Every year during the Idul Fitri holiday, millions of Jakarta’s residents travel by land, sea and air to return to their hometowns. Many bring gifts from their work in the city, which often encourages thousands of relatives to follow them back in search of a better life in Jakarta, further exacerbating the overpopulation issue.

Local police have formed a special team tasked with recapturing seven inmates who escaped early on Tuesday morning from Sorong Penitentiary, the site of last year's jailbreak involving 53 convicts, 21 of whom are still at large.

Indonesia's resort island of Bali is known for its packed beach clubs and streets that bustle with hoards of tourists and traffic, but once a year it enjoys 24 hours of blissful silence.

There has been no new evacuation order, but visitors and villagers have been told to vacate a zone 4 to 5 kilometers from the peak.

Seven members of two families were traveling on 'mudik' (exodus) for Idul Fitri when the Batara Kresna railbus collided with their vehicle on Wednesday morning at a railroad crossing in Sukoharjo, Central Java, killing four and injuring three.

The body of Juwita, who worked for digital news outlet Newsway, was found on the side of a road in Cempaka district at around 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Her motorcycle was discovered in the bushes just a few meters away. 

The case adds to a growing list of violent acts allegedly committed by police officers in recent months.

The Banjarbaru chapters of leading press associations have called on the police to thoroughly investigate a "single-vehicle crash" that allegedly led to the death of a 25 year-old female journalist, including the possibility of foul play.

Five people have been arrested in the case of cannabis crops found in Lumajang regency, East Java, with the police seizing 1 kilogram of dried marijuana

The Saturday incident occurred just a month after an employee of PT Ocean Sky Metal Industry (OSMI), one of IMIP’s tenants, was killed after being buried by 150 kilograms of mining material.

The West Nusa Tenggara Police replaced the Kayangan Police station chief for alleged extortion and intimidation that led to a civil servant taking his own death. 

Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) head Dwikorita Karnawati said that while the overall chance of rainfall had decreased as Indonesia transitioned to the dry season, several atmospheric factors made for a continued risk of extreme weather across the country.

Around 1,000 students and activists dressed in black participated in the protest in front of an East Java government building.

The 7.8-hectare Rorotan RDF plant is part of Jakarta's efforts to tackle its growing waste problem. Originally scheduled to be fully operational by mid-March, the plant is designed to process about one-third of the city's 8,000 tonnes of daily waste, the majority of which is currently sent to the Bantar Gebang landfill.

The Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) has reported that the 91S tropical cyclone developing in the Indian Ocean is causing increased wind speeds across Indonesia, resulting in high waves that were expected to persist until Sunday.

More Chinese businesses will invest in Indonesia, especially Central Java province, with the designation of Batang Industropolis as a special economic zone. 

At least two people were rushed to hospital, with one tourist pronounced dead, according to the police.

The incident erupted when a joint team of 17 officers from the Negara Batin Police and Way Kanan Police raided an illicit gambling operation at 4:50 p.m. on Monday.

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,703-meter twin-peaked volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted for 11 minutes and nine seconds late Thursday, authorities said, raising the volcano's alert status to the highest level.

"They were found to have accidentally entered Malaysian waters because of ocean currents and winds," a Bakamla official said.

As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are more widely used in modern warfare, state-owned aerospace firm PT Dirgantara Indonesia is working to improve its own UAV products, the Wulung and Elang Hitam, which are in different stages of development.

Thursday night's large eruption of the volcano in East Nusa Tenggara province followed dozens of smaller ones since March 13, the national geological agency said in a statement.

Rizkil was found hanging in his room on Monday afternoon, with a message reading "honesty is useless" scrawled on a nearby wall.

The Riau conservation agency was able to trap the Sumatran tiger thought to be responsible for mauling and killing Yafao Zebua, 50, and has removed the critically endangered animal from the area for later release back into the wild.

"Data from the index reveals 321 incidents of violence against 167 journalists throughout 2024, highlighting the persistent gaps in journalist protection and the urgent need for stronger safeguards," East Java Occupational Safety and Health Council deputy chair Edi Priyanto said on Wednesday.

In September of last year, the Lumajang Police discovered approximately 6,000 square meters of cannabis crops spread across 59 locations within the popular park and arrested six individuals from a nearby village in connection with the illicit activity.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency’s (BMKG) director for earthquakes and tsunamis Daryono said the first earthquake struck at 5:22 a.m. with a magnitude of 5.5, followed by a second earthquake measuring 5.6 just 56 seconds later.

Agus said the massive infrastructure project would be key to dealing with land subsidence and flooding in the area, particularly in Jakarta and other major cities along the northern coast of Java.

Two Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel allegedly involved in the killing of three police officers during a raid on an illegal cockfighting arena in Negara Batin district, Way Kanan regency, Lampung, on Monday have turned themselves in a day after the incident.

Rico, a journalist with the police-owned Tribarata TV, was asleep when the fire broke out in his home on June 27 of last year. The blaze claimed his life, along with the lives of his wife, their 12-year-old son and 3-year-old grandchild.