As food poisoning cases linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship free nutritious meal program continue to spread across the country, public concern is mounting over the government’s insistence on continuing the rollout despite calls for a full pause to allow for investigation and improvements.

In late August, a leopard was reported to have escaped from a zoo located just five kilometers from the hotel.

Some residents captured footage of what appeared to be a glowing red orb streaking across the sky, which quickly went viral on social media. Videos also circulated showing fires near Kilometer 219 on the Palimanan-Kanci toll road in Cirebon Regency, with some claiming these were caused by the meteor’s impact.

Piles of concrete caved in on hundreds of mostly teenage boys after the collapse of the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, in East Java province, trapping and later killing them.  

Around 800,000 metric tons of wet material flooded the mine on September 8, when material from an extraction point flowed at one of five sections of the Grasberg Block Cave underground gold and copper mine in Tembagapura.

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. 

In his address at the celebration held at the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta, Prabowo hailed the TNI as “the backbone” of national defense and “the guarantor” of the country’s sovereignty, saying that the military plays an important role in Indonesia's development.

The contamination is suspected to have originated from discarded industrial scrap metal processed at a smelting plant located less than 2 kilometers from a frozen shrimp packaging factory. 

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

The government’s ongoing food estate project has drawn criticism for environmental damage that could undermine Indonesia’s climate commitments, as the initiative requires large-scale land and forest clearance despite past failures in achieving food self-sufficiency

Confirmation of the meeting first came from Jokowi’s aide, police Comr. Syarif Muhammad Fitriansyah, who said that Jokowi, during a visit to Jakarta, had stopped by Prabowo’s Kertanegara residence.

After reviewing data submitted by TikTok on Oct. 3, which covered traffic escalation and TikTok Live monetization during nationwide protests over lawmakers’ lavish incentives and police brutality from Aug. 25–30, the communications ministry concluded that the platform had met its obligations.

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.

Teachers have voiced concern over the government’s plan to have them oversee the free nutritious meal program, warning that, despite offered incentives, the added responsibility could distract from teaching and expose them to liability if food safety problems occur.

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

When asked whether WFT was the infamous hacker Bjorka, responsible for alleged data breaches targeting several government institutions between 2022 and 2024, Fian said authorities have not yet confirmed this, noting that “everybody can be anybody on the internet.”

Analysts argue that reform must begin with a revision of the 2002 Police Law, which has so far failed to deliver a professional and accountable force.

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.

The dominance of politically connected figures in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) is again under scrutiny after a survey revealed that one-third of commissioner seats are held by political appointees, many linked to President Prabowo Subianto’s Gerindra party.

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.

Aulia's body was discovered on Aug. 12, 2024, in her rented room. Her death was reportedly attributed to a fatal overdose from self-injected tranquilizers. The anesthesiologist is believed to have been bullied during her residency at Dr. Kariadi Central General Hospital in the provincial capital, as described in her personal diary found at the scene

The collapse of an Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, which killed several people and left dozens missing has cast a harsh spotlight on Indonesia’s weak construction safety standards and the shortcomings of local administrations in monitoring urban development.

Wednesday’s fire was the second in just over two years as Dumai Refinery suffered from a fire in April 2023, which was caused by hydrogen leakage.

The government has suspended operations of “problematic” free meal kitchens amid investigations into mass poisoning cases but said the program will continue nationwide, with authorities pledging closer supervision to prevent further incidents.