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Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri (second left) met with President Prabowo Subianto (second right) at the State Palace on March 19, 2026, in a closed-door meeting to discuss a range of geopolitical issues. — Former president and Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri (second left) met with President Prabowo Subianto (second right) at the State Palace on March 19, 2026, in a closed-door meeting to discuss a range of geopolitical issues.`

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Prabowo, Megawati holds closed-door discussion on geopolitics

Quasi-opposition chairwoman underlined Jakarta’s free and active, non-aligned foreign policy amid ongoing geopolitical tensions.

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‘Mudik’ flow peaks two days ahead of Idul Fitri, say police

The National Police Traffic Corps (Korlantas) has projected that the peak of this year’s homecoming mudik (exodus) traffic flow has taken place two days ahead of Idul Fitri.

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Calls mount for public trial in activist acid attack

An internal military justice investigation of the alleged perpetrators clouds transparency and risks perpetuating impunity, civil society groups have said.

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Support and empathy: A man holds a poster during a demonstration in Yogyakarta on March 14, 2026, expressing solidarity with Andrie Yunus, a rights advocate with the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) who was targeted in an acid attack perpetrated by unknown individuals on March 12 in Central Jakarta.

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TNI names suspects in acid attack on Kontras activist

Exactly seven days since two unknown motorcyclists attacked Andrie Yusri with acid, leaving the rights activist with severe burns on his face and chest, law enforcement authorities have detained four suspects and identified another two in parallel investigations by the military police and the Jakarta Police.

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A teenager holds a smartphone in front of the mobile app icon for Meta-owned messaging service WhatsApp, in this illustration taken Sept. 11, 2025.

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Govt signals more online platforms could face under-16 restrictions

In addition to the eight "high-risk" platforms subject to restrictions under the new online child protection rule, the digital ministry has indicated that other social media apps like WhatsApp could be required to adjust their minimum user age, pending the results of their self-assessments.

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Homeward tide: An aerial view shows vehicles of homebound travelers lining up to board ferries at Gilimanuk Port in Jembrana, Bali, on March 15, 2026. Six days before Idul Fitri, traffic heading from Bali to Java surged as thousands of people began the annual mudik (exodus) to celebrate the holiday with family.

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Ramadan: A spectrum of diversity in Indonesia

This photo series traces those 30 days of devotion across Indonesia, capturing the colors, rituals and human moments that define Ramadan, from village mosques to crowded city streets.

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President Prabowo Subianto delivers a statement on March 9, 2026, at his private residence in Hambalang village, Bogor, West Java.

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Civil groups push back on Prabowo’s 'unpatriotic observers' claim

A rights activist and a legal analyst are among those who have hit out at the President's claim last Friday that government critics were "not patriotic", describing the statement as ill-conceived and ill-timed, especially amid heightened fear after the acid attack on a Kontras advocate the day prior.

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Italian, French citizens arrested in Bali over alleged porn video production

Edward said the investigation began after a pornographic video, featuring a woman believed to be MMJL and a masked man wearing an ojek (motorcycle taxi) uniform, went viral on social media.

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President Prabowo Subianto delivers a statement on March 9, 2026, at his private residence in Hambalang village, Bogor, West Java.

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Civil groups push back on Prabowo’s 'unpatriotic observers' claim

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KPK reiterates warning against accepting unofficial Idul Fitri 'money gifts'

Constitutional Court Justice Anwar Usman attends a 2024 legislative election dispute hearing on April 29, 2024, at the court building in Jakarta.

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Anwar Usman wraps up controversial tenure at Constitutional Court

Dozens of protesters hold a rally on March 3 to condemn United States and Israeli attacks on Iran and Palestine while holding posters reading 'US Imperialists, President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka are US puppet regimes' in front of the US Embassy in Jakarta.

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Letters, podcast and meetings: Ex-leaders step up amid govt’s muted response to Iran war

Advocacy for Democracy Team (TAUD) members hold posters on Monday in solidarity with Andrie Yunus, an activist and deputy coordinator with rights group Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), who suffered burns to 24 percent of his face and arms from acid thrown by two unidentified assailants on a motorcycle on Thursday after a press conference in Jakarta, Indonesia.

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Rights coalition urges premeditated murder probe in acid attack on Kontras activist

Former vice president Jusuf Kalla (center) is greeted by State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi (left) and Cabinet Secretary Teddy Indra Wijaya (right) as he arrives on March 3 at the Palace for a Ramadan dinner with President Prabowo Subianto and a number of former presidents and vice presidents.

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As opposition falters, Kalla emerges as bridge between critics, power

A poster reading "braver because of Andrie" with flowers is seen during a demonstration on March 14 in Yogyakarta in support of activist Andrie Yunus of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), who was attacked with acid by unidentified persons.

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Activists defiant following acid attack on rights defender

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A Commuter Line train passes next to the under-construction Jatake Station in Tangerang regency, Banten, on July 16, 2025.

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KCI Announces new plan to raise Greater Jakarta commuter line fares

Slow move: Logos of ride-hailing service providers “Grab” is seen on helmets worn by an online motorcycle taxi passenger in Jakarta on Feb. 4.

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‘Ojol’ shortage in Jakarta exposes gaps in ride-hailing sector

This aerial picture shows a rescue team using heavy machinery to search for people following a landslide at Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, on March 9, 2026. A landslide at the country's biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing four people, rescuers said on March 9 as they searched for at least five more reported missing.

