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A diplomat from the Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, signs a handover letter while surrounded by officials from various Indonesian agencies and observed by a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officer (left, sitting) during a rendezvous on May 7 on the sea border between the countries. The consulate general repatriated two fishermen and their fishing boat (background) who drifted away into Malaysian waters after their boat ran out of fuel. — A diplomat from the Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, signs a handover letter while surrounded by officials from various Indonesian agencies and observed by a Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) officer (left, sitting) during a rendezvous on May 7 on the sea border between the countries. The consulate general repatriated two fishermen and their fishing boat (background) who drifted away into Malaysian waters after their boat ran out of fuel.`

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Indonesian consulate general in Johor Bahru repatriates two Batam fishermen

Two fishermen from Batam, Riau Islands, drifted away into Malaysian waters after their fishing boat ran out of fuel in April.

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New Langkat sultan vows to continue sultanate’s legacy

Tengku Ariefanda Abdul Djalil Rahmadshah was appointed sultan once his father Langkat Sultan XIV Tengku Azwar Abdul Djalil Rahmadshah passed away.

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Govt denies ordering shutdowns of Papua documentary screenings

Senior minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra insisted that the government had never ordered a ban on screenings of the Papua documentary Pesta Babi (Pig Feast), maintaining its commitment to freedom of expression while rejecting the film’s allegations of state-driven “modern colonialism”.

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Excavators are seen in an illegal gold mine being raided by North Sumatra Police in an unidentified location in North Sumatra issued on March 3, 2026.

West Sumatra mine landslide kills nine

A cliff near the mine collapsed on Thursday, burying a group of miners working only three meters away, said West Sumatra police spokeswoman Susmelawati Rosya.

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Clouds float above the Presidential Palace building on Aug. 17, 2025, before a ceremony marking Indonesia's 80th Independence Day at the Ceremonial Plaza in future capital Nusantara, East Kalimantan.

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Court ruling raises further questions over Nusantara’s future

Constitutional Court justices have asserted that the capital city status can only be transferred after a presidential decree mandating the handover has been issued, thus retaining Jakarta’s status as Indonesia’s capital for now.

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Foreign nationals, who police said were mainly from Vietnam, suspected of running an online gambling operation for two months at an office building, are led to transportation after being arrested on May 10 in Jakarta..

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Govt raises chance to review visa waiver policy

The government is mulling a review of its visa waiver scheme after multiple raids exposed hundreds of foreign nationals allegedly abusing the facility to enter Indonesia and run online gambling and scam operations from Jakarta and two other cities.

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Nadiem Makarim, former education minister and co-founder of ride-hailing firm Gojek, arrives for a hearing on May 13 over alleged corruption related to the procurement of Google Chromebook laptops at the Jakarta Corruption Court.

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Outcry as prosecutors seek 18-year sentence for Nadiem

Prosecutors on Wednesday demanded an 18-year prison sentence for former education minister Nadiem Makarim over a corruption case linked to the procurement of Google Chromebook laptops for the ministry’s school digitalization program between 2020 to 2022.

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Women purchase Minyakita cooking oil on April 7, 2026, during a low-cost food program in Cisalak, Depok, West Java. The Depok city administration, in cooperation with State Logistics Agency (Bulog), organized the event, offering various staple foods below market prices to help ease the burden on residents.

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Authorities examine increased Minyakita price in Pekanbaru

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Indonesia to review visa waivers after foreign scammers' arrests

Authorities last week detained more than 500 people in two separate raids on an online gambling ring in the capital Jakarta and a scamming syndicate in Batam.

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President Prabowo Subianto (center) watches as Attorney General ST Burhanuddin (left) symbolically hands over administrative fine payments on May 13, 2026, to Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa during an event at the Attorney General’s Office in Jakarta. The Forest Area Enforcement Task Force handed over 10.27 trillion rupiah to the state treasury, consisting of 3.42 trillion rupiah in forestry administrative fines and 6.84 trillion rupiah in land and non-land tax revenues from task force supervision, as well as 2.37 million hectares of forest land reclaimed by the state.

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Prabowo pledges tougher asset recovery to fund public projects

Former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo arrives at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 15, 2025 to attend President Prabowo Subianto's first State of the Nation address.

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Jokowi to kick off nationwide tour in eastern Indonesia

Technology consultant and graft defendant Ibrahim Arief (left) walks with his lawyer after the verdict hearing against him at the Jakarta Corruption Court in Jakarta on May 12, 2026. The judges sentenced him to four years in prison after finding him guilty of jointly committing corruption with other defendants in the procurement of Google Chromebook laptops for schoolchildren.

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Tech consultant gets four years in prison in Chromebook graft case

Members of Greenpeace Indonesia and Papuan youths stage a protest featuring theatrical performances against a controversial government-run sugarcane plantation plan in Merauke, Papua, outside the Office of the Coordinating Economy Minister in Jakarta on Dec. 18, 2025.

