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Jakartans embrace 24-hour park access, but wary of nighttime crime

The city administration has officially extended the operating hours of five public parks as part of Governor Pramono Anung’s campaign to expand access to public spaces and stimulate nighttime economic activity in the capital.

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PPATK freezes dormant bank accounts to ‘protect public' from online gambling

The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) says it has frozen dormant bank accounts to “protect the public” from predatory schemes like online gambling and fraud, following reports that some bank customers found their accounts blocked without notice.

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Prabowo shuts down talk of running for a second term

Speaking during an event organized by his Gerindra Party's youth wing PP Tidar, Prabowo said he has been in office for less than a year and the decision whether to run again would depend on his own assessment of whether he had succeeded in his first term.

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Fatal incident: Search and rescue personnel attempt to remove bodies of two traditional gold miners entrapped in a landslide in Banti village, Tembagapura, Timika, Papua, on July 29.

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Rescue teams search for 19 people after landslide at gold mine in Papua

Torrential rain triggered a landslide late on Friday in a small-scale mine run by local residents in the Arfak mountains in West Papua province, said Abdul Muhari, the spokesperson of the National Disaster Mitigation Agency.

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Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spews volcanic ash during an eruption as seen from Nobo Village in East Flores, East Nusa Tenggara on March 1, 2025.

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Indonesia raises alert to highest level for Lewotobi Laki-laki volcano

Indonesia raised the alert level of Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki to the highest after it erupted eight times over the weekend, its volcanology agency has said.

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Up in arms: Army personnel march during celebrations to mark the 78th anniversary of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in Banda Aceh, Aceh, on Oct. 5, 2023.

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Fears grow that dark past may be rewritten with government's new history books

The 10-volume series would have an Indonesia-centric narrative and aims "to reinvent the Indonesian identity," Culture Minister Fadli Zon told Reuters in an interview.

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Police open probe into incest-promoting Facebook groups

The police have begun cracking down on Facebook groups that allegedly posts adult content revolving around incest, amid mounting calls for the operators behind these illicit accounts to be brought to justice.

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A woman and her children undergo a tuberculosis (TB) screening on May 14, 2025, at a community health center (Puskesmas) in Bandung, West Java. The Health Ministry has launched several initiatives to treat TB, focusing on screening, treatment and prevention, with around Rp 2.4 trillion (US$145 million) earmarked for the measures.

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Jakarta launches another intercity bus route to Bekasi

Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung (right) and his deputy, Rano Karno (center), talk with a prospective tenant of low-cost rental apartments (rusunawa) Jagakarsa in South Jakarta on May 8, 2025.

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Pramono targets over 1,000 ‘rusunawa’ units by next year to ease housing backlog

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Thousand Islands hosts environmental education trip

Cooperation between the public and private sectors is needed to protect natural areas like Pramuka Island National Park.

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Police officers stand at formation during a roll call on May 9 in preparation for a two-week operation to curb thuggery and street brawls across Jakarta that will last until May 23.

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Jakarta Police crack down on thuggery, street brawls

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Nearly 700 buildings in Jakarta lacking fire safety equipment

Only seven of 10 multi-story buildings in the city were found of having proper fire safety equipment, as found by the Jakarta Fire and Rescue Agency in an inspection in 2024.

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