A motorcyclist and his passenger drive past an empty shop-house on Jl. Gito Gati in Donorhajo village, Ngaglik district, of Yogyakarta’s Sleman regency on Jan. 6, 2026, the day after the Yogyakarta City Police raided the facility on suspicion it was being used as a base of operations for international scams.`

Yogyakarta City Police raid international scam group's local base

A raid mounted by the Yogyakarta City Police on Monday has netted an unknown number of suspects linked to an alleged cyber scam center operating out of a shop-house in Sleman regency.

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BMKG warns of extreme weather after Cyclone Jenna forms

BMKG has previously noted that Indonesia is increasingly exposed to tropical cyclones forming in both the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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China praises Indonesia on first ever panda cub’s birth

President Prabowo Subianto named the panda cub, a child of Cai To (male) and Hu Chun (female), Satria Wiratama, which means Virtuous Knight.

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Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel attend a Christmas security briefing at the National Monument (Monas) complex in Jakarta on Dec. 24, 2025.

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Plan to expand military role in counterterrorism draws flak

A draft Presidential Regulation (Perpres) lays out the military’s responsibilities in combating terrorism, including three roles for the Indonesian Military (TNI), which activists argue should be mainly carried out by civilian institutions such as the National Counterterrorism Agency (BNPT).

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Indigenous rights: Constitutional Court Chief Justice Suhartoyo ( center ) and Deputy Chief Justice Saldi Isra ( left ) conduct a ruling hearing on Thursday, October 16, at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta. The court ruled on 17 judicial review requests, including one requesting that indigenous communities should not need permits to farm in forests for noncommercial purposes.

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TNI, police laws faced most legal challenges at Constitutional Court in 2025

The revised Indonesian Military (TNI) Law and the 2002 National Police Law were the most frequently challenged legislation at the Constitutional Court last year, the court has reported.

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Catch it early: A health worker places a patient’s sputum sample into a viral transport medium on Monday during
an early detection screening process for “super flu” at the Padasuka community health center (Puskesmas) in Bandung, West Java. The Health Ministry designated the Padasuka Puskesmas as the only sentinel Influenza-Like Illness (ILI) research and development pilot health center in West Java for collecting samples for early detection of influenza, including the so-called super flu.

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Regions step up monitoring, vigilance against super flu

From August to December 2025, Indonesia confirmed 62 cases of super flu across eight provinces, with the highest numbers reported in East Java, South Kalimantan and West Java.

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Amid the rubble: A man searches for belongings on Dec. 11, 2025, near homes damaged by flooding in Kuala Simpang, Aceh Tamiang, Aceh.

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22 villages in Aceh vanish after Cyclone Senyar, dozens remain isolated

Sekumur village was completely destroyed by Cyclone Senyar. A total of 283 homes were swept away by a 10-meter-high flash flood when the cyclone struck. Today, nothing remains of the village except a mosque, which still stands amid mud and piles of debris.

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Jakarta Corruption Court judges hear the testimonies of graft case defendants in this undated file photo.

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Jakarta to remove abandoned monorail pillars in South Jakarta

Fatal accident: A building on Jl. Letjen Soeprapto is seen on Dec.9, 2025, after a fire in Cempaka Baru, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. The fire, which took place in a building housing a company providing unmanned aircraft for industrial use, left 22 people dead. There has been no immediate report on the cause.

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Overcrowded settlements, weak safety fuel Jakarta’s fire crisis

Vehicles pass by piles of garbage in Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, on Dec. 26, 2025. The city administration has declared a waste management emergency, in effect from Dec. 23, 2025, to Jan. 5, 2026, to accelerate cleanup efforts and mitigate the impact on residents’ health.

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South Tangerang waste emergency highlights national problem

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Yearender: Jakarta’s public space grow, but unevenly delivered

From 24-hour city parks to libraries extending their evening hours, Jakarta closed the year with a series of public space initiatives. Yet these expansions remain concentrated around economic hubs, reinforcing the spatial inequality that has long shaped the capital.

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