A buffet-style system currently being tested under President Prabowo Subianto’s free meals program does not eliminate the risk of food contamination, as meals are still prepared at kitchens outside school complexes and must be transported to schools. 

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.

Indonesia has again urged Meta to comply with the country’s Child Protection in Digital Space Regulation, known as PP TUNAS, singling out its Threads platform for failing to report any action against underage users more than six months after the regulation took effect.

Teaching the use of artificial intelligence at schools has become the quiet responsibility of teachers in Indonesia and worldwide to develop the practical knowledge of what responsible AI integration actually looks like.

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.

The indictment against former senior prosecutor Febrie Adriansyah focuses on alleged vast schemes of money laundering and extortion linked to his handling of past cases during his career at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) antigraft division six years ago.

The fate of Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka could now hinge on political parties in the House of Representatives after calls for his impeachment emerged after a Constitutional Court ruling found he lacked educational qualifications when he ran for office two years ago.

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

Reports have circulated that the House of Representatives has received a presidential letter seeking Agus’ replacement, with Army chief of staff Gen. Maruli Simanjuntak emerging as a possible successor.

National Nutrition Agency (BGN) chairman Sudaryono said that the trial was aimed at assessing whether the system could improve food quality and safety by shortening the time between cooking and consumption.

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.

BEM UI socio-political division coordinator Hafidz Haernanda, who held a prominent role in at least two student protests since June, was attacked and received death threats from unidentified assailants while riding a motorcycle in Tebet, South Jakarta.

The Constitutional Court’s ruling that found Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka did not complete senior high school has raised questions over his eligibility for future elections and whether other state institutions could move to impeach him.

President Prabowo Subianto is moving to further consolidate his authority over the military and police, gathering hundreds of senior officers at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday amid a recent police leadership change and speculation over a possible new military chief.

Local volunteers are eager to help put out forest fires across the country, but some have received little to no support or resources necessary to perform their duty.

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.

The Constitutional Court dismissed on Tuesday evening a petition challenging Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s election win over a lack of educational qualifications when he ran for office two years ago, saying the petitioners had no legal standing to pursue the case.

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.

House Legislative Body (Baleg) deputy chairman Sturman Panjaitan said the Satu Data Law would help integrate data from various government agencies, including ministries and regional administrations, into an interoperable national system. 

More than two months into haze crisis, worsening air quality and mounting health concerns are fueling frustration among residents and renewed calls for authorities to hold those responsible for the fires accountable.

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.