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A teacher distributes free meals to students while schools remain closed following a building collapse at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Miftahul Falah in Gunungputri, Bogor regency, West Java, on Feb. 2, 2026. The government has confirmed that the program will continue during Ramadan, with menus and distribution times adjusted for students observing the fast. — A teacher distributes free meals to students while schools remain closed following a building collapse at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Miftahul Falah in Gunungputri, Bogor regency, West Java, on Feb. 2, 2026. The government has confirmed that the program will continue during Ramadan, with menus and distribution times adjusted for students observing the fast.`

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Ramadan free meals draw ire over cost, safety

The government’s decision to continue its free meals program during the upcoming fasting month of Ramadan has drawn mounting criticism over unnecessary state spending and unresolved food safety risks, as reports of poisoning continue to surface nationwide.

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Public spat between two ministers raises questions about weak coordination

A public spat between two ministers has cast a spotlight on the unity of President Prabowo Subianto’s cabinet, with analysts saying it reflects weak coordination and unhealthy competition within the cabinet that could hinder the government programs.

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Tangerang toxic spill disrupts clean water supply

The Environment Ministry announced on Wednesday that authorities had identified two types of chemical pesticides, namely cypermethrin and profenofos, which had contaminated a 22.5-kilometer section of the Cisadane River and its tributary the Jaletreng River.

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Members of the Indonesian military (TNI) and police evacuate students on Jan. 29, 2026 that are suspected to have suffered from food poisoning from the free meals program at a senior high school in Kudus regency, Central Java.

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200 students in North Sumatra fall ill after consuming govt provided lunch

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Dead fish lie on a rock by the Cisadane river on July 28, 2023, in Tangerang, Banten, as the water level decreased due to prolonged hot weather.

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Fire at Tangerang pesticide warehouse triggers toxic spill into rivers

No casualties were reported. However, authorities said liquid pesticides that spilled during the fire, along with water used to extinguish the flames, flowed into nearby drainage channels that connect directly to the Cisadane River and its tributary, the Jalantreng River.

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Mount Lawu in this undated file photo.

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Missing Mt. Lawu hiker found dead after 24-day search

The climber's body was found along a river with steep slopes in a slippery and highly risky for search and rescue workers.

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Punchlines and power: An official poster for Mens Rea, a stand-up special by Indonesian comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono, who uses satire to poke fun at those in power and has drawn a large audience on global streaming platform Netflix.

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Comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono faces customary tribunal over stand-up remarks

Pandji drew complaints from the indigenous Toraja community after he criticized the Rambu Solo burial ritual during a stand-up performance in 2013.

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An aerial photo shows a containment pond at the center of the Lapindo mudflow eruption site in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, on Feb. 8, 2026. The Environment Ministry says it will soon prepare a Strategic Environmental Assessment as part of its efforts to manage the Lapindo mud disaster, which continues to spew hot mud from underground.

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Lapindo task force focuses on mudflow pond's stability amid extreme weather

Water and mud are discharged periodically into the Porong River to maintain the retention pond's capacity.

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Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators hold up cash and gold bars on Feb. 5, 2026, seized during the arrest of Finance Ministry's customs and excise directorate general officials at a press briefing at the antigraft body headquarters in Jakarta. The KPK named six suspects in a bribery case pertaining to import duties involving several officials from the customs and excise office.

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President Prabowo Subianto, along with his coalition members, gestures as he delivers a speech on March 20, 2024, in Jakarta, after the general election commission announced the 2024 presidential election results.

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Electoral considerations slow early backing for Prabowo’s reelection

Visitors walk past skulls made from resin and grave markers recreated for an art installation in Jakarta on May 21, 2024, to commemorate "26 years of the reform movement" and since the May 1998 Indonesia riots, in which hundreds of protesters were killed or disappeared in unrest that brought an end to the rule of former president Soeharto.

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Witnesses in 1998 mass rape lawsuit tell court of attempt to erase history

The late Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines, retired Lt. Gen. Agus Widjojo, in a photograph released on Feb. 9 by the Indonesian Embassy in Manila.

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Former Lemhannas governor Agus Widjojo, champion of military reform, dies at 78

A Leonardo M-346 F Block 20 is seen in this undated picture issued on Feb. 4, 2026. Indonesia signed a Letter of Intent to procure the Italian-made jet trainers during the Singapore Airshow.

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Indonesia set to boost air power with Italian trainer jets, aggressor squadron

Depok District Court head I Wayan Eka Mariarta walks into a prisoner van on Feb. 7, 2026, after undergoing an interrogation at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta. The antigraft body arrested several judges from the court and representatives from a property company under the Finance Ministry in the bribery case pertaining to a land dispute in Depok.

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KPK nabs judges for bribery on land dispute

President Prabowo Subianto (right) delivers a briefing on Feb. 2, 2026, during the 2026 National Coordination Meeting for cabinet members and regional leaders at the Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor regency, West Java. The forum, attended by officials from the central government and regional administrations as well as leaders of regional legislatures, the military, police, the Attorney General’s Office (AGO), the State Intelligence Agency and the Statistics Indonesia (BPS), aimed to strengthen coordination between the central government and regional administrations in implementing the President’s priority programs toward Indonesia’s 2045 Golden Vision.

