School students wear mask while walking on the street in Palembang, South Sumatra as the city is hit by haze from forest and peatland fire.`

Toxic forest fire pollution chokes children’s health

Nearly half of acute respiratory illness cases caused by wildfire in Sumatra and Kalimantan recorded in the past two months are children who are more vulnerable to wildfire haze because of their biological conditions.

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Agrarian minister comes under scrutiny for ignoring KPK summonses

Questions have been raised over Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Nusron Wahid’s failure to answer two summonses from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), with calls growing for investigators to bring him in for questioning upon his return from Malaysia.

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Bareskrim names five suspects in Batam blackout, losses reach Rp 57.3b

Detectives from the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) have cooperated with PLN engineers in investigating what caused the Oct. 12 total blackout.

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Protesters rally against the government’s sluggish handling of forest and peatland fires and some President Prabowo Subianto’s welfare policies, during a protest on the second anniversary of Prabowo's administration on Jl. Asia Africa in Bandung, West Java, on Oct. 20, 2026.

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Growing discontent spills into streets as Prabowo marks two years in office

Demonstrations took place in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Bandung in West Java, with protesters criticizing government policies they said had failed to address pressing public concerns during Prabowo’s two years in office.

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Indonesia's newly appointed Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir (right) and former foreign minister and current Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Cultural Affairs Sugiono attend a handover ceremony on Oct. 12 in Jakarta.

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Strategic constraints still cloud Prabowo’s global ambitions

After a busy first year of raising its international profile, questions remain over how the Prabowo administration intends to translate its efforts into a coherent foreign policy strategy.

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Archeologists from the Western Australia Museum dig up artifacts left by Indonesian fishermen in Western Australia.

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Australia detains 22 fishermen from East Java harvesting sea cucumbers

Two groups were arrested over a period of two weeks. The first arrests took place on Sept. 22 when nine fishermen from Tonduk village on Raas Island were arrested by Australian authorities. The second group was arrested was on Oct. 8 with 13 fishermen detained, all from the same village.

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New N. Sumatra Police chief acts swiftly against drug dens

Various police forces in North Sumatra raided drugs dens in their own jurisdictions, arresting scores of drugs users and dealers as well as confiscating pieces of evidence.

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