A member of a joint security team (center rear, crouching) talks to five people in a room at the Amira Wisma Dumai hotel in Riau on Dec. 12, 2025, as two colleagues (in doorway) look on, during an operation to prevent their departure to jobs in Cambodia through Malaysia, allegedly organized by a human trafficking syndicate. `

Police nab two Riau students over attempt to smuggle 18 foreigners to Malaysia

According to police, the students were paid to transport the group by car from Pekanbaru to Dumai, where a boat had been arranged to take the 18 foreign migrants to Malaysia via an illegal port.

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Diving paradise Derawan Island faces mounting waste crisis

Covering just 44.6 hectares and home to around 2,000 residents, the island generates more than 46 tonnes of waste per day, more than double the national average waste production per capita.

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Garuda Schools perks draw backlash amid teacher welfare concerns

The facilities offered for teachers recruited for the Sekolah Garuda (Garuda Schools) program have drawn criticism for potentially creating disparities between educators at elite and regular schools.

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Floodwaters submerge Tinanding Village on Tuesday in Gubug District, Grobogan Regency, Central Java. Torrential rains have caused severe flooding across Grobogan regency, damaging key roads, inundating homes and submerging thousands of hectares of rice fields.

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Torrential rains trigger widespread flooding in Grobogan

The disaster affected 42 villages across 10 districts, with water levels reported between 50 and 100 centimeters. Floodwaters also inundated 26 schools, more than 1,800 hectares of rice fields and severely damaged two houses.

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The Indonesian Military's (TNI) Joint Regional Defense Command (Kogabwilhan) III commanding general Lt. Gen. Bambang Trisnohadi (right) talks to two Papuan students on Feb. 17 during a public kitchen event in Tinibil village in Oksamol district, Pegunungan Bintang regency, Papua Highlands, in this picture provided by the Defense Ministry. Kogabwilhan III also provided basic medical service for villagers.

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TNI holds public kitchen, medical service in Papua village

The activities are in line with national policy to accelerate welfare development in Papua as regulated by Presidential Instruction No. 9/2020 and Law No. 2/2021 on Special Autonomy for Papua.

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A patient files a request on Feb. 13, 2026, to reactivate his subsidized national health insurance (JKN) policy at the Bekasi Municipality Social Affairs Agency in Bekasi, West Java.

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Thousands regain JKN subsidized coverage, social minister says

Officials will launch ground verification to ensure whether 2,000 beneficiaries that switch to the self-funded scheme can still pay for the premiums by themselves or require subsidies from the state.

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Muslim boys gather to watch the position of the moon to determine the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on the roof of Al-Musyari'in mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 17, 2026.

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Ramadan starts Thursday, says government

The government has announced that Ramadan will start on Thursday following an isbat (moon sighting confirmation) meeting on Tuesday.

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Bima police chief, subordinates arrested for drug trafficking

Didik was arrested after the authorities discovered a suitcase containing 16.3 grams of methamphetamine, 50 ecstasy pills, 19 alprazolam tablets, two “Happy Five” pills and 5 grams of ketamine during a raid at the private residence of a female police officer in Karawaci, Tangerang, on Feb. 11.

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