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Prabowo, Jokowi speeches heat up talks on 2029 election

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Congested traffic is seen on Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2026, during the afternoon rush on Jl. Jend. Sudirman, South Jakarta. Jakarta plans to finalize a 25-year roadmap on air quality control and protection by the end of this year.

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Jakarta accelerates air quality roadmap as pollution worsens

Residents walk past the former British Embassy building on Feb. 10, 2026, near the Hotel Indonesia (Bundaran HI) traffic circle in Jakarta. President Prabowo Subianto previously announced the allocation of a 4,000-square-meter plot at the site for the construction of a 40-story Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) skyscraper, dubbed the “Umat Building”, which will house various Islamic groups.

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New Islamic groups’ office plan raises heritage concerns

Seawater counterflow: A motorist passes on Dec. 6 along the side of a giant seawall that appears to have cracked in several sections, allowing seawater to overflow into residential areas in Muara Baru, North Jakarta.

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Jakarta tightens groundwater rule to curb subsidence

Comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono summoned by police over Netflix show

Police said he had been summoned but did not name him as a suspect in any offenses or mention any formal charges.

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Boosting local industry: Deputy Governor Rano Karno explains the importance of establishing the Jakarta Film Commission as a strategic step to make Jakarta a national and international film industry hub on June 15, 2025, at the Jakarta Future Festival in Central Jakarta.

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Jakarta pledges to push filmmaking hub vision

Make it rain: Personnel prepare materials for cloud seeding on Jan. 24, 2026 during a weather modification operation in Jakarta that aimed to prevent flooding caused by heavy rainfall during the monsoon season.

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Jakarta claims cloud seeding help reducing rainfall

A motorist pushes his motorcycle through floodwater on the inundated Jl. Daan Mogot in West Jakarta on Jan. 22, 2026. Heavy rain and bad drainage triggered floods of up to 60 centimeters in depth in the area.

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Jakartans battle floodwaters to reach workplaces

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Mount Lawu in this undated file photo.

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An aerial photo shows a containment pond at the center of the Lapindo mudflow eruption site in Porong, Sidoarjo, East Java, on Feb. 8, 2026. The Environment Ministry says it will soon prepare a Strategic Environmental Assessment as part of its efforts to manage the Lapindo mud disaster, which continues to spew hot mud from underground.

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An animal caregiver carries a Bengal tiger cub on Thursday in the Bandung Zoo in Bandung, West Java. Bandung Mayor Oded M. Danial named the female tiger cub, born on Aug. 22, 2025, Donggalah.

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Overloaded: Scavengers collect trash at the Putri Cempo final dump site (TPA) in Mojosongo, Surakarta, Central Java. The Surakarta administration has planned to use TPA Putri Cempo as an electricity producing waste processing plant.

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Surakarta landfill crisis highlights Indonesia’s growing waste problem

Bank damage: An aerial image of Pasir Putih village on Jan. 31, 2026, by a river whose banks were heavily eroded after flooding in Gayo Lues regency, Aceh. The village, home to 157 families, was cut off after a bridge collapsed and electricity has yet to be restored following November 2025 flash floods and landslides.

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Aceh still suffers from blackouts, evacuees lack clean water supplies

Rescuers recover bodies after hours of heavy rain triggered flooding and a landslide near a gold mine in a remote area near Manokwari, West Papua, in this handout photo taken and released on May 19, 2025, by the National Search and Rescue Agency (BASARNAS).

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Landslide at illegal gold mine in Riau kills one

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An employee serves a customer at the Jakarta branch of the Social Security Administrative Body for Health (BPJS Kesehatan).

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Government pledges better JKN governance after millions lose subsidized coverage

Lunch break: A student shows his free nutritious meal on Jan. 28, 2026, at SDN 18 state elementary school in Tukka, Central Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra. The program has resumed after floods hit the regency in November last year.

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Public satisfied with free meal program despite food safety, budget concerns

Joint search and rescue personnel search for victims on Jan. 27, 2026, at the site of a landslide following heavy rains in Pasir Langu village, Cisarua district West Bandung regency, West Java.

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Child suicides reveal failures in psychological protection

An illustration of the Indonesia Health Card, with medication and rupiah banknotes in the foreground (Courtesy of BPJS Kesehatan)

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Patients lose access to lifesaving care due to JKN subsidy cuts

A farmer harvests rice on Jan. 28, 2026, in in Tolang Jae village, Sayur Matinggi district, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra. As climate change disrupts their daily life, women are stepping forward and becoming key drivers in environmental conservation and energy transition in communities.

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Students suffering from mass food poisoning after consuming free nutritious meal program lunches receive treatment on Oct. 15, 2025, at a health post established at the SMPN 1 Cisarua state junior high school in West Bandung regency, West Java. Hundreds of students and teachers from Cisarua district in the regency suffered from food poisoning after eating the free meals disbursed under President Prabowo Subianto's flagship initiative.

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