Line of cracks: A man walks with his fishing rod on Dec. 6, 2025, on top of a giant seawall built to prevent flooding, in Muara Baru, North Jakarta. Several sections of the seawall appear to have cracked, allowing seawater to overflow into residential areas.`

Leaking Jakarta seawall raises concern over rising sea level, maintenance

Several parts of a concrete seawall in Muara Baru, North Jakarta that are leaking, which has led to tidal flooding in dozens of neighborhood units (RT) as well as in a city amusement park.

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Security in Intan Jaya has improved, TNI says

TNI’s role in Papua is not limited to security but also covers social communication, support for public service and contribution to regional development acceleration, a flag officer said.

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21 injured as car plows into students, teacher at North Jakarta elementary school

A vehicle reportedly belonging to the government’s free nutritious meals program lost control and rammed through the school’s gate, despite the gate being closed, before entering the school yard where dozens of students and staff were assembled for a literacy activity.

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Police fire tear gas to disperse demonstrators on Aug. 29, 2025, during a protest against the Jakarta Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) in front of the East Java gubernatorial residence in Surabaya, East Java, after 21-year-old ojol (online motorcycle transportation) driver Affan Kurniawan was killed after being struck by a police tactical vehicle amid a protest against lavish allowances for lawmakers in Jakarta on Aug. 28.

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Police accused of using ‘excessive force’ in August protests

When handling the nationwide anti-government protests in August, the police used a variant of tear gas grenade that contains explosive charges, which is banned in police crowd control in several countries.

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Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) acting chairman Zulfa Mustofa (center) addresses the press on Nov. 12, 2025, after he is appointed by NU supreme council as the organization’s caretaker despite opposition from current chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf.

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Leadership crisis at NU deepens

Competing claims over who holds legitimate authority in the country’s most influential Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), have thrown the organization into turmoil after its supreme council appointed an acting chairman, a move that was opposed by current chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf.

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Afridoni, a local man, cries while attending funeral prayers for unidentified victims of the recent flash floods and landslides at the Great mosque of Syekh Ahmad Khatib Al-Minangkabawi in Padang, West Sumatra, December 10, 2025.

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Life in the dark: Northern Sumatra residents wait for a flicker of hope

Authorities are struggling to restore power in northern Sumatra, particularly in Aceh, after widespread floods and landslides last month, triggered by a rare cyclone and exacerbated by environmental destruction, with felled trees sweeping away villages, causing massive damage and hampering recovery.

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Local residents walk across logs used as a temporary bridge on Dec. 7, 2025, following flash floods in Batang Toru, South Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra.

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Govt suspends four firms suspected of contributing to deadly North Sumatra flooding

The government assessed that there were relations between activities of the three companies with natural disasters affecting several regions in North Sumatra.

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Officers from the National Police’s Forensic Laboratory (Puslabfor Bareskrim) inspect the Terra Drone Indonesia building damaged by fire, in Central Jakarta, on Dec. 9, 2025.

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Kemayoran blaze kills 22, renews citywide fire safety concerns

According to preliminary police information, the fire is suspected to have been triggered by a drone battery that exploded on the ground floor, although investigators from the National Police’s Forensic Laboratory (Puslabfor Bareskrim) are still working to determine the definitive cause.

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Former Central Jakarta District Court deputy head and graft defendant Muhammad Arif Nuryanta attends the verdict hearing against him on Dec. 3 at the Jakarta Corruption Court in Jakarta. The judges sentenced Arif to a 12.5-year imprisonment and a Rp 500 million fine for accepting bribes to influence the verdict against three companies in a corruption case pertaining to crude palm oil exports.

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‘Light’ sentencing stunts Indonesia’s corruption fight

Yahya Cholil Staquf, chairman of Nahdlatul Ulama's (NU) central board, delivers a speech on Sept. 4, 2023, during the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in Jakarta.

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NU in deadlock over Yahya chairmanship

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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Prabowo signals support for Golkar’s push to end direct regional elections

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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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