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Berau Regent Sri Juniarsih Mas inspects plastic waste on Feb. 11 during the inauguration of a waste-sorting facility on Derawan Island, East Kalimantan. The popular diving and snorkeling destination is grappling with a mounting waste crisis fueled by tourism and marine debris, underscoring the growing waste management challenges faced by many small islands across Indonesia’s vast archipelago. — Berau Regent Sri Juniarsih Mas inspects plastic waste on Feb. 11 during the inauguration of a waste-sorting facility on Derawan Island, East Kalimantan. The popular diving and snorkeling destination is grappling with a mounting waste crisis fueled by tourism and marine debris, underscoring the growing waste management challenges faced by many small islands across Indonesia’s vast archipelago.`

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Diving paradise Derawan Island faces mounting waste crisis

Covering just 44.6 hectares and home to around 2,000 residents, the island generates more than 46 tonnes of waste per day, more than double the national average waste production per capita.

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Garuda Schools perks draw backlash amid teacher welfare concerns

The facilities offered for teachers recruited for the Sekolah Garuda (Garuda Schools) program have drawn criticism for potentially creating disparities between educators at elite and regular schools.

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Torrential rains trigger widespread flooding in Grobogan

The disaster affected 42 villages across 10 districts, with water levels reported between 50 and 100 centimeters. Floodwaters also inundated 26 schools, more than 1,800 hectares of rice fields and severely damaged two houses.

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The Indonesian Military's (TNI) Joint Regional Defense Command (Kogabwilhan) III commanding general Lt. Gen. Bambang Trisnohadi (right) talks to two Papuan students on Feb. 17 during a public kitchen event in Tinibil village in Oksamol district, Pegunungan Bintang regency, Papua Highlands, in this picture provided by the Defense Ministry. Kogabwilhan III also provided basic medical service for villagers.

TNI holds public kitchen, medical service in Papua village

The activities are in line with national policy to accelerate welfare development in Papua as regulated by Presidential Instruction No. 9/2020 and Law No. 2/2021 on Special Autonomy for Papua.

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A patient files a request on Feb. 13, 2026, to reactivate his subsidized national health insurance (JKN) policy at the Bekasi Municipality Social Affairs Agency in Bekasi, West Java.

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Thousands regain JKN subsidized coverage, social minister says

Officials will launch ground verification to ensure whether 2,000 beneficiaries that switch to the self-funded scheme can still pay for the premiums by themselves or require subsidies from the state.

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Muslim boys gather to watch the position of the moon to determine the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the roof of Al-Musyari'in mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 17, 2026.

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Ramadan starts Thursday, says government

The government has announced that Ramadan will start on Thursday following an isbat (moon sighting confirmation) meeting on Tuesday.

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An illustration of a drug arrest.

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Bima police chief, subordinates arrested for drug trafficking

Didik was arrested after the authorities discovered a suitcase containing 16.3 grams of methamphetamine, 50 ecstasy pills, 19 alprazolam tablets, two “Happy Five” pills and 5 grams of ketamine during a raid at the private residence of a female police officer in Karawaci, Tangerang, on Feb. 11.

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Interrupted childhood: Two children from Gampong Gunci village stand in a temporary housing complex on Monday in Sawang, North Aceh, Aceh province. A total of 326 residents from 85 families have been living in the emergency shelters for three months after flash floods and landslides struck their villages in late November 2025. They are scheduled to relocate to temporary housing at the start of Ramadan.

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Thousands of Aceh flood evacuees welcome Ramadan from emergency tents

Panji Akbar, another evacuee in Aceh Tamiang, said he fears this year’s Ramadan will be far less peaceful than in previous years.

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Graft defendant Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza, son of oil tycoon Riza Chalid and beneficial owner of fuel terminal company PT Orbit Terminal Merak, sits in the courtroom of the Jakarta Corruption Court in Jakarta on Feb. 13, 2026 ahead of his sentence demand hearing. Prosecutors demanded Kerry be sentenced to 18 years in prison for his alleged role in a corruption case pertaining to crude oil procurement at state energy company Pertamina.

