Former West Java governor Ridwan Kamil (center) gestures on Tuesday as he arrives at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta. KPK investigators interrogated Ridwan as a witness in a corruption case pertaining to the botched procurement of advertising services at Bank BJB.`

KPK questions former governor Ridwan Kamil in Bank BJB graft case

Investigators of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) previously raided the former West Java governor’s house in Bandung in March and confiscated a Mercedes-Benz that was once owned by former president Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie.

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Train hits car at unguarded crossing in East Java, killing four

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Flood-hit Sumatra faces hunger as Prabowo visits

President Prabowo Subianto visited flood- and landslide- hit areas in northern Sumatra on the sixth day after the disaster, promising to address urgent food and fuel shortages as thousands face dwindling supplies and the growing threat of hunger, while damaged roads continue to hamper relief efforts.

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Then-state-owned ferry operator ASDP Indonesia Ferry CEO Ira Puspadewi speaks to the press on Feb. 6, 2020.

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NU internal rift deepens as Yahya rejects dismissal

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Presidential pardons put KPK’s credibility in question

Papuans who fled their villages due to fighting near the Grasberg gold and copper mine on March 9, 2020, gather at a makeshift shelter in Timika. An Indonesian soldier was killed on March 9 in a shootout with rebels in Papua, prompting more than a thousand civilians to flee fighting near the world's biggest gold mine.

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Shell piles engulf North Jakarta’s eroding coast

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Academic colonialism concerns haunt rare rafflesia sighting

A student holds a red ribbon on Dec. 2, 2018, as part of an awareness event on World AIDS Day in Medan, North Sumatra. World AIDS Day has been observed today since 1988 to raise awareness of the AIDS pandemic.

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Death toll from Sumatra floods rises to 442

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Rescue teams work in a search and rescueoperation in an area hit by deadly landslides following heavy rains in Sibalanga, North Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on Nov. 29, 2025.

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Sumatra flood death toll climbs to 303 amid cyclone devastation: BNPB

At least 279 people are still missing even as about 80,000 people have been evacuated and hundreds are still stranded in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra.

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