Taman Safari Indonesia announces the birth of two Humboldt penguins, a gibbon and two Bengal tiger cubs across three of its parks.

Oni Enumbi, a member of the armed criminal group (KKB) in Puncak Jaya, Central Papua, is wanted for his involvement in the shooting and killing of Elang task force personnel.

Many voters refrained from going to polling stations to cast votes for this year's simultaneous regional elections, with observers and election organizers mostly blaming disasters and political exhaustion as factors discouraging people from voting.

The competition between the ruling Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) did not elude Indonesia’s new Papuan provinces of South Papua, Central Papua, the Papua Highlands and Southwest Papua.

Quick counts indicate that regional head candidates backed by the governing coalition are on course to dominate most key battleground provinces in the country’s first nationwide simultaneous regional elections, solidifying support for President Prabowo Subianto to execute his programs over the next five years.

Despite the relatively peaceful situation, Listyo said security forces remained on high alert, especially during the critical vote-counting phase.

Two motorists died in a multi-vehicle accident in Slipi, West Jakarta, on Tuesday morning at around 7 a.m., adding to a long list of such fatal pileups in the country in the past month.

Some 30 percent of 25,223 polling stations in North Sumatra failed to carry out the voting process after heavy rainfall triggered massive floods and landslides in various parts of the province.

Central Java gubernatorial candidate Ahmad Luthfi and his running mate Taj Yasin Maimoen are likely to have beaten rivals Anika Perkasa and running mate Hendrar Prihadi in the province’s polls on Wednesday, according to preliminary results from pollsters.

The Central Java Ombudsman urges the police to launch a comprehensive investigation into the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old student in Semarang by a police officer and to open the information to the public to prevent speculation.

According to prevailing regulations, if a local poll administrator dies while on duty, they are entitled to receive compensation directly from the KPU to cover funeral expenses and other related costs.

All three candidates for Jakarta governor and their running mates cast their ballots in polling stations in and outside of the capital on Wednesday.

President Prabowo Subianto has agreed to improve teachers’ welfare by doubling the basic salary of those with civil servant status (ASN), and provide an additional Rp 2 million (US$125) for each non-ASN teacher.

Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan threw a jab at Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Ridwan Kamil, who officially resides in West Java, which prevented him from voting in the Jakarta election. 

The vote counting at polling stations is the first step in the lengthy and laborious vote-counting and tabulating process of election returns, with the process scheduled to be finished by Dec. 16, according to the General Elections Commission (KPU).

Condemned internationally and at home, the former regent Terbit Rencana Perangin-angin, had been accused of human trafficking, torture, forced labor and slavery.

Former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has called on the eventual winners of the regional elections to remain humble and for the losers to accept the results in good faith.

President Prabowo Subianto called on any eventual winners and losers of the simultaneous nationwide local elections to reconcile, after he cast his vote at a polling station near his private residence in Hambalang, West Java on Wednesday.

More than 200 million people will vote to choose dozens of governors and mayors, and 415 regents, with some candidates linked to ex-leader Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, vying for coveted positions seen as paths to higher office.

A recent string of extra-judicial executions by police officers has shed light on the institution’s failure to regulate firearm use among its personnel, prompting watchdogs to urge the institution to improve accountability in the use of lethal force.

Polling stations will be open from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. local time, and vote counting be ongoing until Dec. 16.

The Jakarta Police named 28 people, including 10 employees of the Communications and Digital Ministry, suspects in an investigation into an online gambling ring.

Indonesia will hold on Wednesday its first-ever nationwide simultaneous regional elections, the largest in the nation’s history, to elect local leaders, who will influence the power play at the national level over the next five years.

The sole judge of the South Jakarta District Court has rejected the pretrial motion filed by former trade minister Thomas Lembong, which challenged his arrest by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) late last month as a graft suspect in a sugar import project he authorized years ago.

Environmentalists are pushing Indonesia to be more proactive in the negotiations for the world's first treaty aimed at curbing plastic pollution and spurring plastic waste diplomacy in Southeast Asia, a region heavily impacted by the matter.

Coordinating Politics and Security Minister Budi Gunawan guaranteed that people affected by natural disasters can still exercise their voting rights in the upcoming regional elections on Wednesday.

Regional administrations and General Elections Commission (KPU) offices are preparing for the possibility that natural disasters may strike ahead of voting day for the regional elections on Wednesday, as some parts of the country experience increased flooding and landslides amid an intense rainy season.