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Police investigate alleged matricide in Medan

A 12-year-old daugther allegedly murdered her mother with 20 stabs on her back and hands.

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Authorities are working to identify 11 bodies found floating off Riau coast

The head of the Rokan Hilir Police Water and Air Unit, Adj. Comr. Charisma Fajar Angkasa Putra, said local fishermen discovered the bodies at multiple locations between Nov. 7 and early December.

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Police seize thousands of timber products from illegal logging in Riau

Detectives spent a week navigating rivers and thick forests to reach the location.

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Flood aftermath: A man takes pictures on Dec. 13 as he stands on piles of uprooted trees swept away by a flash flood at Darul Mukhlisin Islamic boarding school in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh. Devastating floods and landslides have killed 1,006 people in Indonesia, rescuers said on Dec. 13 as the nation grapples with the huge scale of relief efforts.

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Aceh urges govt to allow entry of humanitarian aid from Malaysia

The aid, donated by Acehnese communities living in Malaysia, remains stranded in Malaysia due to administrative hurdles and because the disaster has not been declared a national emergency, according to Aceh administration spokesperson Teuku Kamaruzzaman.

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Officers watch as a suspected bootlegger (squatting) demonstrates how to produce ‘oplosan’ (moonshine) on Feb. 10, 2016, at a police station in Sleman regency, Yogyakarta.

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Indonesia has world's largest methanol poisoning cases, 30% fatal

A webinar on methanol poisoning involving experts from the WHO and other health professionals last week has pointed to an urgency for emergency planning to reduce illness and related risks in Indonesia, including ensuring the availability of antidotes.

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A resident observes thick clouds on Nov. 15 covering the Senayan area in Jakarta.

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Southern Indonesia brace for floods, extreme weather as cyclone threat looms

Several regions in southern Indonesia are bracing for potential floods, landslides and extreme weather following the discovery of a new cyclone seed that has already affected Bali and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), heightening urgency for disaster preparedness.

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Culture Minister Fadli Zon delivers a speech during the soft launch of the new 'official' history book in Jakarta on Dec. 14, 2025.

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Secrecy shrouds government’s history book launch

The recent “soft launch” of a contentious government-commissioned history book has drawn sharp criticism from historians and rights activists over its secrecy and perceived efforts to shape Indonesia’s historical narrative.

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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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Officers from the National Police’s Forensic Laboratory (Puslabfor Bareskrim) inspect the Terra Drone Indonesia building damaged by fire, in Central Jakarta, on Dec. 9, 2025.

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Kemayoran blaze kills 22, renews citywide fire safety concerns

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Building fire kills 20 in Jakarta: Police

A fire tore through a seven-story office building in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday, leaving at least 20 people dead and several others feared trapped inside.

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Southern Indonesia brace for floods, extreme weather as cyclone threat looms

An official from the Riau office of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Service Center (right) interviews illegal migrant workers repatriated from Malaysia who claimed they have not received their wages in this file photo.

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Police arrest recruiter of illegal migrant workers sent to Malaysia

People stand atop vehicles damaged by flooding from the overflowing Meureudu River on Dec. 13 at the yard of Dayah Tgk Chik Pante Geulima Mosque in Pidie Jaya, Aceh, Indonesia. According to preliminary data from the emergency response services, flooding since the river overflowed on Nov. 26 damaged or inundated 122 places of worship and 10,530 homes, forcing 5,729 families, or 20,114 people, to evacuate.

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Sumatra flood deaths exceed 1,000 as regions extend emergency status

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Nowhere to pray as logs choke flood-hit Indonesian mosque

Authorities have blamed the scale of devastation in northern Sumatra partly on uncontrolled logging.

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British adult content creator Tia Billinger, known as “Bonnie Blue“, arrives at Denpasar District Court for her trial in Denpasar, Bali on Dec. 12, 2025. A controversial British adult film star faces deportation from Bali for violating immigration laws after she was arrested on suspicion of making pornographic online content, police said on Dec. 11.

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British porn star to be deported from Bali after small fine

During a raid on Dec. 4, police seized a dark blue pickup truck labeled "Bang Bus" that reportedly had been untaxed since 2023 and had allegedly been illegally repainted from white to blue without re-registration.

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