Passengers look at an electronic board displaying cancelled flights at the Ngurah Rai International Airport in Badung regency, Bali on March 21, 2025, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) erupted, shooting dark ash 8 kilometers into the sky.`

Uncertainty looms over northern Bali airport project

While many locals welcome the potential economic benefits, others have voiced concerns about the airport’s impact on Bali’s environment and culture, especially as the holiday island is already grappling with overtourism and overdevelopment.

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Eruptions at Mt. Lewotobi Laki-laki cause air travel disruption

Although no official evacuation orders have been issued, dozens of residents have temporarily relocated to relatives’ homes in neighboring regencies to protect themselves and their families from the harmful effects of the ash.

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Jakarta links with satellite cities as flooding continues

Continuous heavy rainfall during what the weather agency described as an anomalous dry season on Monday evening triggered flooding in many parts of Jakarta and its surrounding areas.

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Under the weather: Former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, is seen in this undated photo while reportedly suffering from a skin allergy.

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Government stays mum on Jokowi’s health amid growing public concern

Speculation continues to mount over the health of former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as government officials remain tight-lipped and offer little clarity about the medical care typically extended to former heads of state.

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Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Minister Maman Abdurrahman waves to journalists on July 4, 2025, after visiting the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta. The minister came to the antigraft body to provide clarification on an alleged official request from his ministry to Indonesian foreign offices abroad to support his wife's trip to several European cities.

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KPK may question MSMEs minister over wife’s Europe trip

The state’s antigraft body is still studying documents submitted by the minister regarding his wife’s trip to several European cities.

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Market migration: A vendor passes by a number of birds for sale on July 2 at Barito Market in South Jakarta. The Jakarta administration will relocate the market to make way for the “unification“ of three parks, namely Ayodya Park, Langsat Park and Leuser Park, to support a larger ASEAN-themed park in the area.

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ASEAN Park plan faces pushback over Barito Market relocation

The Jakarta administration’s plan to relocate South Jakarta’s Barito Market to make way for the proposed ASEAN Park has sparked strong opposition from a number of traders, who fear the move will cost them their livelihoods.

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Still searching: Rescuers (right) and marine police officers search on Saturday for missing victims of a ferry accident in the waters off the Bali Strait near Jembrana, on Bali island. Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers widened their search for dozens of missing people on Friday, after a ferry sank in rough seas on the way to Bali.

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Ferry accident in Bali strait sparks calls to improve Indonesia’s maritime safety

Irine Yusiana Roba Putri, a member of the House of Representatives Commission V overseeing transportation and infrastructure, said the recent accident highlights systemic issues in Indonesia’s maritime safety.

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Skipper Marsel Talla stands near the twin outboard motors at the stern of his boat on June 19, 2025, as tour guide Marthen Bertabuy, a native of Raja Ampat regency, keeps an eye out to help navigate the journey to Gag Island in Southwest Papua.

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The long, suspenseful journey to Indonesia's nickel 'paradise'

The Jakarta Post's recent trip to Raja Ampat late last month revealed the complex currents rippling and colliding beneath the mining versus tourism issue, conflated by environmental and indigenous concerns surrounding the global marine haven in the country's far-flung, easternmost region.

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Shouldering the weight: A worker carries government rice aid at the warehouse of state-owned food logistics company, Bulog, in Talumolo village, Gorontalo city, Gorontalo, on March 3, 2024. (Antara/Adiwinata Solihin)

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Bulog chief quits after brief stint, returns to TNI

A General Elections Commission (KPU) official shows 2024 general election ballot papers on Feb. 5, 2024, in the logistics warehouse at Cempaka Putih Sports Hall in Central Jakarta.

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House hearing on court’s ruling separating elections draws criticism

Candidate for Indonesian ambassador to the United States Indroyono Soesilo (second left) exits the room on Saturday after his confirmation hearing by House of Representatives Commission I overseeing foreign affairs and defense at the legislative complex in Senayan, Jakarta.

