A young humpback dolphin swims in Kualuh River in North Labuhan Batu regency in North Sumatra on Jan. 31, 2019. A joint team is trying to catch it to return it to the sea. `

Riau’s viral humpback dolphin found dead in local river

A coastal dolphin species that went viral after its unusual appearance in the Batang Lubuh River in Rokan Hulu regency has been found dead a little over a week after it was first spotted.

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Lack of classrooms, teachers put Batam’s special-needs students at risk

Lagat Paroha Siadari, head of the Riau Islands Ombudsman, said the agency’s investigation found that 30 special-needs children in Batam could not be admitted to public special-needs schools this year because the city’s only such school, Sekolah Luar Biasa Negeri (SLBN) Batam, lacks capacity.

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Prosecutors indict four activists for inciting August unrest

Prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have charged four activists arrested after the August unrest, accusing them of spreading social media content deemed inciting hostility toward the government and encouraging students to take part in riots.

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President Prabowo Subianto (left) and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (second left) listens to their ministers' explanation during a cabinet meeting at the State Palace in Jakarta on Dec. 15, 2025.

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Palm oil expansion in Papua raises eyebrow

President Prabowo Subianto’s aspiration to expand palm oil plantations in Papua for biofuel production has drawn strong backlash from environmentalists, who warn the policy risks repeating the ecological disasters already unfolding in Sumatra.

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Activists and university students hold a peaceful protest on Dec. 16 in Banda Aceh, Aceh, protesting the government's handling of impacts of cyclone-induced floods and landslides that hit Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra that have claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people.

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Regions ask for more state funds for disaster recovery

To fund recovery and reconstruction after the cyclone-induced floods and landslides, the administrations of Aceh and West Sumatra are requesting the central government to not cut the regional transfer fund (TKD) for 2026.

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Ketapang immigration detains 26 Chinese after 'attack' on soldiers

Chinese nationals working at a gold mine allegedly attacked five soldiers and a security guard after the foreigners flew a drone in a mining area.

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A person watches as river water overflows onto a road on Dec. 14 in the Batu Busuk area of Pauh, Padang, West Sumatra. River water in the flash flood-affected residential area overflowed again, forcing the evacuation of several residents to safer locations.

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Hundreds isolated as another flash flood hits West Sumatra

Batu Basuak village has been hit by four flash floods since Nov. 24, with the most severe occurring on Nov. 27.

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Officers from the National Police’s Forensic Laboratory (Puslabfor Bareskrim) inspect the Terra Drone Indonesia building damaged by fire on Dec. 9 in Jakarta.

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Police probe deadly Jakarta fire, name drone firm director suspect

Firefighters extinguish a blaze at Kramat Jati wholesale market, East Jakarta, on Dec. 15, 2025. At least 350 stalls were burned.

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Hundreds of stalls gutted in Kramat Jati market blaze

People walk past a burned motorcycle on Dec. 12, 2025, following unrest in the Kalibata area of South Jakarta. Nine kiosks, six motorcycles and one car were set on fire by a mob, allegedly triggered by the assault of two debt collectors on Jl. Raya Kalibata a day earlier.

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Six cops named suspects in fatal assault on debt collectors in Kalibata

Police officers stand guard on Dec. 11, 2025, near the free-meals delivery vehicle that struck students and a teacher at SDN Kalibaru 01 Pagi state elementary school in Cilincing, North Jakarta. The incident left 20 students and one teacher injured and requiring treatment at nearby hospitals.

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Free meals under renewed scrutiny after van injures 21 at Jakarta school

Line of cracks: A man walks with his fishing rod on Dec. 6, 2025, on top of a giant seawall built to prevent flooding, in Muara Baru, North Jakarta. Several sections of the seawall appear to have cracked, allowing seawater to overflow into residential areas.

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Leaking Jakarta seawall raises concern over rising sea level, maintenance

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21 injured as car plows into students, teacher at North Jakarta elementary school

A vehicle reportedly belonging to the government’s free nutritious meals program lost control and rammed through the school’s gate, despite the gate being closed, before entering the school yard where dozens of students and staff were assembled for a literacy activity.

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