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North Sumatra teacher arrested over alleged sexual abuse of eight students

The case comes amid broader concerns over sexual violence against children in Indonesia. According to data from the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry, Some 21,352 children experienced violence in 2025, including 12,338 cases of sexual abuse.

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473 Indonesians deported from Malaysia in October

The high number of illegal migrant workers being deported is the proof that the legal departure process in Indonesia is complicated and expensive.

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Village head in Riau nabbed in forest sale for oil palm plantation

The Pesajian village head, identified as M, allegedly issued land documents which were used to claim land in the forest area.

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Govt plan for drug rehab risks replicating prison overcrowding

A planned revision to the 2009 Narcotics Law has drawn sharp criticism from legal experts and rights groups, who warn the government’s current proposals will merely shift Indonesia's severe overcrowding crisis from prisons to state-run rehabilitation centers.

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Soldiers, tasked with fighting forest and land fires, celebrate as it rains in Banjar Baru, South Kalimantan, on Oct. 28, 2026, following months of forest and land fires.

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Papua blazes defy rainfall relief

Recent rainfall has eased conditions in some of Indonesia’s worst fire-hit areas in Sumatra and Kalimantan, but continuing blazes elsewhere, particularly in Papua, show that the country’s wildfire season remains far from over and requires sustained prevention and control efforts.

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An aerial view shows a fire burning piles of garbage at the Degayu landfill in Pekalongan, Central Java, on Nov. 1, 2026. A joint team comprising firefighters, military and police personnel, and volunteers deployed seven fire trucks to extinguish the blaze, which engulfed waste piles in the southern and eastern sections of the landfill.

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Blazes engulf two landfills in Central and East Java

The continued reliance on open dumping has been linked to a series of environmental and safety incidents in recent years. At least 43 landfills across Indonesia experienced major fires between January and early October.

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Tough going: Workers construct a Red and White Cooperatives (KDMP) outlet on Jan. 27 in Wae Kelambu, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Several villages say they are struggling to establish the new cooperatives, citing limited land and insufficient funding as major obstacles.

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Criticism mounts over plan to turn Red and White Cooperatives clinics into BPJS providers

Critics argued that utilizing the cooperatives' clinics as BPJS Kesehatan's primary facilities would require a large fiscal expenditure and divert funds from more pressing healthcare needs.

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Local empowerment: A man walks past a Red and White cooperative outlet on Feb. 23 in the Blok M area of Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.

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Plan to turn Red and White cooperative clinics into BPJS providers draws scrutiny

Under the plan, clinics at Red and White cooperatives will also provide basic medical services for members of the national health insurance scheme.

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Local empowerment: A man walks past a Red and White cooperative outlet on Feb. 23 in the Blok M area of Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta.

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Plan to turn Red and White cooperative clinics into BPJS providers draws scrutiny

Students stage a protest against economic hardship, graft and the government's handling of devastating wildfires causing toxic haze that has sickened thousands on Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Oct. 28, 2026.

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Student protests gain momentum amid little response from govt

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka looks on before President Prabowo Subianto's speech on the macroeconomic framework to lawmakers at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta, on May 20, 2026.

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Supreme Court ruling renews calls for Gibran to step down

Foreign Minister Arrmanatha Nasir attends a plenary session at the G20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Atlanta, the United States, on Oct. 30, 2026.

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Indonesia calls for G20 unity against global crises in foreign ministers’ meeting

An election official moves a ballot box on Feb. 28, 2020, from the Ciamis Regional Elections (Pilkada) logistics warehouse in Ciamis regency, West Java.

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Election panel delay sparks interference fears

A soldier sweeps the entrance to a Red and White Cooperatives facility on July 22 in Suka Damai village, Muaro Jambi regency, Jambi.

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Prabowo’s cooperatives program faces legal challenge

Haze caused by fires in Indonesia blankets the Kuala Lumpur skyline on Oct. 16, 2026.

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Nationalist rhetoric clouds Indonesia’s haze accountability

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People with disabilities try out recently built pedestrian facilities on Dec. 3, 20218 along Jl. Sudirman, Jakarta. The activity was organized by the Institute for Transportation and Development (ITDP) to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls every Dec. 3.

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Jakarta’s accessibility gap limits mobility for the disabled

Garbage trucks line up near mounds of waste covered with protective sheeting on Aug. 2 at the Bantar Gebang Integrated Waste Management Site in Bekasi, West Java. The Jakarta administration began gradually implementing a controlled landfill system at the facility on Aug. 1 as part of its plan to phase out open dumping, aiming to improve waste management while reducing the risk of fires and foul odors.

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Jakarta extends use of overflowing Bantar Gebang landfill

Musicians perform during the 10th Colours of Culture Festival 2026 in Jakarta’s Kota Tua district on Friday, Oct. 16. The annual cultural festival celebrates Indonesia’s diversity through art, traditional textiles, music and culinary offerings under the theme “Tanda Mata Indonesia” (A Gift from Indonesia). The festival runs through Oct. 18.

