A healthcare worker performs a swab test on a patient during influenza symptom screening at a community health center (Puskesmas) in Serpong, South Tangerang, Banten, on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. `

Indonesia records first death linked to super flu

Subclade K, representing a significant evolution in the H3N2 virus, was first identified by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in August 2025 and has since been reported in more than 80 countries.

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Riau authorities rescue 729 migrant workers from trafficking syndicate

The preventive strategy proved effective in cutting nonprocedural migrant worker networks at exit points along Riau’s coastal areas.

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Indonesia assumes UN Human Rights Council presidency amid domestic criticism

Indonesia’s assumption of the presidency of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is unlikely to significantly boost its influence over global human rights issues, analysts say, even as the government hails the role as a diplomatic achievement despite mounting criticism of Jakarta’s own human rights record

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A voter casts his ballot into a ballot box at a polling station during a revote on Dec. 3, 2024, for the 2024 simultaneous regional elections in Makassar, South Sulawesi.

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Indonesians oppose indirect regional polls

Six of 10 Indonesians surveyed by the Indonesian Survey Circle disapprove of a proposal to scrap direct regional elections, with rejections consistent across regions, income levels and age groups.

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Provocative charges: Prominent Indonesian comic Pandji Pragiwaksono is seen waving in this undated photograph.

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Comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono faces police report over ‘provocative’ show

Prominent stand-up comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono has been reported to the Jakarta Police by groups identifying themselves as youth wings of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) and Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s two largest Islamic organizations, over material in his comedy show that they claim is defamatory and potentially divisive.

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A motorcyclist and his passenger drive past an empty shop-house on Jl. Gito Gati in Donorhajo village, Ngaglik district, of Yogyakarta’s Sleman regency on Jan. 6, 2026, the day after the Yogyakarta City Police raided the facility on suspicion it was being used as a base of operations for international scams.

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Yogyakarta City Police raid international scam group's local base

A raid mounted by the Yogyakarta City Police on Monday has netted an unknown number of suspects linked to an alleged cyber scam center operating out of a shop-house in Sleman regency.

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This satellite image taken by Himawari-8, a Japanese weather satellite, and provided by National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, shows cyclone Ilsa approaching Australia's west coast on April 13, 2023.

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BMKG warns of extreme weather after Cyclone Jenna forms

BMKG has previously noted that Indonesia is increasingly exposed to tropical cyclones forming in both the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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An official from Indonesia Safari Park (left) presents a video on Jan. 6, 2026, regarding the health and conditions of the 40-day panda cub at the safari park in Cisarua, Bogor regency, West Java.

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Jakarta to remove abandoned monorail pillars in South Jakarta

Fatal accident: A building on Jl. Letjen Soeprapto is seen on Dec.9, 2025, after a fire in Cempaka Baru, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. The fire, which took place in a building housing a company providing unmanned aircraft for industrial use, left 22 people dead. There has been no immediate report on the cause.

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Overcrowded settlements, weak safety fuel Jakarta’s fire crisis

Vehicles pass by piles of garbage in Ciputat, South Tangerang, Banten, on Dec. 26, 2025. The city administration has declared a waste management emergency, in effect from Dec. 23, 2025, to Jan. 5, 2026, to accelerate cleanup efforts and mitigate the impact on residents’ health.

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South Tangerang waste emergency highlights national problem

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Yearender: Jakarta’s public space grow, but unevenly delivered

From 24-hour city parks to libraries extending their evening hours, Jakarta closed the year with a series of public space initiatives. Yet these expansions remain concentrated around economic hubs, reinforcing the spatial inequality that has long shaped the capital.

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