Debris from destroyed houses remains after a landslide struck in Pasirlangu village in West Bandung regency, West Java, on January 24, 2026, as the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) said eight people were killed and 82 remain missing. `

West Bandung landslide kills eight, more than 80 missing

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Tens of thousands of survivors remain in tents two months after Sumatra floods

BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari, said more than 29,600 temporary houses have been requested for evacuees across the three affected provinces. However, as of Wednesday, only 1,056 temporary houses have been completed, while 7,414 are still under construction.

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Civil servant status for free meals staff sidelines honorary teachers

Honorary teachers who have served for years remain unpaid and overlooked as kitchen staff in President Prabowo’s free nutritious meal program secure full-time government contracts, sparking criticism over education funding priorities.

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Pati Regent Sudewo (second left) walks by after an examination on Jan. 20, 2026 at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in South Jakarta. The KPK named Sudewo a suspect in an alleged corruption case involving extortion in the appointment of village officials, seizing evidence worth 2.6 billion rupiah (US$168,000).

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KPK raids Pati regent’s residence, office following arrest

KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said investigators also searched the Pati Bapermades (village empowerment agency as part of the operation.

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Children wade through floodwaters on Jan. 23, 2026 in the Kebon Pala neighborhood, Jatinegara, East Jakarta. Flooding from the Ciliwung River and Katulampa Dam in Bogor had submerged the area, with water reaching up to 130 centimeters.

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Jakarta battles floods with river cleanup, normalization plan

The Jakarta administration has stepped up river cleanup and normalization efforts as flooding continued to disrupt large parts of the capital on Friday, following heavy overnight rainfall that caused rivers to overflow, inundating residential areas and major roads.

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Members of a joint search and rescue team display aircraft debris from an ATR 42-500 near the crash site in the Bantimurung-Bulusaraung National Park area, Maros regency, South Sulawesi, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2026.

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Remaining bodies found of 10 killed in ATR plane crash

The ATR 42-500 turboprop owned by aviation group Indonesia Air Transport (IAT) lost contact with air traffic control on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. local time (0530 GMT) around the Maros region in South Sulawesi.

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Rescuers recover bodies of 10 passengers in Sulawesi plane crash

There were seven crew members and three passengers on board the plane, which was chartered by the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry to conduct air surveillance on its fisheries. The passengers were ministry staff members.

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Wreckage: Officials evacuate a bus on April 21, 2024, that was hit by a Rajabasa train serving the Palembang–Bandar Lampung route at an unguarded railroad crossing in Martapura district, East Ogan Komering Ulu regency, South Sumatra. At least three passengers were killed in that accident.

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Nine killed after train collides with car in North Sumatra

The crash came less than two months after four people were killed when a car was struck by a train at an unguarded railway crossing in Pasuruan regency, East Java, on Nov. 30.

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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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Government pushes police civilian posts rule despite court ruling

Chairman of the Gerakan Rakyat (People's Movement) Party Sahrin Hamid (second left), honorary member Anies Baswedan (center), head of the advisory council Sulfikar Amir (left), secretary-general M. Ridwan (second right) and treasurer Prita Subono (right) symbolically open the party's first national working meeting for 2026 in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2026.

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New political parties face long road to 2029 elections

Poll workers count ballots at a polling station on Nov. 27, 2024, in Banda Aceh, Aceh, after voters cast their votes to pick local leaders in the country's biggest simultaneous regional election. More than 200 million people were eligible to vote to choose dozens of governors and mayors and 415 regents.

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House postpones plan to scrap direct regional elections

Pati Regent Sudewo (center) is escorted by security officers upon arriving at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Jan. 20, 2026. Sudewo is among several people arrested by KPK investigators in a raid in Pati, Central Java, in a corruption case pertaining to the appointment of village officials in the regency.

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Controversial Pati regent named graft suspect

An aerial photo shows a palm oil plantation (right) and a peatland forest in Bangsal village, Ogan Komering Ilir regency, South Sumatra on June 10, 2025. Indonesia has more tropical peatland than any country, but it is also quickly losing this poorly understood ecosystem, which experts deem of exacerbating the global heating and climate crisis

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Government targets illegal mining on 190,000 hectares of forest land

Indonesia's unprecedented crackdown, which has seen military-led teams take over palm plantations and mines, has unnerved the industry, pushing up global palm oil prices over concerns it will hit output, and more recently, powering rallies in the prices of metals like tin.

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