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This handout picture taken and released on January 4, 2026 by National Search and Resque Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescue personnel securing a body bag containing the remains of missing Spanish man Fernando Martin Carreras, from waters off Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara. — This handout picture taken and released on January 4, 2026 by National Search and Resque Agency (BASARNAS) shows rescue personnel securing a body bag containing the remains of missing Spanish man Fernando Martin Carreras, from waters off Labuan Bajo in East Nusa Tenggara. `

Budget slashed for Basarnas despite disaster surge

Ministries and agencies have been ordered to cut budgets to make room for areas that President Prabowo Subianto has prioritized, such as his flagship free meals programs and higher defense spending.

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Online backlash after soldier, police allegedly assault, intimidate Jakarta street hawker

Suderajat said he tried to explain that the dessert he was selling was safe, but the group allegedly struck him with a rattan stick. He further claimed that he was repeatedly kicked with military boots until he fell to the ground.

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Environmental organizations, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), attributed the severe impact of the Senyar Cyclone to large-scale deforestation and weak enforcement of environmental regulations in Sumatra Island.

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The reassignment of President Prabowo Subianto’s nephew Thomas Djiwandono to the senior post of the country's central bank has fueled speculations of a cabinet reshuffle, with attention turning to the possible appointment of another family member to an executive post.

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Former Golkar Party politician and House of Representatives deputy speaker Adies Kadir attends a House plenary session on Jan. 27, 2026, at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta. The House appointed Adies for the Constitutional Court justice seat to replace incumbent justice Arief Hidayat, who will retire in February.

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The House of Representatives abruptly appointed lawmaker Adies Kadir as a Constitutional Court justice, replacing an appointee who had served only five months. Adies was embroiled in controversy over remarks that fueled the August unrest.

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Residents clear debris while searching for landslide victims on Jan. 24, 2026, in Pasirlangu village, Cisarua, West Bandung regency, West Java. An assessment by a joint search and rescue team and local authorities as of 12:30 p.m. showed that 34 families, or 113 people, were affected by the landslide, with 23 survivors, eight people found dead and 82 others still missing.

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Four soldiers among dead as West Java landslide toll rises to 43

Indonesian Navy chief of staff Adm. Muhammad Ali said that 19 Marine Corps personnel were still missing.

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Commuters look on as dark clouds on Jan. 23, 2026 hang over high-rise buildings in Jakarta

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Jakarta expands cloud seeding to curb flood risks

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) previously forecast rainfall to increase until the end of January in many parts of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara islands.

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Rescue members carry a body bag containing the remains of a victim from the site of a landslide following heavy rains in Pasirlangu village, West Bandung regency, West Java, on January 27, 2026.

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Rescuers have been scouring the unstable area in West Bandung region manually and using heavy equipment. But they are treading carefully for fear of another landslide due to bad weather.

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Police chief opposes proposal to place police under ministry

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Government pushes police civilian posts rule despite court ruling

Chairman of the Gerakan Rakyat (People's Movement) Party Sahrin Hamid (second left), honorary member Anies Baswedan (center), head of the advisory council Sulfikar Amir (left), secretary-general M. Ridwan (second right) and treasurer Prita Subono (right) symbolically open the party's first national working meeting for 2026 in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2026.

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New political parties face long road to 2029 elections

Poll workers count ballots at a polling station on Nov. 27, 2024, in Banda Aceh, Aceh, after voters cast their votes to pick local leaders in the country's biggest simultaneous regional election. More than 200 million people were eligible to vote to choose dozens of governors and mayors and 415 regents.

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House postpones plan to scrap direct regional elections

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Commuters look on as dark clouds on Jan. 23, 2026 hang over high-rise buildings in Jakarta

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Jakarta expands cloud seeding to curb flood risks

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Government halts operations at eight polluting facilities in Greater Jakarta

Children wade through floodwaters on Jan. 23, 2026 in the Kebon Pala neighborhood, Jatinegara, East Jakarta. Flooding from the Ciliwung River and Katulampa Dam in Bogor had submerged the area, with water reaching up to 130 centimeters.

