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Air pollution blamed for nearly 2 million respiratory infections in Jakarta

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People of the Gelar Alam indigenous community carry bundles of rice stalks in a procession during the Seren Taun harvest festival in Sukabumi, West Java, on Oct. 5, 2025. The annual ceremony expresses gratitude for the year's harvest and seeks blessings for harmony with nature and ancestors.

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Calls grow for broader Indigenous engagement in customary forest recognition

The Ford Foundation has called on the government to expand its engagement with Indigenous communities as Indonesia moves forward with its pledge to recognize 1.4 million hectares of customary forests by 2029.

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Calls grow for Indonesia to accept foreign disaster aid

With fatalities from the hydrometeorological disaster in Sumatra approaching 1,000 and numerous regions still struggling to receive aid, questions are growing over whether the government can manage the situation without international assistance.

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A chopper carrying President Prabowo Subianto inspects flood affected areas in Blang Bintang, Aceh province on December 7, 2025.

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Sumatra needs more than $3 billion in recovery funds after floods

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An Indonesian Army soldier (left) and an Aceh Police Mobile Brigade personnel (right) help a man and two children evacuate through a flood on Nov. 29, in Central Trumon district, South Aceh regency, Aceh. The provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra were badly hit by flooding and landslides caused by an extreme weather.

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South Aceh regent criticized for making ‘umrah’ pilgrimage amid flood disaster

Regent Mirwan said he had checked that all victims had been properly handled and ensured that all agencies were working properly before he performed umrah pilgrimage.

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A poll administrator counts votes for the Denpasar mayoral election on Nov. 27, 2024, at a polling station in Denpasar, Bali.

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Military steps up relief efforts for flood-hit Sumatra; death toll above 860

The military has erected at least 10 portable bridges, called "Bailey bridges", in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces to help with the distribution of food and aid supplies to isolated residents, Major General Freddy Ardianzah told reporters on Friday.

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Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan visits houses impacted by floods on Sunday in Lubuk Minturun, Padang, West Sumatra.

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Decade-old video casts food minister as ‘villain’ in Sumatra flood

University students in Banda Aceh, Aceh, gather humanitarian aid for survivors of the northern Sumatra floods and landslides on Dec. 4, 2025.

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Frustration grows over govt’s poor disaster response

Nahdlatul Ulama chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf (left) and secretary-general Saifullah Yusuf (right) leaves the room after a press briefing on the result of the organization's central board plenary meeting in Jakarta on July 28, 2024.

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NU faces money laundering allegations amid internal rift

A receptionist attends to a visitor on Oct. 21, 2024, in the lobby of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Setiabudi, South Jakarta.

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South Aceh regent criticized for making ‘umrah’ pilgrimage amid flood disaster

Residents line up to buy fuel on Thursday at a gas station in Pinangsori District, Central Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra. A landslide and flash flood limited fuel supplies after road access was cut off on Nov. 25.

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Riau Islands Governor Ansar Ahmad (center right) and J. Devy Sudarso (center left), head of the Riau Islands Prosecutor's Office, hold up copies of a memorandum of understanding on community sentences on Dec. 4, 2025, during a signing ceremony in provincial capital Tanjungpinang.

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Riau Islands ready to impose community sentences, governor says

A woman covered in mud stands on a street filled with mud on Saturday after a flash flood hit the area in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh province. Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people in Sumatra, the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB) said on Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the toll even higher.

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Fear of rising death toll grows as flood-hit Aceh regions remain isolated

Indonesian Navy chief of staff Adm. Muhammad Ali (front left) passes submariners and Nagapasa-class submarine KRI Nagapasa-403 while inspecting a parade on Friday during a ceremony to commemorate Indonesian Fleet Day at Madura Pier in Surabaya. The Indonesian Fleet Command was established on Dec. 5, 1959, and currently consists of three numbered fleets.

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Navy to deploy more assets to distribute aid for Sumatra disasters

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Dutch drug convict in Indonesia transferred ahead of deportation

Drug smugglers Ali Tokman, 65, and Siegfried Mets, 74, have been languishing in jails for years after falling foul of the country's strict narcotics laws.

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Residents climb over logs in walk to aid centre as flood deaths rise over 900

Aceh resident Munawar Liza Zainal said he felt "betrayed" by the government, which has so far shrugged off pressure to declare a national disaster. Declaring a national disaster would free up resources and help government agencies coordinate their response.

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