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Indonesia draws closer to filling ambassadorial post in US

Former trade minister and graft defendant Thomas Lembong (left) embraces his wife Maria Franciska Wihardja (right) upon entering the Jakarta Corruption Court courtroom on Friday in Jakarta ahead of a hearing. Prosecutors demanded that the judges sentence Thomas to seven years behind bars for his alleged role in a corruption case pertaining to raw sugar imports.

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Prosecutors seek seven years for Thomas Lembong in sugar graft case

Candidate screening: A meeting between House of Representatives Commission I overseeing foreign and defense affairs with the Foreign Ministry is seen on June 30 at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta.

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House to question Prabowo’s envoy nominees over weekend

Disputed ruling: Lawmakers attend a House of Representatives plenary session on Tuesday at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta.

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Lawmakers signal resistance against Constitutional Court’s split-election ruling

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general and graft defendant Hasto Kristiyanto waves to journalists upon walking to the courtroom of the Jakarta Corruption Court in Jakarta on July 3. Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) prosecutors demand the judge punish Hasto with a seven-year imprisonment and a Rp 600 million (US$36,947) fine in a bribery and obstruction of justice case involving a former General Elections Commission (KPU) member.

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Seven years prison sentence sought against PDI-P's Hasto

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ASEAN Park plan faces pushback over Barito Market relocation

This photo, taken on July 2, shows Susana Somali playing with rescued dogs at the Pejaten Shelter in South Jakarta. Founded by Susana in August 2009, the shelter now houses around 600 dogs.

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Boar escape sparks scrutiny of crowded South Jakarta animal shelter

Few vehicles are seen on the usually busy Jl. Sudirman in Central Jakarta on March 31, 2020, as the government called on people to stay home amid COVID-19.

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Jakarta cancels Car Free Night trial

A street performer in an ‘ondel-ondel’ costume pushes a makeshift cart fitted with a megaphone on June 2, 2025, as youths mingle in a roadside parking area on Jl. Matraman Raya in East Jakarta. Governor Pramono Anung has proposed banning the use of the giant effigies in street performances in a new regulation to preserve ‘ondel-ondel’ as a symbol of Betawi heritage.

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Uncertain future hangs over ‘ondel-ondel’ buskers

People lounge atop the stairs leading the new building at Tanah Abang Station in Central Jakarta on June 29, 2025, the day it opened.

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Revamped Tanah Abang Station still faces bottlenecks, safety issues

A stock illustration of a wooden miniature of a house.

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Low-rise apartments eyed for Jakarta’s housing problem

A girl stands in the wake of a ‘bajaj’ on June 25, 2025, as its driver plows through a flooded street in Muara Angke, North Jakarta. The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has advised northern coastal communities in the city that high tide flooding due to the super new moon on Wednesday could last until June 29.

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North Jakarta braces for tidal flooding until end June

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Ferry accident in Bali strait sparks calls to improve Indonesia’s maritime safety

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Australian airlines cancel flights to Bali after volcanic eruption

Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki, located in East Nusa Tenggara province, erupted on Monday morning, spewing out an ash cloud reaching as high as 18 kilometres (11.18 miles).

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Susi Air owner Susi Pudjiastuti (center) talks to Central Java Governor Ahmad Luthfi (left) at Ahmad Yani International Airport in Semarang on Friday, July 4. The airline started a route linking Semarang with Karimunjawa in Jepara regency, Central Java.

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Susi Air flies to Karimunjawa from Semarang, Yogyakarta

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Lewotobi volcano spews 18-kilometre ash tower

Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, a 1,584-metre-high twin-peaked volcano on the tourist island of Flores, erupted at 11:05 am local time (0305 GMT), the volcanology agency said in a statement.

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Rescuers (right) and marine police officers search for missing victims of a ferry accident in the waters off the Bali Strait near Jembrana, on Bali island on July 5. Hundreds of Indonesian rescuers widened their search for dozens of missing people on July 4, after a ferry sank in rough seas on the way to Bali.

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Rescuers race to find missing passengers of sunken ferry near Bali

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Indonesian schools win Asia-Pacific school competition

An elementary school in East Nusa Tenggara launched an initiative to encourage garbage recycling and turn waste into school equipment while a junior high school in Bandung developed an application to overcome bullying and mental health issues.

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