Lunch break: A student shows his free nutritious meal on Jan. 28, 2026, at SDN 18 state elementary school in Tukka, Central Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra. The program has resumed after floods hit the regency in November last year.`

Public satisfied with free meal program despite food safety, budget concerns

Indikator Politik Indonesia’s founder, Burhanuddin Muhtadi, said satisfaction with the program was highest among Generation Z respondents.

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Landslide at illegal gold mine in Riau kills one

The fatal incident in Kuantan Singingi is the latest in a series of deadly accidents linked to illegal gold mining in recent weeks.

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Witnesses in 1998 mass rape lawsuit tell court of attempt to erase history

A mother of a May 1998 mass rape victim and a historian have testified in a lawsuit against Culture Minister Fadli Zon’s denial of the rapes that took place almost three decades ago, describing his statement as a blatant attempt to erase and delegitimize the history.

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An Irrawaddy dolphin breaches the water in this undated photo. Irrawaddy dolphins can be found in rivers, lakes and seas across southern Asia, from the northwest Bay of Bengal to the south of Indonesia.

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Emergency action planned to save Irrawaddy Dolphins in Mahakam River

“The government will take serious action, as the Mahakam Irrawaddy dolphin population has dropped to an alarming level,” said the ministry’s head of pollution control and environmental degradation Rasio Ridho Sani.

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Seawater counterflow: A motorist passes on Dec. 6 along the side of a giant seawall that appears to have cracked in several sections, allowing seawater to overflow into residential areas in Muara Baru, North Jakarta.

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Jakarta tightens groundwater rule to curb subsidence

The city administration has tightened its ban on groundwater extraction in industrial zones and from beneath public roads to curb worsening land subsidence, but environmental groups warn the move may fall short without consistent enforcement and stricter oversight.

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The late Indonesian Ambassador to the Philippines, retired Lt. Gen. Agus Widjojo, in a photograph released on Feb. 9 by the Indonesian Embassy in Manila.

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Former Lemhannas governor Agus Widjojo, champion of military reform, dies at 78

Indonesians on Monday bid farewell to former National Resilience Institute (Lemhannas) governor Agus Widjojo, who died on Sunday night at the age of 78. The retired army general, later a diplomat, was widely influential in redefining civil-military relations as Indonesia transitioned to democracy in the late 90s.

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A Leonardo M-346 F Block 20 is seen in this undated picture issued on Feb. 4, 2026. Indonesia signed a Letter of Intent to procure the Italian-made jet trainers during the Singapore Airshow.

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Indonesia set to boost air power with Italian trainer jets, aggressor squadron

Indonesia will aqcuire Russian-made MiG 29 C/UB for aggressor squadron roles, despite of CAATSA threats.

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Bali Police chief Insp. Gen. Daniel Adityajaya (center) and other officers show evidence from an online gambling network run by Indians on Feb. 7, 2026, during a press conference at Bali Police heaquarters in Denpasar. Police have named 35 suspects and four witnesses in the case.

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Comedian Pandji Pragiwaksono summoned by police over Netflix show

Police said he had been summoned but did not name him as a suspect in any offenses or mention any formal charges.

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Bali Police arrest dozens of Indians in online gambling crackdown

Disaster survivors walk along a road covered by thick mud on Jan. 31, 2026, in Pining village, Pining district, Gayo Lues, Aceh. Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf has officially shifted the province’s disaster response from emergency status to a 90-day emergency transition toward recovery, effective from Jan. 29 to April 29, prioritizing cross-sector coordination of relief efforts, fulfillment of basic needs and protection for vulnerable groups and displaced residents in affected areas.

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Recovery in North Aceh, Central Aceh criticized as many villages still isolated

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Indonesia landslide death toll rises to 74

The search for missing victims would continue in West Bandung regency, but with adjustments as it had now entered the recovery phase, authorities have said.

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An aerial view of logs on Dec. 2, 2025, which were swept away by a flash flood, stranded in Batang Toru, South Tapanuli, North Sumatra.

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Cyclone Senyar triggered 330 landslides in South Tapanuli, survey finds

Jumbo solution: A mahout feeds a Sumatran elephant on Jan. 23, 2026, at the Elephant Conservation Information Center operated by the Jambi Natural Resources Conservation Agency in Bukit Tigapuluh, Muara Sekalo, Jambi. The center, which officially began operating in 2022 with five Sumatran elephants, serves to prevent human-wild elephant conflict in the Bukit Tigapuluh area and also functions as a nature tourism and conservation education site.

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Riau Police probe death of critically endangered Sumatran elephant

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Marines send off body of fourth corpsman recovered from Cisarua landslide

The body of the fourth "Black Bear" rifleman recovered from the Cisarua landslide has been flown home after a send-off ceremony on Wednesday at the Pondok Cabe air base in Banten, while the search continues for the remaining nine out of 23 Marine corpsmen who are still missing.

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