased volcanic activities.

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Mt. Sinabung erupts after five years, status raised to ‘alert’

Increased volcanic activity, as shown by visual and instrumental observations, suggests bigger follow-up eruption may happen.

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A farmer walks into a solar-powered water pump station on Aug. 22 in Tengengwetan village, Pekalongan, Central Java. Solar-powered water pumps allow farmers to reduce diesel fuel consumption and thus their production cost.

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C. Java farmers start using solar-powered water pumps

The use of solar-powered water pumps allow farmers to reduce diesel fuel consumption and thus their production costs in the use of water for their rice fields.

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President Prabowo Subianto (right) closes the 35th Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) congress on Aug. 31as newly elected supreme leader Miftahul Akhyar (center) and newly elected chairman Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, also known as Gus Kikin, look on at Bahrul Ulum Islamic boarding school in Jombang, East Java.

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Gus Kikin vows calmer, more cohesive NU

Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, a former businessman and great-grandson of the organization’s founder Hasyim Asy’ari, has emerged as the chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama, the country’s largest Muslim organization, following an internal rift stemming from conflicts over finances and mining concession.

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The suspect (left) in the case involving the illegal hunting of the Timor deer is questioned by two investigators from the Jawa, Bali, Nusa Tenggara Forestry Law Enforcement Agency in Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara, on Aug. 31, 2026.

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Post-protest unrest disrupts Jakarta commute

Friday morning saw the remnants of unrest following Thursday’s protest at the Senayan Legislative Complex, which spread into nearby Pejompongan and Slipi, where residents mounted a defense against unidentified groups via makeshift roadblocks.

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Jakarta fines waste firms over illegal dumping

Jakarta has seen a surge of makeshift dumpsites as the gradual closure of Bantar Gebang, the capital’s largest landfill in neighboring Bekasi, has put further pressure on the city’s waste management system.

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