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Excavators are seen at an illegal gold mine being raided by North Sumatra Police in an unidentified location in North Sumatra issued on March 3, 2026. The police raided six illegal gold mines in South Tapanuli and Mandailing Natal regencies on March 2 and March 3, 2026. — Excavators are seen at an illegal gold mine being raided by North Sumatra Police in an unidentified location in North Sumatra issued on March 3, 2026. The police raided six illegal gold mines in South Tapanuli and Mandailing Natal regencies on March 2 and March 3, 2026.`

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Riau teen dies in landslide at abandoned illegal gold mine

According to authorities, the 15-year-old, identified only by his initials JA, visited the abandoned mine in Petapahan Village, Kuantan Singingi Regency, with a friend on Saturday to search for leftover gold.

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Three Australians sentenced 12–16 years in Bali over deadly shooting

The Denpasar District Court on Monday found Mevlut Coskun, 22, Paea-I-Middlemore Tupou, 26 and Darcy Francesco Jenson, 27, guilty of premeditated murder and illegal possession of firearms.

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Post-flood reconstruction ramps up in Sumatra as Idul Fitri approaches

The government is accelerating post-disaster recovery across northern Sumatra after months of slow progress, prioritizing the construction of temporary housing to relocate thousands of evacuees ahead of the Idul Fitri holiday.

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Health workers at the Pragaan community health center (Puskesmas) examine a measles patient on Aug. 27, 2025, in Pragaan, Sumenep, East Java. The Health Ministry recorded measles outbreaks in 42 regions between January and the third week of August, with nearly 3,500 confirmed cases nationwide. Sumenep accounted for over 2,000 of those cases, including 20 deaths, the highest figure in the country.

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Govt steps up vaccination as measles outbreak in Indonesia spreads to Australia

According to the United States’ Global Measles Outbreak Tracker, Indonesia currently has the world’s second-highest number of measles cases, behind Yemen, which has reported 11,288 infections in 2026.

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The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building is pictured on Jan. 22, 2025, under overcast skies in Jakarta.

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Rejang Lebong regent marks eighth KPK arrest in 2026

The regent in Bengkulu became the fourth regional head elected in the 2024 regional elections to be nabbed for corruption by the antigraft body.

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Spot check: Communications and Digital Minister Meutya Hafid (center) speaks to reporters after conducting a surprise inspection at the office of Meta at Sequis Tower, in South Jakarta, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.

YouTube, TikTok engaging with government on child social media block

Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate "high risk" social media accounts for under 16s, according to a new ministerial regulation distributed on Monday.

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A woman holds up a note that reads "I'm not for sale" in this undated stock illustration.

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Riau woman dies after allegedly being trafficked to scam compound in Cambodia

According to Susi’s parents, she left the country on Dec. 12, 2025, after accepting an offer from a man named Bram Silitonga, who was reportedly her boyfriend. She was promised work in Malaysia but was allegedly taken to Cambodia to work at an online scam compound.

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This aerial picture shows a rescue team using heavy machinery to search for people following a landslide at Bantargebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, on March 9, 2026. A landslide on Indonesia's biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing four people, rescuers said on March 9 as they searched for at least five more reported missing.

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Deadly Bantar Gebang collapse exposes Jakarta’s decades-long waste mismanagement

At least five people died and four went missing when a massive landslide tore through Bantar Gebang, Indonesia’s largest landfill, following hours of heavy rain on Sunday, exposing the deadly consequences of Jakarta’s chronic waste mismanagement.

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Activists from the Solidarity Network for Victims and Justice (JSKK) hold posters during the 861st Kamisan (Thursdays) peaceful protest on May 15, 2025, in front of the State Palace in Jakarta. The protest called on the Attorney General's Office to take concrete action on unresolved human rights violations that occurred in May 1998.

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Women’s rights group backs lawsuit over minister’s denial of 1998 mass rape

Lokataru Foundation director Delpedro Marhaen celebrates with supporters on March 6, 2026 after he and other activists were acquitted from charges of inciting nationwide riots in August 2025 at the Central Jakarta District Court in Jakarta.

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Activists’ acquittal of riot incitement hailed as democratic win

President Prabowo Subianto greets journalists when preparing to welcome former presidents during a high-level briefing on March 3 with top political and business figures on latest geopolitical development at the Presidential Palace Complex in Jakarta.

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Prabowo walks ‘diplomatic tightrope’ on Iran war

(From left to right) Activists Delpedro Marhaen, Muzaffar Salim, Syahdan Husein and Khariq Anhar pose on March 6, 2026, at the hearing prior to their verdict at Central Jakarta District Court in Jakarta. The judges acquitted the defendants of all incitement charges related to nationwide anti-government protests in August 2025 that later turned into riots.

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Court finds activists not guilty of inciting August riot

Police officers wearing white religious attire during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan stand guard during a labour union protest on March 4 in Jakarta.

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Police reform team to submit recommendations to President before Idul Fitri

Former Golkar Party politician and House of Representatives deputy speaker Adies Kadir attends a House plenary session on Jan. 27 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta. The House appointed Adies as its appointee for the Constitutional Court justice seat to replace incumbent Justice Arief Hidayat, who is due to retire.

