A member of a joint security team (center rear, crouching) talks to five people in a room at the Amira Wisma Dumai hotel in Riau on Dec. 12, 2025, as two colleagues (in doorway) look on, during an operation to prevent their departure to jobs in Cambodia via Malaysia, allegedly organized by a human trafficking syndicate.`

Riau Police prevent departure of 10 illegal migrant workers to Malaysia

Police have prevented a group of 10 Meranti Islands residents from departing on tourist visas for migrant jobs in Malaysia and arrested their "agent" on various charges.

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Ethics met with weak institutional systems in Indonesia, academics say

When institutions do not have strong systems to uphold integrity, the gap can undermine a culture of speaking up against wrongdoing and erode trust in integrity mechanisms, according to a survey.

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Local, foreign firms own largest burned concessions in Kalimantan

A separate analysis found fires were also detected inside concessions of some companies in 2006, 2015 and 2023, highlighting gaps in curbing recurring fires.

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Democratic Party chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (left) hands a command stick to President Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta on Feb. 25, 2025, during the party’s sixth congress.

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AHY’s remark on limits of power fuel 2029 election bid speculation

Recent remarks by Democratic Party chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono highlighting the limits of power have fueled speculation that he is already laying the groundwork for the next general election, potentially testing the cohesion of President Prabowo Subianto’s ruling coalition.

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A boy reacts as smoke rises from wildfires in a residential area in Ogan Ilir, South Sumatra, on Sept. 2, 2026.

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Wildfires continue to rage across Indonesia, 139 arrested for arson

Despite the arrests, questions remain over whether authorities are targeting only those who physically set the fires or are also pursuing those who may have benefited from them.

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Five journalists pose on a boat on Sept. 7 that took them to cover the eruption of Mount Anak Krakatau in Lampung, before they were reported missing. Rescuers resumed the search operation on Sept. 9 for a speedboat carrying eight people, including the five journalists, that lost contact with the boat owner soon after departure, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).

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Search intensifies for journalists, crew as Anak Krakatau ashfall eases

The National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) brought its Lampung office into the operation after search mapping indicated that the vessel could have drifted into waters under its jurisdiction.

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Naval Regional Command (Kodaeral) IV/Batam deputy commander Cdre. Ketut Budiantara (fourth right), flanked by representatives from the Regional Administration Leadership Forum (Forkopimda), displays siezed etomidate vape cartridges during a press conference at the Tanjung Balai Karimun Naval Base in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau Islands, on Sept. 7, 2026.

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Navy thwarts attempt to smuggle 240 etomidate vape cartridges

The contraband was found in four packages wrapped in black plastic covers, each containing 60 vape cartridges.

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Soekarno-Hatta airport extends closure after Anak Krakatau eruption

Mount Anak Krakatau, about 150 kilometres (90 miles) from Jakarta, erupted on Saturday, spewing a fountain of lava and a plume of volcanic ash.

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Jakarta international airport extends closure after Anak Krakatau eruption

Eight airports halted operations over the weekend after ash was detected in their airspace, disrupting hundreds of flights and leaving more than 170,000 passengers stranded, according to the transport ministry.

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A Transjakarta bus leaves the Flavor Bliss shelter in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten after the launching of Transjabodetabek bus service's new route between Alam Sutera township and Blok M, South Jakarta on April 24, 2025. The Jakarta administration worked with the Banten administration to open the Alam Sutera-Blok M route for Transjabodetabek in a bid to tackle the city's perennial traffic problem.

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Jakarta transit grows, but Greater Jakarta stays disconnected

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Jakarta fines waste firms over illegal dumping

Jakarta has seen a surge of makeshift dumpsites as the gradual closure of Bantar Gebang, the capital’s largest landfill in neighboring Bekasi, has put further pressure on the city’s waste management system.

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A sanitation worker walks through a parking lot at an apartment complex on Jl. Jend. Basuki Rachmat in East Jakarta, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2026.

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Jakarta commuters unhappy with proposed parking fee hike

Feeling the heat: The main play structure at Embung Jagakarsa open green space in Jagakarsa, South Jakarta stands tall under direct sunlight with no shade above and around it, as seen on Aug. 10, 2026.

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Search resumes for missing journalists on Anak Krakatau mission

The group set out on a speedboat from an area west of Jakarta on Monday afternoon, but the crew lost contact with the boat owner soon after departure, according to Basarnas.

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Fire breaks out shortly after midnight on Sept. 7 in the town of Paniai in Central Papua province.

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Police launch probe into blaze that killed 11 in Central Papua

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

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Student suffers memory loss, seizures after free meal food poisoning

A junior high school teacher conducts an online lesson in an empty classroom after local authorities mandated remote learning due to haze from land and forest fires in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, on September 7, 2026.

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Praying for rain as fires, haze plague Kalimantan

Blamed partly on one of the worst episodes of the drought-inducing El Nino weather phenomenon in decades, the disaster threatens millions of people's access to necessities such as clean water and air -- even education.

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