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Jakarta mulls expanding Bantar Gebang landfill despite deadly landslide

This aerial picture shows a rescue team using heavy machinery to search for people following a landslide at Bantargebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, on March 9, 2026. A landslide on Indonesia's biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing four people, rescuers said on March 9 as they searched for at least five more reported missing.

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Deadly Bantar Gebang collapse exposes Jakarta’s decades-long waste mismanagement

A motorcyclist uses a pedicab service on March 8, 2026, to cross floodwaters on Jl. Ciledug Raya in Ulujami, South Jakarta. The flooding had been caused by overflow of the Pesanggrahan and Keuangan rivers after heavy rains hit the Greater Jakarta area.

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Relentless rain floods Greater Jakarta, kills motorcyclist

Landfill collapse at Bantargebang, Indonesia's biggest, kills four

The collapse took place at the Bantargebang landfill on Sunday, located in the outskirts of Jakarta, said Desiana Kartika Bahari, head of the local rescue agency.

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A man pays his respects to the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left, in framed picture) on March 5, 2026, during a prayer service at the Iranian ambassador's residence in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

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Tears and prayers in Jakarta as mourners bid farewell to Khamenei

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Homeward tide: An aerial view shows vehicles of homebound travelers lining up to board ferries at Gilimanuk Port in Jembrana, Bali, on March 15, 2026. Six days before Idul Fitri, traffic heading from Bali to Java surged as thousands of people began the annual mudik (exodus) to celebrate the holiday with family.

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Ramadan: A spectrum of diversity in Indonesia

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Italian, French citizens arrested in Bali over alleged porn video production

Batam Customs and Excise Office stacks 115 cardboard boxes of cigarettes, consisting of 640,000 H-Mind cigarettes and 480,000 OFO Bold cigarettes, in front of an impounded speedboat at Tanjung Uncang pier in Batam city, Riau Islands, in this picture issued on March 16. The contraband cigarettes without excise stamps are estimated to be worth Rp 1.66 billion (US$97.733).

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Batam Customs impounds speedboat carrying 1.12 million illegal cigarettes

Indonesian Navy personnel inspect packages of methamphetamine on May 26, 2025, at the Batam Customs Port in Riau Islands province.

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Police seize 29 kilos of meth smuggled from Thailand to Aceh

Excavators sit at an illegal gold mine raided by North Sumatra Police at an undisclosed location in North Sumatra in this photo issued on March 3, 2026. Police raided six illegal gold mines in South Tapanuli and Mandailing Natal regencies on March 2 and 3.

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N. Sumatra Police name 2 suspects in illegal gold mining case

A firefighter from the Environment and Forestry Ministry’s Manggala Agni fire brigade works to extinguish a forest fire on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.

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Thick smoke from Riau forest fires disrupts Idul Fitri exodus

Vehicles crowd the road leading to Gilimanuk Port on Sunday in Jembrana, Bali. Increased traffic six days before Idul Fitri 2026 has caused vehicle waiting lines on the Denpasar-Gilimanuk route to reach 30-40 kilometers.

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Holiday rush sparks 36-km traffic jam at Bali’s Gilimanuk Port

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Special Presidential Envoy on Energy and Climate Change Hashim Djojohadikusumo (left) slices a tumpeng (rice cone) on Nov. 10, 2025, during the opening ceremony of the Indonesian Pavilion at the United Nations climate change conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil. The Indonesian delegation for the conference showcased climate mitigation and adaptation efforts in the pavilion throughout the two-week summit in the Brazilian town.

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Hashim's appointment to national park task force raises eyebrows

Vehicles are seen stuck in traffic on Tuesday on the toll road heading out of Jakarta at the Cikampek Utama toll booth in Cikampek, West Java, as people head to their hometowns for the upcoming Idul Fitri holiday, which marks the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan.

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Indonesia braces for peak Idul Fitri ‘mudik’ season

Protecting the youth: This photo taken on Oct. 30, 2025, shows 10-year- old Bianca Navarro lying on the floor as she watches a show on YouTube at her home in western Sydney, Australia. Australia’s un- der-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology’s impact on young people, experts say.

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Online child exploitation looms amid planned social media restrictions

President Prabowo Subianto (center) points to his ministers on Friday ahead of a plenary cabinet meeting to discuss the government's preparation ahead of the Idul Fitri holiday and response to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East at the State Palace in Jakarta.

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Prabowo pushes smooth Idul Fitri ‘mudik’, stable food supply

A nutritionist shows a meal package to be distributed under the free nutritious meal program at the Tanjunganom kitchen in Nganjuk, East Java, on Oct. 20, 2025.

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Raw catfish sparks nationwide shutdown of free-meal kitchens

A group attend a 'manasik', or rehearsal, of the haj at Manakarra Beach in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, on Feb. 15, 2026. The Religious Affairs Ministry's regional office in Mamuju held a rehearsal of haj rituals for 240 Muslims expected to depart on the pilgrimage in May this year.

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Govt prepares contingencies for haj amid war in Iran

A man looks out toward the crude oil tanker Parnassos anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Omani capital Muscat on March 10, 2026, amid the United States-Israeli war with Iran.

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Families of 3 crew missing in Hormuz explosion desperate for answers

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