President Prabowo Subianto’s aspiration to expand palm oil plantations in Papua for biofuel production has drawn strong backlash from environmentalists, who warn the policy risks repeating the ecological disasters already unfolding in Sumatra. 

To fund recovery and reconstruction after the cyclone-induced floods and landslides, the administrations of Aceh and West Sumatra are requesting the central government to not cut the regional transfer fund (TKD) for 2026.

Chinese nationals working at a gold mine allegedly attacked five soldiers and a security guard after the foreigners flew a drone in a mining area.

Batu Basuak village has been hit by four flash floods since Nov. 24, with the most severe occurring on Nov. 27.

EEHV is deadly and communicable among elephants although not contagious to human and other animals.

The Jakarta Corruption Court has postponed the trial of former education, culture, research and technology minister Nadiem Makarim related to his procurement of Chromebook laptops, due to his health issues.

Despite the efforts by the government, frustration is mounting over sluggish relief efforts which has fueled demands on Jakarta to declare a national disaster and permit international assistance into affected areas.

The police consulted with the government before issuing an internal regulation that allows active police officers to serve in 17 ministries and state institutions, according to National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo.

Police are investigating a deadly office fire at a drone firm specializing in aerial surveys of mines and plantations, amid growing scrutiny of Indonesia’s extractive industry after recent Sumatra floods.  

A 12-year-old daugther allegedly murdered her mother with 20 stabs on her back and hands.

The head of the Rokan Hilir Police Water and Air Unit, Adj. Comr. Charisma Fajar Angkasa Putra, said local fishermen discovered the bodies at multiple locations between Nov. 7 and early December.

Detectives spent a week navigating rivers and thick forests to reach the location.

The aid, donated by Acehnese communities living in Malaysia, remains stranded in Malaysia due to administrative hurdles and because the disaster has not been declared a national emergency, according to Aceh administration spokesperson Teuku Kamaruzzaman.

A webinar on methanol poisoning involving experts from the WHO and other health professionals last week has pointed to an urgency for emergency planning to reduce illness and related risks in Indonesia, including ensuring the availability of antidotes.

Several regions in southern Indonesia are bracing for potential floods, landslides and extreme weather following the discovery of a new cyclone seed that has already affected Bali and West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), heightening urgency for disaster preparedness.

The recent “soft launch” of a contentious government-commissioned history book has drawn sharp criticism from historians and rights activists over its secrecy and perceived efforts to shape Indonesia’s historical narrative.

A fire tore through Jakarta’s largest wholesale market, Kramat Jati, in East Jakarta, on Monday morning, destroying hundreds of stalls and prompting Governor Pramono Anung to order a thorough investigation amid renewed scrutiny of the capital’s fire-safety standards.

Chairing the United Nations Human Rights Council would help Indonesia to initiate new international conventions linking human rights with issues such as corruption, the environment and electoral rights, said Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai.

Six police officers have been named suspects for assaulting two debt collectors to death in Kalibata area in South Jakarta last week, a fatal incident that reportedly triggered retaliatory mob violence on a nearby small market, inflicting financial losses on vendors.

The recruiter promised the workers they would get 110 ringgit (US$26.85) per day for renovating two houses but the wages have never been paid.

The death toll in the Sumatra floods and landslides has reached over 1,000 people over the weekend, as regional governments in the northwestern part of the island extend their emergency status and evacuees demand the central government to do more to help.

Authorities have blamed the scale of devastation in northern Sumatra partly on uncontrolled logging. 

During a raid on Dec. 4, police seized a dark blue pickup truck labeled "Bang Bus" that reportedly had been untaxed since 2023 and had allegedly been illegally repainted from white to blue without re-registration.

More than 1,130 tonnes of contaminated scrap metal were stored at the steel melting plant PT Peter Metal Technology (PMT) after the government detected widespread radioactive pollution in the area and carried out decontamination measures.

The lack of privacy poses serious difficulties for women, especially breastfeeding mothers, while access to menstrual supplies remains one of the biggest challenges of the crisis.

Despite being in effect for nearly a decade, chemical castration remains a rare sentence, even for offenders who qualify under the law.

The government has begun rebuilding the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school (pesantren) in Sidoarjo, East Java, even as public criticism mounts over the use of state funds to reconstruct the privately run institution, whose prayer hall collapsed in late September, killing more than 60 students.