PLN has faced public scrutiny this year over a series of major power outages across the country.

The three orangutans were transferred to the Jantho Orangutan Reintroduction Centre after completing rehabilitation at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) in Sibolangit, Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra.

Raging fires have scorched a number of national parks in Kalimantan and Sumatra in recent weeks, as volunteer firefighters find themselves overwhelmed with limited resources to control blazes that threaten an orangutan population.

Indonesia is grappling with its worst forest and land fires in 11 years, with Sumatra and Kalimantan among the worst-affected regions.

The physical violence caused the victim, identified as D, to lose a tooth and receive bruises in the face and a swollen head.

The government is under pressure to tighten its crackdown on polluters and accept more international assistance in putting out forest and peatland fires, as transboundary haze continues to choke the region.

The human trafficking case involves 15 illegal migrant workers and a baby, who were intercepted on their way to Johor Bahru from an illegal port.

The pupils felt sick after consuming packaged milk, which they said no longer good and had lumps like coconut milk. 

Eight orangutans rescued in recent weeks from blazes that tore through West Kalimantan have been released into a protected forest, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said on Sunday.

Governor Ahmad Luthfi has instructed all schools in Central Java to increase monitoring of students to prevent bullying cases in the future.

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said that influenza activity is rising in Indonesia and across Southeast Asia, but the situation remains within a moderate range and does not yet warrant alarm.

One of Moerdani's most notable roles was linked to Papua in 1962, when he led a parachute operation in Merauke as Indonesia sought to take control of West Irian from Dutch troops. The operation has been commemorated by the Merauke statue, which depicts him holding a rifle and wearing a parachute.

Wildfires have caused widespread disruption, with thick haze reducing visibility across Sumatra, forcing airlines to delay or divert dozens of flights and prompting authorities in several regions to close schools or move classes online to limit exposure.

The defendants told the court they had been victims of international human trafficking, saying they were recruited in India through employment agencies and promised legitimate jobs in Bali as data-entry staff and security guards.

The recovery in Aceh has lagged behind progress in other flood-affected areas, with only 58 percent of damaged bridges operational as of Oct. 6.

Flights were delayed, rescheduled, diverted or forced to return to their departure airports as thickening haze pushed visibility below safe levels.

Four plaintiffs, including a local chapter of Indigenous NGO AMAN, filed the class action lawsuit last month at a court in Pontianak in West Kalimantan.

Data centers can require substantial amounts of water, particularly for cooling servers. Large-scale facilities can consume as much as 5 million gallons a day, equivalent to the daily water needs of a city of 10,000 to 50,000 people.

The species is listed as critically endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List, with fewer than 80 believed to remain in the wild.

According to preliminary accounts from restaurant employees, cooking had just begun when the explosion occurred. The leaking gas is believed to have accumulated in several rooms before igniting.

Four plaintiffs, including a local chapter of Indigenous NGO AMAN, filed the class action lawsuit last month at a court in Pontianak, West Kalimantan.

Prosecutors alleged that Wahid demanded money from officials at the Riau Public Works, Spatial Planning, Housing, Settlement and Land agency (PUPR-PKPP), threatening those who refused to contribute with removal or reassignment.

All seven factions of the Gowa DPRD, including Husniah’s own National Mandate Party (PAN), backed an impeachment motion against her on Aug. 12, following a months-long investigation into alleged misconduct by the regent.

Majda El Muhtaj of the Human Rights Study Center at Medan State University said the recent rise in theft and robbery in Medan coincided with an increase in drug-related cases.

Rosek Nursahid, founder of the wildlife conservation organization ProFauna Indonesia said that illegal imports of songbirds from neighboring nations like Vietnam and Malaysia are directly driven by the depletion of Indonesia’s own wild populations after decades of overhunting.

Morowali is home to one of Indonesia’s largest nickel processing and industrial complexes, and the latest incident is not the first conflict in the region linked to nickel mining activities.

The Riau Islands office of the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection Service Agency (BP3MI) holds various education and training sessions to equip prospective workers with skills and certifications.