On the way: Troops of the Sriwijaya Military Command infantry battalion march past on July 21, 2024 after a ceremony at Boom Baru Port in Palembang, South Sumatra, to mark the deployment of soldiers to the border with Papua New Guinea.`

Rebels in Papua region kill 8, military says

The miners were attacked while working in the far-flung district of Yahukimo, Papua Pegunungan province on Wednesday, military spokesman Lt. Col. Wirya Arthadiguna said in a statement.

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Two killed as landslide strikes North Sumatra after heavy rainfall

Head of Emergency Response, Equipment and Logistics at the North Sumatra BPBD, Sri Wahyuni Pancasilawati, urged people in Batangtoru to remain vigilant for further landslides.

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Aceh flood survivors remain in tents six months after disaster

While hundreds of survivors of deadly floods and landslides in Aceh Tamiang have relocated to temporary housing sites, dozens others opt to stay in tents due to the poor condition of their provisional shelters

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Indonesian deportees sit aboard a ferry during their trip from Malaysia to Batam Centre Point International Ferry Terminal in Batam, the Riau Islands, in this undated picture.

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More Indonesians repatriated from Johor Bahru, including 3-month-old

The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru led the multiagency effort to repatriate a total of 232 deportees by sea from Malaysia to Batam's central ferry terminal over two days.

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First batch pilgrims: Prospective pilgrims from the first flight group of the Medan embarkation line up on April 22 to board an aircraft at Kualanamu International Airport in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra. A total of 360 people originating from Binjai and Medan, departed to Medina, Saudi Arabia.

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Police name 13 suspects for organizing illegal haj

The National Police have named 13 suspects for allegedly organizing unauthorized haj trips for this year’s haj season and umrah (minor haj) travels throughout the year, preying on more than 300 potential pilgrims and causing financial losses to victims.

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Students of Trisakti University gather on May 12, 2023, near the Arjuna Wijaya Statue in Central Jakarta to mark 25 years since the 1998 Reform movement, which heralded Indonesia’s move to democracy. The poster reads “25 years without clarity”, possibly a reference to the Trisakti Tragedy on May 12, 1998, when four Trisakti University students were killed during a peaceful protest, as well as other unresolved human rights atrocities dating back to that tumultuous period.

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Dejà vu as current 'chaos' haunt Reform anniversary

Twenty-eight years after the start of the Reform era, analysts and activists fear that Indonesia may be drifting toward conditions resembling the lead-up to the 1998 crisis.

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A boy passes through a drying rice field on June 25, 2023, in Pajukukang village, Maros regency, South Sulawesi. Some rice farmers in the region abandoned the crop after their crops failed due to the drought.

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El Niño may raise stunting rate as food output falls and prices rise

IDAI chairman Dr. Piprim Basarah Yanuarso said children are among the most vulnerable groups affected by climate change due to their still-developing immune systems and limited ability to regulate body temperature.

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A man is carried from an ambulance as he arrives at Bunia General Referral Hospital on May 16 following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Indonesia steps up Ebola surveillance after deadly Africa outbreaks

Indonesia has tightened health screening at airports and other entry points following deadly Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda, as authorities race to prevent imported cases of the highly infectious disease that has killed more than 130 people in Central Africa.

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