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Batam begins returning hazardous e-waste to US

Four containers of electronic waste have finally been re-exported from Batu Amprt Port in Batam, Riau Islands, to their country of origin, the United States.

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Reform team weighs placing police under ministry

As President Prabowo Subianto’s police reform commission reviews changes to the force, discussions on placing the National Police under a ministry have reemerged, reviving fresh debate on how best to improve accountability and prevent the politicization of law enforcement.

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Residents clear debris on Jan. 24, 2026, while searching for victims of a landslide in Pasirlangu village, Cisarua, West Bandung regency, West Java.

Death toll climbs in West Bandung as disasters grip Java

Flooding and landslides that were triggered by torrential rains have continued to paralyze parts of Java and disrupt traffic and public service, with the worst single disaster killing at least nine people and leaving more than 80 missing in West Java.

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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.

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West Bandung landslide kills eight, more than 80 missing

Environmentalists, experts and the government have pointed to the role forest loss played in the flooding and landslides across islands in Indonesia.

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Crisis water: A woman waits for clean water on Dec. 28, 2025, in Lubuk Sidup village in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh. Flash floods caused by the overflow of the Tamiang River, meant access to clean water and sanitation continued to be an urgent problem for residents and evacuees in Aceh Tamiang regency, despite ongoing efforts by the government and nonprofits to respond to needs.

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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Class struggle: Teacher Armani checks his students’ work on Nov. 20, 2025, in their damaged classroom at SDN 2 state elementary school in Cibaliung village, Pandeglang regency, Banten.

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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).

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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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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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building is pictured on Jan. 22, 2025, under overcast skies in Jakarta.

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KPK probes possible involvement of NU executives in haj quota graft case

Journalists hold banners during a protest on May 2, 2025, to commemorate World Press Freedom Day in Surabaya, East Java. The protest, organized by the Surabaya chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI Surabaya) and other civic groups, condemned intimidation and violence against journalists.

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Press freedom under strain as journalists face more threats

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Jakarta battles floods with river cleanup, normalization plan

Low-income housing is seen on Nov. 13, 2025, on the banks of the Ciliwung River in Matraman, East Jakarta. The explosion of janitor fish (Pterygoplichthys sp.) shows the failure of the river's self-recovery capacity.

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Explosion of janitor fish is a sign Ciliwung River heavily polluted, BRIN says

Children play in the water, using bamboo pieces as floats on September 20, 2025, next to a seawall in Cilincing, North Jakarta.

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Jakarta to break ground on giant sea wall in September

Motorists pass a pile of household waste on Jan. 6 in South Tangerang, Banten. The municipality administration has declared a waste emergency due to unmanaged waste generated across the city in the past month.

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South Tangerang temporarily stops sending waste to Bogor

Indonesian policemen escort one of two terror suspects link to Central Jakarta's Sarinah bomb on March 2, 2016, in Malang, East Java. The 2016 bomb-and-gun assault on Central Jakarta's Sarinah area killed eight people, including four attackers.

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Ten years after Sarinah attack, Indonesia’s fight against terror moves online

Road users pass through tidal flooding in Muara Angke, Jakarta, on Dec. 3, 2025. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has forecast potential tidal flooding in several parts of Jakarta’s northern coast until Dec. 10, 2025, caused by maximum sea tide conditions coinciding with the full moon phase, which could significantly increase sea levels.

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