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Riza Chalid’s son faces 18 years in Pertamina graft case

Italian Navy light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi is seen in this undated photo at an unknown location. The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has approved a foreign loan limit of US$450 million for the Indonesian Navy to acquire the carrier.

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Indonesia expects first ever aircraft carrier in October

President Prabowo Subianto delivers his remarks at the Indonesia Economic Outlook 2026 forum in Jakarta on Friday, when he also defended the free nutritious meal program while acknowledging some problems in its implementation.

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Prabowo says Indonesia may need an authoritarian touch to fight corruption

A general view of a Constitutional Court ruling hearing on a petition to remove the presidential nomination threshold on Jan. 2, 2025, in Central Jakarta. The court justices ruled in favor of the plaintiffs, four students from Sunan Kalijaga Islamic State University in Yogyakarta, to remove the nomination threshold for future presidential elections.

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Constitutional Court examines free meals budget

President Prabowo Subianto delivers a speech at the inauguration of 1,072 police-run Nutrition Fulfillment Service Units (SPPG) across Indonesia at Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Feb. 13. The event also marked the opening of 18 police food warehouses and the groundbreaking of 107 new SPPG units, supporting the free meals program.

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Prabowo unveils nationwide police-backed rollout of free meals

Former religious affairs minister and graft suspect Yaqut Cholil Qoumas leaves the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Jan. 30, 2026, following an interrogation session. The antigraft body named Yaqut a suspect for allegedly enriching himself as well as other officials and travel agencies pertaining to the distribution of the haj quota in 2024. Fakhri Hermansyah

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Former minister Yaqut files pretrial in haj quota graft case

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators hold up cash and gold bars seized during the arrest of Finance Ministry's customs and excise directorate general officials at a press briefing at the antigraft body headquarters in Jakarta on Feb. 5, 2026. The KPK name six suspects in a bribery case pertaining to import duties involving several officials from the customs and excise office.

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KPK intensifies raids amid calls for independence

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Collateral damage: A fisherman pulls in a net beyond a pile of fish carcasses on Thursday along a bank of the Cisadane River in Tangerang, Banten. The Environment Ministry said liquid pesticide pollution flowed from the Jaletreng River into the Cisadane River for about 22.5 kilometers, causing the deaths of various aquatic species.

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Tangerang river cleanup begins after toxic spill

A teacher distributes free meals to students while schools remain closed following a building collapse at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Miftahul Falah in Gunungputri, Bogor regency, West Java, on Feb. 2, 2026. The government has confirmed that the program will continue during Ramadan, with menus and distribution times adjusted for students observing the fast.

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Ramadan free meals draw ire over cost, safety

Dead fish lie on a rock by the Cisadane river on July 28, 2023, in Tangerang, Banten, as the water level decreased due to prolonged hot weather.

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Fire at Tangerang pesticide warehouse triggers toxic spill into rivers

Congested traffic is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, during the afternoon rush on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, South Jakarta. Jakarta plans to finalize a 25-year roadmap on air quality control and protection by the end of this year.

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Jakarta accelerates air quality roadmap as pollution worsens

Residents walk past the former British Embassy building on Feb. 10, 2026, near the Hotel Indonesia (Bundaran HI) traffic circle in Jakarta. President Prabowo Subianto previously announced the allocation of a 4,000-square-meter plot at the site for the construction of a 40-story Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) skyscraper, dubbed the “Umat Building”, which will house various Islamic groups.

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New Islamic groups’ office plan raises heritage concerns

Seawater counterflow: A motorist passes on Dec. 6 along the side of a giant seawall that appears to have cracked in several sections, allowing seawater to overflow into residential areas in Muara Baru, North Jakarta.

