A Bakamla-Riau Islands joint operation has repatriated 16 out of 17 traditional fishers who were detained for trespassing into Malaysian waters on two separate vessels in April and July.

Certain connecting roads in South Lampung regency, Lampung, appear to still be damaged despite President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s visit last year, following a viral video showing the worsening condition of the roads in the Sumatra’s southernmost province. 

Bad weather has once again hampered the search for dozens of people who are still missing five days after a landslide hit an illegal mine in Gorontalo on Sulawesi Island.

North Sumatra Police named on Thursday a third suspect allegedly involved in an arson attack that killed a journalist and his family in Karo regency in the province.

Landslides are frequent across the country, with the risk often increased by deforestation and small-scale illegal mining operations in remote districts that are difficult for authorities to regulate.

The shooting occurred at around 11:40 a.m. local time on July 8, 2024, and targeted Smart Air flight PK-SNH, which was carrying five passengers.

While no deaths were reported, 13 people were injured in the incident.

Rescuers are racing to find 35 people who are still missing two days after a landslide at the weekend buried an illegal gold mine in Gorontalo on Sulawesi Island and killed at least 23 miners and residents living nearby.

The police are pursuing another individual who allegedly ordered the two arrested suspects to burn down the house of a journalist and his family in Karo regency, North Sumatra. The journalist and his family  died in the fire, opening the possibility that more suspects may be named in the case.

Unlicensed mines are common across Indonesia, where abandoned sites attract locals who hunt for leftover gold ore without proper safety equipment.

Rescuers resumed a search on Tuesday for 35 people still missing after a landslide at an illegal gold mine in Gorontalo that killed at least 23 people.

Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka has dismissed concerns that the city and the people are growing more restrictive toward religious freedom following a dispute surrounding the hosting of a festival of Chinese food last week.

A spokesman of the Langkat Prosecutor’s Office in North Sumatra says the office plans to appeal the acquittal handed down on Monday by the Stabat District Court to Terbit Rencana Perangin-Angin, over his role in the case of illegal incarceration at his residence that led to the deaths of four people.

Rescue operations in Gorontalo were halted on Monday evening due to bad weather as the toll from the landslide on Sunday was revised to 10 dead and 40 still missing.

Indonesia is in the peak of the dry season but torrential rains battered several regions in the past few days, causing flooding in several parts of Java and a deadly landslide in Sulawesi, where rescuers are racing to find more than a dozen missing gold miners.

The landslide on Sunday morning in Sumawa district killed miners and residents living near the illegal mine, said Heriyanto, head of the local rescue agency (Basarnas). 

Ninety percent of the corals Nyoman had nurtured on the reefs near his village in Bondalem, in northern shore of Bali, lost their colour last December. 

West Sumatra Police chief Insp. Gen. Suharyono has stirred widespread controversy amid pressure for the force to be transparent regarding the suspicious death of a boy in Padang, who allegedly was beaten to death by officers.

The family and lawyers of a 13-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death by police officers in Padang, West Sumatra, are in Jakarta this week, visiting several state institutions and media organizations in the hope of finding support in their search for justice.

Colleagues have flagged irregularities surrounding a fire that killed a journalist working for an outlet affiliated with the police and three family members at his home in Tanah Karo regency, North Sumatra, which occurred following the publication of his reporting pertaining to a gambling incident in the regency. 

The Press Council is calling for a thorough investigation of the fire that killed a journalist and his family in Karo regency, North Sumatra, an incident allegedly linked to his reports regarding a local gambling ring.

Siriati, 36, had gone missing after she left her house Tuesday morning to buy medicine for her sick child, police said, prompting relatives to launch a search.

Indonesia ranks 111th among 180 countries on the 2024 press freedom index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), which has said journalists investigating corruption there are often subjected to intimidation and violence by authorities. 

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has proposed incentives such as pay raises and accelerated promotion for civil servants (ASN) who relocate to the country’s future capital of Nusantara in East Kalimantan ahead of their peers.

The Padang Police chief announced that the investigation into the alleged fatal torture of a 13-year-old boy while in custody had been closed, citing lack of evidence.

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will get a retirement house from the state at the end of his presidency in October, which is being built on a 1.2-hectare plot in Colomadu, Karanganyar, Central Java.

The proliferation of cyber fraud groups in Southeast Asia has become a growing concern in recent years, and authorities in countries including China, Indonesia and Malaysia have stepped up efforts to stop them.

Human rights watchdogs have demanded transparency in the police investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy, who was allegedly beaten to death by police officers in Padang, West Sumatra.

A number of South Sumatra regencies have been put on siaga (alert) status, the second-highest level of the country’s four-tiered alert system, for land and forest fires ahead of the peak of the dry season.

Residents discovered the bruised body of high-school student Afif Maulana in a river close to a village in Padang, in West Sumatra on June 9.