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Rare sight: four Rafflesia species bloom simultaneously in Bengkulu

Four species of the rare parasitic flower Rafflesia are blooming simultaneously in Bengkulu, a highly unusual phenomenon and a positive sign for the conservation of these iconic endemic plants.

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Where reading finds a home: Grassroots efforts lead Indonesia’s literacy revival

Now increasingly visible in Jakarta and other cities, independent libraries and reading communities have become new hubs for readers, taking the lead in promoting reading culture as government initiatives continue to fall short.

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A man navigates a pile of logs surrounding homes in Tukka village, Central Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, on Dec. 2, 2025, when the National Disaster Management Agency announced that the toll from the Sumatra floods and landslides had risen to 712 lives lost.

Police identify 290 North Sumatra disaster victims

Local and national police are continuing to search for at least 122 people still missing in the aftermath of the flooding and landslides that struck northern Sumatra on Nov. 26.

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Relatives sit beside the body of Aisyah, 63, who passed away after being sick at the shelter in an area affected by a deadly flash flood following heavy rains in Kuala Simpang, Aceh Tamiang regency, Aceh, December 5, 2025.

Disease spreads among Sumatra flood victims

As fevers, typhoid and skin infections surge among survivors of last week’s deadly floods, authorities are stepping up medical outreach and disease-prevention efforts across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra to contain outbreaks and protect vulnerable communities.

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Residents carry supplies distributed by Indonesian Air Force personnel in flood affected areas in Bener Meriah district, Aceh province on December 4, 2025.

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Military steps up relief efforts for flood-hit Sumatra; death toll above 860

The military has erected at least 10 portable bridges, called "Bailey bridges", in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces to help with the distribution of food and aid supplies to isolated residents, Major General Freddy Ardianzah told reporters on Friday.

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Cirebon Naval Base commander Lt. Col. Faisal Yanova Tanjung (center) presents sports apparel seized from a smuggling attempt on Dec. 2, 2025, during a press conference alongside regional officials at the naval base in Cirebon, West Java. The Indonesian Navy foiled an attempt to smuggle 41,280 items of sports clothing worth an estimated Rp 6.1 billion (US$366,124) from Pontianak.

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Navy foils attempts to smuggle sports apparel, reptiles

In two recent operations, the Indonesian Navy has thwarted one smuggling attempt involving sports apparel worth around Rp 6.1 billion and another involving 133 reptiles from Papua.

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A residential area is seen damaged after flash floods in Bener Meriah district, Aceh province on December 4, 2025.

Aceh now experiencing a second tsunami, governor says

Nearly 200,000 people died in Aceh alone after a 9.1-magnitude quake off the northern province triggered the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004.

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Military steps up relief efforts for flood-hit Sumatra; death toll above 860

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Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan visits houses impacted by floods on Sunday in Lubuk Minturun, Padang, West Sumatra.

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Decade-old video casts food minister as ‘villain’ in Sumatra flood

University students in Banda Aceh, Aceh, gather humanitarian aid for survivors of the northern Sumatra floods and landslides on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Frustration grows over govt’s poor disaster response

Nahdlatul Ulama chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf (left) and secretary-general Saifullah Yusuf (right) leaves the room after a press briefing on the result of the organization's central board plenary meeting in Jakarta on July 28, 2024.

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NU faces money laundering allegations amid internal rift

A receptionist attends to a visitor on Oct. 21, 2024, in the lobby of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Setiabudi, South Jakarta.

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Court ruling raises KPK's hope for Paulus Tannos' extradition

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Indonesia, Netherlands sign deal to repatriate two convicts, one on death row

Siegfried Mets, 73, was sentenced to death in 2008 for distributing drugs, while Ali Tokman, 64, was serving life imprisonment for smuggling more than 6 kg of the synthetic drug MDMA.

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A Greenpeace activist displays a banner to reject nickel mining in Raja Ampat, Southwest Papua, during the Indonesia Minerals Conference & Expo in Jakarta on June 3, 2025.

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Rights violations continue unabated in Papua: Komnas HAM

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Graves over homes: Jakarta’s cemetery crisis pushes out poor residents

Workers walk at the construction site of the Jakarta MRT Phase 2A CP202 project in Jakarta, on Thursday, Nov. 27. Construction of the Sawah Besar Station, which adopts a transit-oriented development (TOD) concept, has reached 60.2 percent and is targeted for completion and operation in 2029.

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Indonesia’s deepest multi-level MRT tunnel set to connect Kota Tua by 2029

A set of the Commuter Line urban train passes next to the under-construction Jatake Station in Tangerang regency, Banten on July 16, 2025.

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KAI reshuffles KCI leadership amid viral missing tumbler uproar

A woman washes dishes on Wednesday in a crowded neighborhood in the Tanah Tinggi subdistrict of Jakarta. The 2025 edition of World Urbanization Prospects issued by the United Nations on Nov. 18 names Jakarta and its surrounding areas the world's most populous city with 42 million people, followed by Dhaka, Bangladesh (37 million) and long-time title holder Tokyo, Japan (33 million).

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Greater Jakarta becomes world’s most populous megacity

Tasty treat: Food left by a passerby sits in front of a ginger cat, which has gone viral online, at the FX Sudirman shopping mall in Central Jakarta on Nov. 24, 2025.

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Paws for reflection: Jakartans tag strays as city mini-destinations

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Missing South Jakarta boy found dead after viral outcry

A woman removes boiled green mussels from their shells beside her daughter in a fishing community in North Jakarta on March 19, 2024.

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Shell piles engulf North Jakarta’s eroding coast

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Navy foils attempts to smuggle sports apparel, reptiles

In two recent operations, the Indonesian Navy has thwarted one smuggling attempt involving sports apparel worth around Rp 6.1 billion and another involving 133 reptiles from Papua.

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Aceh now experiencing a second tsunami, governor says

An aerial photo shows Aceh Tamiang regency in Aceh on Dec. 4, 2025, one week after floods and landslides triggered by Tropical Cyclone Senyar made landfall on the northern part of Sumatra. Nearly 1.5 million people across 3,310 villages in Aceh province are affected by the disasters, according to official estimates.

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Aceh scrambles to restore connection to regions cut-off by floods, landslides

Flood-affected residents walk along a muddy road in Kuala Simpang village in Aceh Tamiang, North Sumatra, on Dec. 2, 2025.

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Aceh evacuees battle hunger, illness amid aid delays

Trashed: Waste pickers sift through a pile of garbage on May 20 at the Cilowong dump site in Serang, Banten. Despite playing an important role in the circular economy, waste pickers are mostly ignored and unprotected.

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Dangerous levels of toxic chemicals found in blood of Indonesia’s waste workers

Store owner Edward display snacks on Dec. 4, 2025, at his store at Windsor Phase shopping avenue in Batam city, Riau Islands. Micro, small and medium enterprises in Batam are finding it difficult to transport their products to other regions due to having to pay high taxes to enter Indonesian customs through the Batam free trade zone.

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