Customs officers also foiled attempts to smuggle 1,018 grams of methamphetamine and 797 used iPhones. 

The future capital has a very limited water supply area, with only 0.51 percent of its total area considered high-water areas, 20.41 percent vegetation water areas and the remaining 79.08 non-water areas.

The Imperial Japanese Army had a large presence in the Maluku region as a line of defense against the southern approaches into the Philippines. 

The succesful export resumption reopened the market to Hong Kong because all fishery centers in Indonesia were affected by import suspension into the territory.

Efforts continued for a seventh day to search for the bodies of 26 students still declared missing, mostly teenage boys from the ages of 13 to 19, trapped under the rubble.

Despite its simplicity, the device has undergone laboratory testing and earned the duo second place in a regional youth innovation competition.

The death toll in a boarding school collapse rose to 10 on Friday, officials said, but dozens were still believed under the rubble without signs of life days after the disaster.

Had they arrived in Malaysia, the illegal migrant workers would have been employed as maids as well as workers at construction sites and plantations.

Rescuers said the search for survivors is continuing on Friday, even though they found no signs of life on Thursday as they called out students' names through tunnels inside the remains and used sensors to detect vital signs.

In April, the government announced its intention to evict around 40,000 people residing in seven villages inside the national park, accusing them of building illegal settlements and cultivating palm oil plantations in protected forest areas.

A fire broke out on Wednesday afternoon at a residential tower for construction workers in Nusantara, East Kalimantan, raising safety concerns in addition to ongoing social issues surrounding the development of the nation’s future capital.

Rescuers detected "no more signs of life" at a collapsed boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, where 59 people were believed missing days after it gave way, an official said Thursday, raising fears no more survivors would be found.

Yusril was arrested by the Batam Police on April 28 following a defamation complaint which stemmed from several TikTok videos he posted, in which he accused a local Satpol PP official of protecting street vendors operating in unauthorized areas.

Rescuers pulled five survivors from a collapsed boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java on Wednesday as frantic parents demanded searchers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed still trapped in the rubble two days on.

Governor's action is aimed at reaping income from vehicle tax and it went viral after a video of one such stop was posted on social media.

Rescuers battling to extricate students from the rubble of an Islamic school that collapsed, killing three in East Java province, faced a harder task on Wednesday after an earthquake that authorities fear packed the debris tighter.

Authorities said 91 people were listed as missing, after the Al Khoziny school building collapsed while pupils held late afternoon prayers in a mosque housed on a lower floor of a building whose upper floors were under construction.

Prosecutors found the tugboats, worth Rp 135.81 billion (US$8.15 million), were not up to specifications, the physical progress deviated from contract requirements and the payments were not in line with the work progress.

Nanang Sigit, head of the Surabaya Search and Rescue Agency, said that 38 students are still believed to be trapped under the rubble.

The Batam Customs Office, along with BP Batam and the Environment Ministry, has opened an investigation into 19 containers of e-waste that are believed to have been imported from the US without complying with the appropriate regulations.

Rafael Christian, head of the Nutrition Fulfillment Service Unit (SPPG) that prepared the meals, said the incident occurred when the glass lid of a pan used to fry eggs suddenly shattered during meal preparation.

A new report has once again highlighted the heavy toll of Indonesia’s nickel industry, where decades of poorly regulated extraction have scarred landscapes, choked coral reefs and eroded local livelihoods, while companies face little accountability.

Bali is among the regions in Indonesia with a high incidence of rabies, reporting an average of 183 animal bites from potential rabies carriers each day.

BNN's Suyudi said that North Sumatra and Aceh have long served as primary entry points for transnational drug trafficking into Indonesia. The main suppliers, he noted, are syndicates operating out of the so-called “Golden Triangle,” which includes criminal networks based in Laos, Myanmar and Thailand.

Batam Haj Dormitory serves pilgrims from Riau Islands as well as those from neighboring provinces of Riau, Jambi and West Kalimantan since 2001.

City leadership in Batam has been told to strengthen supervision on imported goods traffic, especially dangerous and toxic waste into the free trade zone area in Riau Islands province. 

Some businesses are found to operate in the protected mangrove forests and even have land ownership certificates (SHM).

Lifeguards at Legian beach had warned the missing Edward Nada Kantounas and two of his friends to leave the red-flagged area of the beach. 

The family was deeply disappointed to discover that Haddow’s heart was missing from his body just days before the funeral, a decision made without their consent or any clear explanation from the officials involved.

Healthcare facilities in the regency are struggling to accommodate the influx of patients. After local regional hospitals reached full capacity, many students had to be treated at the Cipongkor sports hall using fold-out beds. Some were even forced to sit on the floor due to a shortage of available beds.