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Jakarta tightens groundwater rule to curb subsidence

Comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono summoned by police over Netflix show

Police said he had been summoned but did not name him as a suspect in any offenses or mention any formal charges.

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An illustration of a drug arrest.

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Bima police chief, subordinates arrested for drug trafficking

Interrupted childhood: Two children from Gampong Gunci village stand in a temporary housing complex on Monday in Sawang, North Aceh, Aceh province. A total of 326 residents from 85 families have been living in the emergency shelters for three months after flash floods and landslides struck their villages in late November 2025. They are scheduled to relocate to temporary housing at the start of Ramadan.

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Thousands of Aceh flood evacuees welcome Ramadan from emergency tents

Ongoing conflict: Personnel from a joint military and police team remove the bodies on Feb. 12 of a Smart Air pilot and copilot at Korowai airfield in Boven Digoel regency, South Papua.

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Police arrest two armed criminals in Yahukimo

Norwegian International Development Minister Asmund Aukrust (left) shakes hands and holds a memento with Indonesian Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni on Feb. 12 during the launch of the fourth period of the Community Environmental Fund Service Small Grant in Jakarta. The small grant is a funding scheme to support Indonesia’s Forestry and Other Land Use (FOLU) Net sink 2030 target.

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Norway, Indonesia launch fourth period of Environmental Fund

A firefighter battles a peatland wildfire on July 10, 2025, as forest and land fires returned amid extreme heat, in Rimba Panjang, Riau.

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Riau declares emergency alert for forest fires

A man in Hanoman costume shakes hands with a visitor on Feb. 13, 2026, during the Tok Panjang communal dinner at the opening ceremony of Semawis Imlek night market in the Chinatown in Gang Gambiran, Semarang. Tok Panjang is usually held to celebrate Chinese New Year, locally known as Imlek, and this year will be the Year of the Horse.

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Semarang holds Imlek night market to welcome Chinese New Year

Mourners weep during a symbolic funeral ceremony for missing victims at the site of flash floods and landslides in Hutanabolon, Tukka district, Central Tapanuli, North Sumatra, on Dec. 23, 2025. The ceremony was held for families who lost relatives during the recent flash floods and landslides.

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Fresh floods devastate Central Tapanuli two months after deadly cyclone

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Muslim boys gather to watch the position of the moon to determine the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the roof of Al-Musyari'in mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 17, 2026.

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Ramadan starts Thursday, says government

Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel and local residents pick up trash on Feb. 15 from Kenjeran Beach in Surabaya, East Java, during a community beach cleanup. The activity was launched following President Prabowo Subianto's order for regular cleanups by regional administrations and local communities.

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Govt instructs cleanups to solve waste problem

A person uses a flyboard as they perform a lion dance on Feb. 14 at Senayan Park shopping mall, ahead of the Chinese Lunar New Year, which will welcome the Year of the Horse, in Jakarta.

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Chinese Muslims navigate identities amid Lunar New Year, Ramadan overlap

Motorists wait for the one-way traffic scheme implementation on March 29, 2025, in Tasikmalaya regency, West Java. The Tasikmalaya Municipality Police enforces a one-way traffic scheme on the road from Garut and Tasikmalaya in West Java to Central Java to prevent congestion during the 'mudik' (exodus) travel season ahead of the Idul Fitri holidays.

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Free ‘mudik’ kicks off as Indonesia braces for massive population movement

An illustration of self-pulse palpation, or checking one’s pulse by touch

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Routinely checking your pulse may help detect arrhythmia early, say heart health groups

An activist takes part in a hunger strike outside the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta on Aug. 14, 2023, as part of a protest demanding lawmakers pass the long-awaited domestic workers protection bill.

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Civil groups renew calls for domestic workers bill passage

The Jaletreng River flows through South Tangerang, Banten, in this undated picture. The river is one of the tributaries of the Cisadane River that runs from Bogor regency in West Java to South Tangerang, as well as Tangerang city and regency in Banten, before emptying into the Java Sea.

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