A helicopter from the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) drops water bombs on Sept. 26, 2025, to combat a wildfire in the peatlands of Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra.`

Firefighter safety in spotlight after deadly water bombing missions

Calls are growing for the government to ensure the safety of firefighters battling the ravaging forest and peatland fires after deadly aerial water bombing accidents killed four crew in two separate locations in Kalimantan last week.

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From rags to rejected pads, period poverty persists in Indonesia

Frustrated by existing regulations, law student Bernita Matondang, 26, has filed a judicial review at the Constitutional Court challenging the Tax Harmonization Law that governs value-added tax.

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Aceh flash floods damage more than 100 homes in Gayo Lues regency

Sunday's flooding damaged temporary houses and infrastructure built after the devastation wreaked late last year by Cyclone Senyar.

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Ministers leave Jokowi-affiliated party as House sets to decide on Gibran

Three Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) politicians have jumped ship to distance themselves from Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, as the House of Representatives prepared for a new sitting session on Tuesday, potentially setting the course of the growing impeachment calls against him.

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President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech during a ceremony on June 1, 2026, at the Foreign Ministry’s Pancasila building in Jakarta to celebrate the birth of Pancasila 81 years previously.

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Prabowo’s grandfather nominated for national hero title

Margono Djojohadikusumo’s nomination originated from the public and was subsequently endorsed by the Central Java provincial administration before being submitted to the central government, Social Affairs Minister Saifullah Yusuf

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People watched a Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma firefighting helicopter on the banks of the Barito River on Nov. 8 after it crashed while scooping up water to extinguish forest and land fires in Barito Kuala regency, South Kalimantan.

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One dead as a second helicopter crashes during water bombing in Kalimantan

The civilian Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma helicopter lost altitude while scooping water, in a similar manner as the Indonesian Army Aviation Center's (Puspenerbad) Mi-17V5 which crashed on Wednesday, killing three.

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Acting Batam Mayor Li Claudia Chandra (center) cuts a ribbon on May 29, flanked by representatives of the Catholic Church, to officiate the headquarters of Caritas Sentrum in Batam city, Riau Islands. Caritas Sentrum, a center under the Indonesian Catholic Church, provides vocational training and assistance for migrant workers and human trafficking victims.

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Batam Church highlights human trafficking as more Indonesians deported

The root cause of the high number of illegal migrant workers and human trafficking is that the government is still trapped working in the “downstream” instead of solving “upstream” problems.

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Two excavators knock down oil palms on Dec. 20, 2025, in Bagan Limau village, Ukui district, Pelalawan regency, Riau. The destruction of the oil palms marked the relocation of 228 families owning some 600 hectares of land out of the national park.

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Police nab man for selling 45.8 tonnes of adulterated fertilizer

The case started with the the interception of a Mitsubishi Colt Diesel truck carrying 129 sacks of fertilizer weighing some 6.5 tonnes on Oct. 2 by local military intelligence personnel.

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A woman participating in the 2026 Women’s March Jakarta holds a placard reading “Already bleeding, now being exploited” on Nov. 7 to protest the government’s policy of imposing taxes on sanitary pads, a menstrual health essential, during a rally along Jalan MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta. Protesters highlighted concerns that the tax policy would place an additional financial burden on women in meeting their menstrual health needs.

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Women take everyday battles to Jakarta streets

President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech on Oct. 21 during a plenary cabinet meeting at the Presidential Palace Complex in Central Jakarta, where over 100 officials from his Red and White cabinet gathered to mark the second anniversary of his presidency.

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Wiretap scandal could trigger shake-up in ruling coalition

Protesters hold placards that read 'Stop destroying democracy' (left) and 'Stop revoking our votes' (right) during a protest in front of the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta on Aug. 22, 2024 against the House of Representative's plan to reverse the Constitutional Court ruling on eligibility rules for regional election candidates.

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Young Indonesians take fight for justice to Constitutional Court

Former Indonesian National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo smiles as he arrives at the State Palace in Jakarta on Oct. 1, 2026. President Prabowo Subianto on Oct. 1 replaced his foreign minister in his seventh cabinet reshuffle in two years, as he also changed the police chief.

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Listyo’s dramatic fall shakes security establishment

Newly appointed National Police chief Gen. Suyudi Ario Seto (center) arrives for his inauguration at the State Palace in Jakarta on October 1, 2026.

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Police chief says wiretapping probe a matter for law enforcement

The wiretapping involved Listyo Sigit Prabowo, a Jokowi loyalist who had served as national police chief and presidential chief of staff, and a spokesperson for President Prabowo Subianto said intercepting the president's communications could amount to treason.

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