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Papua documentary crackdown sparks fears over free speech, military overreach

Dadan Hindayana, the head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), reacts as ministers, agency representatives, and stakeholders attend a coordination meeting on the implementation of the Free Nutritious Meal Program (MBG) at the Coordinating Ministry for Food in Jakarta on March 3, 2025.

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BGN head reported to KPK over alleged halal certification mark up

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Foreign nationals, who police said were mainly from Vietnam, walk on May 10, 2026, ahead of being transported after their arrest in Jakarta. The detainees have been suspected of running an online gambling operation for two months at an office building

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Jakarta raid on foreign nationals raises questions over gambling ring financiers

A man cleans up a communal bathroom on May 8 in Tomang subdistrict, Grogol Petamburan district, West Jakarta. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) recorded the number of community units (RW) classified as slum neighborhoods in Jakarta has decreased from 445 in 2017 to 211 this year.

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Slums in Jakarta reduced by half in past decade

Cultural pride: Participants take part in the “Parade Inspirasi Diri” on April 26 during the Car Free Day (CFD) event at Jakarta’s Hotel Indonesia traffic circle. The parade, showcasing a cross-disciplinary arts collaboration featuring 143 dancers, musicians and choir members, is part
of the Road to Pagelaran Sabang Merauke 2026, which will be held Aug. 21-23 at Indonesia Arena in Senayan, Jakarta.

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Pramono opens CFD in Rasuna Said area, launches waste sorting movement

Children play on May 5, 2026, in floodwaters in Bojong Kavling, Rawa Buaya, West Jakarta. The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that as of 2 p.m., 18 neighborhood units and one road remained inundated, with water levels ranging from 15 to 95 centimeters following heavy rainfall that caused rivers to overflow.

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Dry season nears but heavy rain still expected across Jakarta

A search and rescue team uses heavy machinery on March 9, 2026, the day after a landslide at the Bantargebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, the country’s biggest, buried garbage trucks, food stalls and 13 people, killing seven.

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Jakarta mandates household sorting to tackle chronic waste crisis

A number of students take part in automotive training at a private vocational school in Jakarta on April 4, 2026. The Jakarta administration expanded its free private school program in 2026 covering 103 schools across various education levels, aiming to expand access to education for Jakarta residents.

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Jakarta expands free schooling scheme as out-of-school rate remains high

Passengers ride a commuter train during afternoon rush hour in Jakarta on April 29, 2026.

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Between safety and fear: Women commuters navigate travel after deadly crash

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Authorities examine increased Minyakita price in Pekanbaru

Tributes in Bekasi: Flower bouquets on May 2, 2026, line Bekasi Timur Station in West Java. Commuters placed the flowers in memory of the 16 women killed in the deadly April 27 train collision.

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On the Blue Line, daily commutes now carry quiet anxiety

Pesek, 28, perches in her nest with her baby, her seventh born as part of a conservation program, in this undated video still taken in a section of the Mount Leuser National Park in Bahorok district, Langkat regency, North Sumatra.

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Threatened orangutans evacuated from North Sumatra villages

A truck is impounded at the Riau Police headquarters in Pekanbaru in this undated photo released on May 11, 2026. The truck contained some 10 cubic meters of illegally logged timber from the Giam Siak Kecil Biosphere Reserve in Siak regency, Riau.

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Police foil two separate cases of illegal logging in Riau

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Four killed, 19 injured in North Sumatra bus accident

North Sumatra Police Highway Patrol Unit head Sr. Adj. Comr. Dhery Fajariandono said police were still searching for the bus and pickup truck drivers, both of whom are suspected of fleeing the scene following the crash.

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Riau Islands Police clamp down on fuel fraud, smuggling in border areas

The Riau Islands Police are coordinating with several security agencies to monitor the maritime border in the province against fuel smuggling and other illegal practices by unscrupulous groups seeking to profit from the global oil price shocks.

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Surabaya Police chief Sr. Comr. (third right) Luthfie Sulistiawan is flanked by Indonesian Interpol National Center Bureau (NCB) Transnational Crimes Department head Sr. Comr. Ricky Purnama (third left), Surabaya Police Crimes Investigation (Reskrim) unit chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Edy Herwiyanto (second) right and other officials hold pieces of evidence during a press conference in Surabaya on May 08, 2026. Surabaya Police have dismantled an international scamming ring, consisting of 44 suspects from China, Indonesia, Japan and Taiwan.

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Police detain 44 people in Surabaya scam ring, mostly foreigners

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Motorcyclists ride past the Sulianti Saroso Infectious Diseases Hospital in Jakarta on May 12, 2026, where a male British national was quarantined due to suspected hantavirus exposure, although he was eventually declared uninfected.

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Vitamins over vaccines: Misinformation entrenched amid Indonesia measles surge

Misinformation circulating on social media about vaccines causing disease paralysis, behavioral problems, or worse has become an issue as the number of measles cases in Indonesia has soared, becoming the second-highest in the world behind only war-torn Yemen, according to the Indonesian Pediatric Society (IDAI).

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Prisons, inmates assigned to cook free meals for schoolchildren

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