Former education, culture, research and technology minister Nadiem Makarim (center) walks out of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) building on Sept. 4 in Jakarta. The AGO named Nadiem a suspect in a corruption case pertaining to the procurement of Chromebook laptops for schools across the country during his ministerial tenure, estimated to have caused around Rp 1.9 trillion in state losses.`

Nadiem’s Chromebook graft trial postponed over health issues

The Jakarta Corruption Court has postponed the trial of former education, culture, research and technology minister Nadiem Makarim related to his procurement of Chromebook laptops, due to his health issues.

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Flood survivors reeling from devastation plea for global help

Despite the efforts by the government, frustration is mounting over sluggish relief efforts which has fueled demands on Jakarta to declare a national disaster and permit international assistance into affected areas.

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Listyo insists police decree on double jobs does not defy court ruling

The police consulted with the government before issuing an internal regulation that allows active police officers to serve in 17 ministries and state institutions, according to National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo.

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

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Police probe deadly Jakarta fire, name drone firm director suspect

Police are investigating a deadly office fire at a drone firm specializing in aerial surveys of mines and plantations, amid growing scrutiny of Indonesia’s extractive industry after recent Sumatra floods.

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Police investigate alleged matricide in Medan

A 12-year-old daugther allegedly murdered her mother with 20 stabs on her back and hands.

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An amateur camera captured when a large wave hit passenger vessel KM Lestari Maju on July 3 in the Selayar Islands, South Sulawesi.

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Authorities are working to identify 11 bodies found floating off Riau coast

The head of the Rokan Hilir Police Water and Air Unit, Adj. Comr. Charisma Fajar Angkasa Putra, said local fishermen discovered the bodies at multiple locations between Nov. 7 and early December.

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Officers from Indragiri Hulu Police take a rest on top of stacks of wooden beams produced from suspected illegal logging activities inside Kerumutan Forest in Indragiri Hulu regency, Riau on Dec. 4, 2025. Police found some 300 cubic meters of timber in the operation.

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Police seize thousands of timber products from illegal logging in Riau

Detectives spent a week navigating rivers and thick forests to reach the location.

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Flood aftermath: A man takes pictures on Dec. 13 as he stands on piles of uprooted trees swept away by a flash flood at Darul Mukhlisin Islamic boarding school in Aceh Tamiang, Aceh. Devastating floods and landslides have killed 1,006 people in Indonesia, rescuers said on Dec. 13 as the nation grapples with the huge scale of relief efforts.

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Hundreds of stalls gutted in Kramat Jati market blaze

People walk past a burned motorcycle on Dec. 12, 2025, following unrest in the Kalibata area of South Jakarta. Nine kiosks, six motorcycles and one car were set on fire by a mob, allegedly triggered by the assault of two debt collectors on Jl. Raya Kalibata a day earlier.

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Six cops named suspects in fatal assault on debt collectors in Kalibata

Police officers stand guard on Dec. 11, 2025, near the free-meals delivery vehicle that struck students and a teacher at SDN Kalibaru 01 Pagi state elementary school in Cilincing, North Jakarta. The incident left 20 students and one teacher injured and requiring treatment at nearby hospitals.

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Free meals under renewed scrutiny after van injures 21 at Jakarta school

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.

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Leaking Jakarta seawall raises concern over rising sea level, maintenance

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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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