In with the new: Port workers supervise as an electric railcar carriage is unloaded on May 30 at Tanjung Priok Port in North Jakarta. Commuter Line train operator PT Kereta Commuter Indonesia received 96 railcars from China to replace aging units.`

KAI Commuter to operate 96 new electric railcar carriages soon

KAI Commuter has received eight new trains, consisting of 96 carriages, from China to replace aging units, as part of a total order of 27 new electric trains, totaling 324 electric rail cars.

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Ministry presses charges against Jakarta over Bantar Gebang landfill

The Jakarta Environment Agency, which operates the Bantar Gebang landfill in neighboring West Java, is found to have failed to upgrade the waste water management system at the site, as well as failing to submit new documents on hazardous waste management.

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Fifty regional heads to join retreat in June: Bima Arya

Deputy home minister announces that 50 regional heads will join the second leadership retreat at IPDN Jatinangor next month, focusing on critical government programs.

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Looking ahead: Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti delivers a speech on May 28 during the launch of the STEM Indonesia Cerdas initiative to provide skills in artificial intelligence and STEM, in Jakarta. The initiative aims to reach 10 million students from 500 schools and is a collaboration among several ministries and the Riady Foundation.

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National AI, STEM initiative started by ministries, foundation

The initiative aims to provide foundational skills in AI and STEM to some 10 million students from about 500 public and private schools, including madrassa (Islamic curriculum school) and pesantren (Islamic boarding schools).

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Critical mission: Joint search and rescue personnel deploy heavy machinery on May 30 to search for victims buried during a rockslide at a quarry in Cirebon regency, West Java. At least 17 died and dozens more were injured during the incident.

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Rescue underway as eight still trapped in West Java quarry collapse

As of Saturday evening, authorities have evacuated at least 17 people who died from a rockslide at a quarry site in Cirebon regency, West Java.

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A man works on a toilet bowl seat in a shopping complex specializing in selling secondhand toilet parts in Jakarta on Nov. 14, 2017.

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Jakarta battles open defecation with communal toilets

The Jakarta administration is aiming to build more communal toilets in dense neighborhoods to eliminate open defecation, which is still practiced by more than 5,000 households across the city, according to 2024 data by the Statistics Indonesia (BPS).

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Jakarta to ban Betawi ‘ondel-ondel’ in busking

Jakarta plans to issue a regulation that bans the use of ondel-ondel in street busking as part of a broader effort to preserve the cultural integrity of the Betawi people, the city’s native inhabitants.

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A Thai-flagged fishing boat apprehended for illegal fishing activities is scuttled by Indonesian authorities in the waters of Langsa Aceh, Oct. 20, 2015.

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Authorities seize two Malaysian vessels for alleged illegal fishing

According to Pung, despite flying Malaysian flags, both vessels were crewed by Indonesian nationals. the SLFA 5210 had four Indonesian crew members on board, while the SLFA 4584 was manned by three.

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Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka inspects a site at Indonesia’s future capital city, Nusantara, on May 28, 2025, in East Kalimantan.

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Gibran makes first official visit to new capital Nusantara

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Macron, Prabowo to discuss strategic partnerships

Indonesia's foreign ministry said the two sides would discuss "existing strategic partnerships," without giving specific details about the areas of discussion.

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