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Ethics council dismisses complaints against Constitutional Court justice Adies

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri (center) delivers a speech on Aug. 17, 2025, at an event to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Independence Day at the party's headquarters in Jakarta.

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PDI-P steps up criticism of Prabowo's silence on US-Israel war against Iran

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This aerial picture shows a rescue team using heavy machinery to search for people following a landslide at Bantargebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java, on March 9, 2026. A landslide on Indonesia's biggest landfill buried trucks and food stalls, killing four people, rescuers said on March 9 as they searched for at least five more reported missing.

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Deadly Bantar Gebang collapse exposes Jakarta’s decades-long waste mismanagement

A motorcyclist uses a pedicab service on March 8, 2026, to cross floodwaters on Jl. Ciledug Raya in Ulujami, South Jakarta. The flooding had been caused by overflow of the Pesanggrahan and Keuangan rivers after heavy rains hit the Greater Jakarta area.

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Relentless rain floods Greater Jakarta, kills motorcyclist

Landfill collapse at Bantargebang, Indonesia's biggest, kills four

The collapse took place at the Bantargebang landfill on Sunday, located in the outskirts of Jakarta, said Desiana Kartika Bahari, head of the local rescue agency.

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A man pays his respects to the late Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (left, in framed picture) on March 5, 2026, during a prayer service at the Iranian ambassador's residence in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

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Tears and prayers in Jakarta as mourners bid farewell to Khamenei

Motorists drive along a road while in the background buildings are shrouded by polluted air in Jakarta on Oct. 8, 2024.

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Policy disparities hamper Greater Jakarta’s fight for clean air

Fireworks explode over Jakarta on Jan. 1, 2024, to usher in the New Year, as revelers gather around the illuminated National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta.

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Jakarta woos Idul Fitri holidaymakers with transit, shopping deals

Residents line up with a variety of containers to buy clean water on March 14, 2025, amid a days-long water outage in a Jakarta neighborhood.

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Blocked pipe leaves West Jakarta neighborhood dry for weeks

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A woman holds up a note that reads "I'm not for sale" in this undated stock illustration.

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Riau woman dies after allegedly being trafficked to scam compound in Cambodia

Easy shots: Patrons of Attica Jakarta can have a meal, drink, watch soccer tournaments and play billiards throughout the night. (Instagram/Attica Jakarta @atticajakartaofficial)

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South Sumatra faces backlash over plan to buy Rp 500 million pool tables for councilors

A Batubara Traffic Police Unit officer inspects a vehicle on March 6, 2026, at Km. 134 of the Kisaran-Indrapura toll road heading to Indrapura in Batubara regency, North Sumatra, following an accident that killed four passengers and seriously injured three others.

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4 dead, three injured in toll road accident in North Sumatra

Four moths from the new species 'Chabulina celebesensis Sutrisno & Ubaidillah, 2026' are seen in a diagram issued by the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) on March 3. Two BRIN researchers found two new moth species, which they named after themselves.

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BRIN researchers identify two new endemic moths in Papua, Sulawesi

Fandi Ramadhan (second left) is escorted on March 5, 2026, with his hands handcuffed by a guard after receiving a five-year jail term for smuggling drugs, in Batam, Riau Islands. Fandi's case went viral after prosecutors demanded the death penalty for Fandi and five other defendants.

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Sailor gets 5 years behind bars, escapes death penalty in drug case

A fuel terminal owned by state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina functions normally on Dec. 8, 2025, in Masohi, Central Maluku regency, Maluku. The government will build more fuel storage to extend national fuel stock from 21 days to three months.

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Residents in N. Sumatra, Aceh go on fuel panic buying spree after Bahlil’s statement

Forensic and medical teams wait behind a 'police line do not cross' in this undated illustration of crime scene.

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Police probe kidnapping, murder of Ukrainian tourist in Bali

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YouTube, TikTok engaging with government on child social media block

Indonesia will require platforms to deactivate "high risk" social media accounts for under 16s, according to a new ministerial regulation distributed on Monday.

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A 13-year-old boy poses at his home as he looks at social media on his tablet in Sydney on December 8, 2025. Australia will ban young teenagers from social media on December 10, 2025, launching a world-first crackdown designed to unglue children from addictive scrolling on the likes of Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.

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Indonesia sets three-month deadline for online child safety compliance

Children huddle together on April 2, 2024, as they play with a mobile device ahead of the breaking of the fast during Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Aceh.

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Indonesia to start banning social media for children under 16 this month

A placard against femicide, claiming 2023 statistics of some 180 reported cases across 38 provinces, is seen as activists take part in a street protest on Nov. 25, 2024, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Jakarta.

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Women question legal protection as gender violence rages on

An illustration of a mammography examination on a breast to screen and diagnose illnesses such as cancer

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Breast cancer screening, treatment gaps persist in Indonesia

Discarded and empty nitrous oxide canisters are found on the street in Stockholm on May 1, 2025.

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Abuse of culinary products exposes regulatory loopholes on narcotics

Pupils carry food distributed by the free nutritious meal program on Feb. 4, 2026, at state Islamic elementary school Madrasah Ibtidaiyah Negeri Medan in North Sumatra.

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KPK to map potential graft risks in free meal program

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