President Prabowo Subianto gestures on Friday while speaking at the 28th anniversary event of National Mandate Party (PAN) in Jakarta. PAN is a member of Prabowo’s ruling coalition.`

Prabowo’s latest swipe at experts draws backlash

President Prabowo Subianto’s latest tirade against experts critical of his administration has drawn backlash from researchers and civil society figures, who warn that his repeated rebuke of criticism risks narrowing research-based policymaking and freedom of speech in the country.

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Indonesia prepares for new era of naval power

Officials have touted the light aircraft carrier’s use in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) missions, such as to fight forest fires or providing relief in response to various natural disasters.

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Indigenous Kalimantan people sue govt over wildfire negligence

Indigenous and civil society groups in West Kalimantan have sued the central government and local administrations, accusing them of deliberate negligence for failing to prevent and properly handle the widespread wildfires paralyzing the province.

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President Prabowo Subianto (center) presides over a limited cabinet meeting on Sept. 1 with several cabinet ministers on his administration's housing program at his private residence in Hambalang, Bogor regency, West Java.

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Recentralization concerns in fiscal, education heighten

A move to reduce regional transfers and a proposal to centralize teacher recruitment by the central government are defended as an effort to curb corruption and prevent local political interference, according to President Prabowo Subianto.

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WSB (center), a Singaporean national who has been detained for attempting to smuggle 40 vape cartridges containing the illicit drug etomidate, is presented alongside 14 other narcotics suspects on Sept. 17, 2026, at the Batam, Rempang and Galang (Barelang) Police headquarters in Batam, the Riau Islands.

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Batam nabs Singaporean over smuggling drug-filled vape cartridges

A Singaporean woman has been detained by Batam authorities for allegedly smuggling vape cartridges filled with class II drug etomidate, after evading the neighboring country's heightened security measures to arrive by ferry in the Riau Islands.

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Workers of state-owned aluminum producer PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) prepare aluminum bars after molding at the factory. PT Inalum can produce 225,000 tonnes of aluminum bars every year.

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Prosecutor, defendants file appeals against Inalum graft verdicts

The Medan Corruption Court's verdicts sentenced the defendants to jail terms lighter than those demanded by prosecutors, with the defendants saying the verdicts were not fair.

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Indonesian Navy personnel maneuver their boats on Sept. 17, 2026 directly above the Virgo Transport 8 passenger ship which capsized in the Java Sea waters. The Virgo Transport 8 carried 213 passengers and 30 crew when it lost contact with its shipping company after departing from Surabaya, East Java to Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan on Sept. 13.

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Rescuers extend search for dozens still missing in Java Sea ferry accident

Rescuers recovered three bodies from the submerged ship on Friday, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine, with 126 others still missing, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).

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Students carry meal packages disbursed through the free nutritious meal program on Sept. 4 at SDN Jati Asih X state elementary school in Bekasi, West Java.

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Court decision tightens House oversight on free meals funding

‘Any policy resulting in a fundamental change to the amount of central government expenditure by function must obtain House’s approval,’ according to Constitutional Court justices.

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Indonesian Navy welcomes former Italian warship as its first aircraft carrier

The former Italian carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi docked at a port in Jakarta after sailing from Italy via Colombo and the Malacca strait, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Muhammad Ali told reporters.

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