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Kota Tua vendors back revamp but fear being sidelined

Greenpeace Indonesia activists unfurled two giant banners from the top of the Tugu Selamat Datang monumnet at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta, on Oct. 20, 2026.

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Greenpeace activists released after banner protest at Jakarta landmark

Greenpeace Indonesia activists unfurl a protest banner on Oct. 20 atop the Welcome Statue (Patung Selamat Datang) at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

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Greenpeace protests disaster response at Jakarta landmark

Haze shrouds Jakarta on September 17, 2026.

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Smoke from Kalimantan fires reaches Jakarta skies

Students take part in a physical education activity outside state elementary school SDN Jati Pulo 07 and 08 in Palmerah, West Jakarta, on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026. The Jakarta administration, through the Jakarta Education Agency, recently renovated the school buildings.

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Jakarta school renovations win praise, but funding leaves others waiting

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An aerial view shows a fire burning piles of garbage at the Degayu landfill in Pekalongan, Central Java, on Nov. 1, 2026. A joint team comprising firefighters, military and police personnel, and volunteers deployed seven fire trucks to extinguish the blaze, which engulfed waste piles in the southern and eastern sections of the landfill.

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Blazes engulf two landfills in Central and East Java

Tough going: Workers construct a Red and White Cooperatives (KDMP) outlet on Jan. 27 in Wae Kelambu, West Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT). Several villages say they are struggling to establish the new cooperatives, citing limited land and insufficient funding as major obstacles.

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Criticism mounts over plan to turn Red and White Cooperatives clinics into BPJS providers

A child looks out of a classroom window on Wednesday before students at the elementary school were sent home early because of thick smoke from a land fire behind their school at Alalak village in Barito Kuala, South Kalimantan.

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Two more companies named suspects in wildfire probes

A female Javan banteng (Bos javanicus javanicus) interacts with its newborn calf at the Pangandaran Javan Banteng Reintroduction Center in Pananjung Nature Reserve, Pangandaran regency, West Java, on July 27, 2025.

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Rare Javan banteng calf born at conservation center in West Java

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Medan man arrested for allegedly insulting Jesus during TikTok livestream

Authorities raided a suspected methamphetamine laboratory in Pidie regency, Aceh, on Oct. 21, 2026, over alleged links to an international drug trafficking network. Police arrested 11 people during the operation, including two Chinese nationals.

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China, Indonesia arrest 18 in international drug trafficking crackdown

The Little Aresha daycare center is seen sealed by police on April 27 after allegations of child abuse, in Umbulharjo, Yogyakarta. Police arrested 13 people after shocking images of alleged abuse against small children at a daycare center went viral, sparking outrage across the nation, officials said on April 27.

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11 Yogyakarta daycare workers jailed for 2-3 years for child abuse

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Special Presidential Envoy for Youth and Arts Workers Development Raffi Ahmad gives a salute during the inauguration ceremony of Supreme Court chief justice, heads of state institutions and presidential special envoys and advisors led by President Prabowo Subianto at the State Palace in Jakarta on Oct. 22, 2024.

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Vendors, musicians boycott RANS Carnival amid backlash over Youth Pledge event

A boy walks on a dried-out rice paddy in Takalar regency, South Sulawesi, on Oct. 13, 2026. The local authorities have recorded 75,000 hectares of rice fields across the province affected by droughts caused by an El Niño-induced prolonged dry season.

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Ecological crisis in spotlight ahead of UN climate summit

Concertgoers dance during punk band Dongker's performance at Plaza Kalibaru in Cilincing, North Jakarta on Oct. 10, 2026. For the performance, the band charged attendants 2 kilograms of rice and a book.

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'Rhizomatic' movements help youth voice political messages

A painting created at least 51,200 years ago in the limestone cave of Leang Karampuang in the Maros-Pangkep region in Sulawesi portrays three human-like figures interacting with a wild pig, in this undated handout image.

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Wildfires threaten cave art, burn indigenous burials in Sulawesi

A worker carries meal trays under the free nutritious meal program on Sept. 21 to be disbursed to students at the state-run Islamic elementary school MIN 11 West Aceh, Aceh.

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Govt passes buck on free meals oversight

Students attend a class on Oct. 19 at state elementary school SDN 6 Pekanbaru in Riau. The Pekanbaru administration has resumed in-person classes for elementary and junior high school students, requiring them to wear masks as air quality improves after forest and peatland fire haze forced schools to switch to distance learning.

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Haze disrupts schooling, threatens learning outcomes

This undated handout photograph taken by the Orangutan Information Centre and released on June 10 shows Tapanuli orangutans over a tree in the Batang Toru forest in North Sumatra. Climate change-fueled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 remaining members of the world's rarest great ape species in Sumatra, scientists said on June 10.

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Forest loss, wildfires put orangutans at high extinction risk

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