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Rains bring relief to Indonesian provinces weary of fire haze

Light to heavy rains have recently fallen in Central Kalimantan, South Kalimantan and South Sumatra, encouraged by its cloud seeding operations, said Indonesia's climatology agency.

3 hours ago
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Two female athletes die at Central Java provincial games

Syabilla Rizkia Putri Raharja, 22, a finswimmer representing Jepara regency, died on Sunday after collapsing near the finish of the women’s 3,000-meter open-water finswimming event while Ayudiah Rivana Tridiandinita, 19, a pencak silat athlete representing Semarang city, died early Wednesday after undergoing surgery for a finger injury sustained during a match. ...

11 hours ago
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KAI launches Rp 11 trillion railway reactivation project in West Sumatra

The West Sumatra project is part of a broader plan by KAI to develop a trans-Sumatra railway network connecting Banda Aceh, at Sumatra Island’s northern tip, with Bandar Lampung in the south. ...

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Police step up crackdown on subsidized fuel abuse in Sumatra amid shortage reports

Fuel shortages have been reported in several parts of Indonesia since the start of the year, triggering queues stretching for kilometers and disrupting residents' daily activities.

1 day ago
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Four Indonesian firms receive ASEAN engineering awards

The awards are given to individuals, teams or institutions in Southeast Asia who have shown outstanding achievements in engineering with huge impacts for the public, industry and sustainability development in ASEAN.

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Malaysian, Singaporean nationals arrested in Bali for illegal lending operation

Each administrative team was assigned a monthly profit target of US$7,800, while individual workers earned between $1,200 and $1,600 a month.

1 day ago
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Central Kalimantan residents struggle as island burns

More than 300,000 people in seven provinces were laid low by respiratory tract infections from August to October, according to Indonesia's health ministry.

2 days ago
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Navy thwarts departure of 12 Vietnamese from Batam to Malaysia

Officers from Naval Regional Command (Kodaeral) IV/Batam and BAIS’ foreigner surveillance task force conducted the enforcement operation on Lumba Island, Kasu subdistrict, Belakang Padang district, Batam city on Tuesday.

2 days ago
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Tanker uses ship-to-ship transfer to smuggle ketamine: Police chief

The Mongolian-flagged tanker MT Global 168 departed from Pasir Gudang in Johor state, Malaysia, to a ship-to-ship transfer location in the Andaman Sea, off Trang province, Thailand. 

2 days ago
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Joint firefighting team evacuates 162 climbers from Mt. Sumbing

Based on data from Wonosobo Police, the total area affected by fire reached some 306 hectares, with firefighters managed to extinguish fires on 104 hectares of affected land.

2 days ago
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Students protest Central Kalimantan haze

The students, many wearing surgical masks, gathered under an eerily orange sky with severely reduced visibility and waved banners urging authorities to declare a national emergency to free up more aid.

4 days ago
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Two men nabbed for transporting 30 tonnes of timber in Riau

The case started with a report from the public on Oct. 13 about timber products being transported using motorized boats along the Dedap River.

5 days ago
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Police raid gambling operations in N. Sumatra, C. Java

Police in Medan arrested five cashiers, who previously worked at an online gambling syndicate in Cambodia.

5 days ago
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The world's oldest cave paintings in Indonesia under threat of wildfires

Near the Maros-Pangkep cave, firefighters worked to put out fires as smoke drifted over the dramatic karst landscape that is a defining feature of the national park and UNESCO Global Geopark surrounding the cave.

5 days ago
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BGN dismisses SPPG head in Cirebon after food poisoning hit 395 students

Most of the victims are kindergarten students who felt unwell after consuming quail egg soup. 

5 days ago
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Suspended Pati regent Sudewo gets 8.5 years in prison

Judges did not order the revocation of Sudewo's political rights for five years after he completed the prison term as demanded by the prosecution.

6 days ago
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Suspected man-eating tiger captured in Riau

The tiger was captured after two people were killed in July in an area bordering the tiger’s natural habitat in Semenanjung Kampar.

6 days ago
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Riau Islands, US Embassy meet to fight human trafficking, transnational crimes

Most Indonesians trapped in online scam syndicates abroad are victims of human trafficking who were lured by promises of high wages before being exploited.

6 days ago
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Police bust Vietnam-bound lobster larvae ring in Batam

The bust came a week after Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Sakti Wahyu Trenggono formally enacted a permanent ban on exporting the marine resource, backed by Presidential Regulation No. 69/2026, which established a national task force to dismantle smuggling networks.

1 week ago
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Trafficked orangutan repatriated from India

Named Heera, the male orangutan is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the Sumatran Rescue Alliance (SRA) in Bukit Mas district, Langkat regency.

1 week ago
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Bareskrim names five suspects in Batam blackout, losses reach Rp 57.3b

Detectives from the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) have cooperated with PLN engineers in investigating what caused the Oct. 12 total blackout.

1 week ago
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Australia detains 22 fishermen from East Java harvesting sea cucumbers

Two groups were arrested over a period of two weeks. The first arrests took place on Sept. 22 when nine fishermen from Tonduk village on Raas Island were arrested by Australian authorities. The second group was arrested was on Oct. 8 with 13 fishermen detained, all from the same village.

1 week ago
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New N. Sumatra Police chief acts swiftly against drug dens

Various police forces in North Sumatra raided drugs dens in their own jurisdictions, arresting scores of drugs users and dealers as well as confiscating pieces of evidence.

1 week ago
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Indonesia probes crash of suspected Chinese rocket fragment

The debris was found on Monday morning by a plantation worker in Indonesian Borneo, after residents reported hearing a loud bang the previous evening over a remote area of Central Kalimantan province.

1 week ago
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Helicopter requested to extinguish forest fires on Mount Lawu

Police have requested helicopters for water bombing because of steep terrain and cliffs, making it difficult for the joint firefighter team to reach by land.

1 week ago
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KPK arrests Klaten regent for graft, fifth from Central Java

Cases involving Hamenang were divided into five clusters, including alleged corruption in goods and services procurement, licensing and collection fees.

1 week ago
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Ministry probes alleged wildlife violation in burned oil palm concession

A skull of Bornean orangutan was recovered within an oil palm concession controlled by a subsidiary of Singaporean agricultural giant First Resources Ltd. in Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan after wildfire broke out in the firm’s plantation in the past months.

1 week ago
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Soldiers, policemen operate fuel stations to reduce queues in Bali

Fuel distribution has run more smoothly since Saturday, following the introduction of an odd-even policy for vehicles buying subsidized Pertalite gasoline.

1 week ago
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More blackouts in Batam as local media face intimidation

Residents in several Batam neighborhoods were hit with additional blackouts on Saturday evening.

1 week ago
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Haze from forest fires still blankets Sumatra, Batam Islands

North Sumatra ordered distance learning for all school levels to start on Friday because haze has blanketed all regions in the province

1 week ago

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Thu, October 29, 2026

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