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Jakarta battles floods with river cleanup, normalization plan

Low-income housing is seen on Nov. 13, 2025, on the banks of the Ciliwung River in Matraman, East Jakarta. The explosion of janitor fish (Pterygoplichthys sp.) shows the failure of the river's self-recovery capacity.

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Children play in the water, using bamboo pieces as floats on September 20, 2025, next to a seawall in Cilincing, North Jakarta.

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Jakarta to break ground on giant sea wall in September

Motorists pass a pile of household waste on Jan. 6 in South Tangerang, Banten. The municipality administration has declared a waste emergency due to unmanaged waste generated across the city in the past month.

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South Tangerang temporarily stops sending waste to Bogor

Indonesian policemen escort one of two terror suspects link to Central Jakarta's Sarinah bomb on March 2, 2016, in Malang, East Java. The 2016 bomb-and-gun assault on Central Jakarta's Sarinah area killed eight people, including four attackers.

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Ten years after Sarinah attack, Indonesia’s fight against terror moves online

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Residents clear debris while searching for landslide victims on Jan. 24, 2026, in Pasirlangu village, Cisarua, West Bandung regency, West Java. An assessment by a joint search and rescue team and local authorities as of 12:30 p.m. showed that 34 families, or 113 people, were affected by the landslide, with 23 survivors, eight people found dead and 82 others still missing.

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West Bandung landslide death toll rises to 34, dozens missing

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Flood-torn: A student folds a mud-stained Indonesian flag on Dec. 7, 2025, during a clean-up of her flood-affected school in Padang, West Sumatra. Severe floods and landslides killed close to a thousand people on Sumatra in late December 2025.

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Flood-hit Sumatra students still studying in tents two months after disaster

Green patrol: Mangrove conservationists conduct a riverine patrol on April 12, 2025 at the Teluk Pambang mangrove forest in Bengkalis regency, Riau.

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Rosita Istiawan, 64, stands in the forest she and her family nurtured on Jan. 12 in Megamendung district, Bogor regency, West Java. Purchased as barren land in 2001, the plot was transformed into a lush forest now home to around 44,000 trees.

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Ahmad Rohimat, 30, collects belongings from his damaged house following a landslide due to heavy rains in Pasir Langu village, West Bandung regency, West Java province, Indonesia, January 27, 2026.

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Unchecked plantations, construction fuel deadly West Java landslide

Protesters stage a demonstration in front of the Riau Prosectuor's Office in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Nov. 20, 2025, rejecting the relocation of local communities residing within the Tesso Nilo National Park in the province to other areas.

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Nine suspects named in encroachment, vandalism at Tesso Nilo National Park

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Medical workers check a women's blood pressure during the opening day of the nationwide free birthday health screening program at a community health center (Puskesmas) in Surabaya, East Java on Feb. 10, 2025.

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Class struggle: Teacher Armani checks his students’ work on Nov. 20, 2025, in their damaged classroom at SDN 2 state elementary school in Cibaliung village, Pandeglang regency, Banten.

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A faded hand stencil that is dated at least 67,800 years old is highlighted by a color palette chart held by an archaeologist during an expedition at the Liang Metanduno cave on Muna Island, Southeast Sulawesi, in May 2019.

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Shut it down: Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq (right) oversees the installation of a warning sign by the Environment Ministry during an inspection at a company site in the Batang Toru watershed, North Sumatra, on Dec. 5, 2025.

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Students pray on Oct. 30, 2025, before eating lunches supplied by the government's free nutritious meal program at an elementary school in Banda Aceh, Aceh.

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Social Affairs Minister Saifullah “Gus Ipul“ Yusuf delivers remarks during a joint prayer to mark the beginning of 2026 at the Ministry of Social Affairs in Jakarta on Jan. 9, 2026.

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