Motorists wait for the one-way traffic scheme implementation on March 29, 2025, in Tasikmalaya regency, West Java. The Tasikmalaya Municipality Police enforces a one-way traffic scheme on the road from Garut and Tasikmalaya in West Java to Central Java to prevent congestion during the 'mudik' (exodus) travel season ahead of the Idul Fitri holidays.`

Free ‘mudik’ kicks off as Indonesia braces for massive population movement

The Transportation Ministry has introduced a free mudik (exodus) program this year, deploying hundreds of buses and tens of thousands of free tickets to help families save on travel costs and ease congestion, as authorities brace for one of Indonesia’s largest annual population movements.

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Routinely checking your pulse may help detect arrhythmia early, say heart health groups

For this year's Pulse Day, the APHRS and InaHRS's MENARI campaign aims to teach people how to check their pulse while educating the public on how to maintain heart health.

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Riza Chalid’s son faces 18 years in Pertamina graft case

Muhammad Kerry Adrianto Riza, son of oil tycoon Riza Chalid, allegedly enriched himself and other parties as beneficial owner of a fuel terminal company, from a terminal lease contract with Pertamina that violated the state energy company’s standards.

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Collateral damage: A fisherman pulls in a net beyond a pile of fish carcasses on Thursday along a bank of the Cisadane River in Tangerang, Banten. The Environment Ministry said liquid pesticide pollution flowed from the Jaletreng River into the Cisadane River for about 22.5 kilometers, causing the deaths of various aquatic species.

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Tangerang river cleanup begins after toxic spill

As of Friday, Tangerang disaster authorities have released 1,500 liters of eco-enzyme while South Tangerang has launched its own cleanup operation using activated carbon, in an effort to remove toxic chemicals from the Cisadane and the Jalentreng rivers following a fire at a pesticide warehouse last week.

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Italian Navy light aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi is seen in this undated photo at an unknown location. The National Development Planning Board (Bappenas) has approved a foreign loan limit of US$450 million for the Indonesian Navy to acquire the carrier.

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Indonesia expects first ever aircraft carrier in October

The Italian government has granted the decommissioned ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi to Indonesia with a new crew already being prepared.

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A firefighter battles a peatland wildfire on July 10, 2025, as forest and land fires returned amid extreme heat, in Rimba Panjang, Riau.

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Riau declares emergency alert for forest fires

Riau Police chief spokesman Sr. Comr. Zahwani Pandra Arsyad said all regional police forces had been instructed to increase patrols and surveillance in regions prone to forest fires to prevent them from spreading.

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President Prabowo Subianto delivers his remarks at the Indonesia Economic Outlook 2026 forum in Jakarta on Friday, when he also defended the free nutritious meal program while acknowledging some problems in its implementation.

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Prabowo says Indonesia may need an authoritarian touch to fight corruption

President Prabowo Subianto has said that the country might need to adopt a bit of an authoritarian approach to effectively combat corruption, while reaffirming his administration’s commitment to a tougher antigraft drive across all spheres of government.

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