The Marines secured the safety of teachers and students to resume their school activities after raiding and driving away the OPM rebels.

JI carried out some of Indonesia’s most deadly terrorist attacks, including the 2002 Bali bombings that killed 202 people. 

An Airbus BK117 D-3 helicopter owned by Eastindo Air lost contact with air traffic control just eight minutes after taking off from the airport in Kotabaru district, South Kalimantan, at around 8:46 a.m. on Monday.

The protest began in Jakarta on Aug. 25, where demonstrators protested lawmakers’ lavish housing allowances and perceived arrogance. The unrest then spread nationwide after a motorcycle taxi (ojol) driver was fatally run over by a police tactical vehicle on Thursday night during the demonstrations.

Foreign tourist arrivals in Batam have steadily increased in recent years, but numbers have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. 

The UNISBA student body said security forces "brutally attacked" the campus, saying the tear gas caused breathing problems for some students and accusing security forces of seeking to silence dissent.

Nazwa died on August 12 at Siem Reap Referral Hospital in Cambodia’s Siem Reap province due to liver failure, reportedly triggered by a painkiller overdose.

The helicopter was missing in the area of Mantewe, South Kalimantan province, I Putu Sudayana, the head of the rescue agency told Reuters. 

At least 20 regencies and cities across the country have imposed online learning in the coming days, including Banda Aceh, Pekanbaru, Palembang, Bandar Lampung, Bogor, Bekasi, Jakarta, Tangerang, Yogyakarta, Surabaya, Kediri and Makassar.

The Denpasar District Court sentenced four Indonesians and an Australian in two separate cases related to drugs. 

Several houses owned by state officials and House of Representatives lawmakers as well as police stations and public facilities were damaged during protests unfolding in Jakarta and other regions across the country in the past few days, with at least three people killed during an escalated rally.

The police are asking the people to to be more sensitive to the psychological pressures on people around them and to report anyone who might be suicidal. 

“At the time, I was holding an Idul Fitri family gathering at the café. I didn’t close the place, so there were also customers present. I don’t even know who turned on the TV to watch the match. I never intended to profit from it or commercialize the screening,” Endang said on Wednesday.

National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said on Saturday the president ordered authorities to take firm action against protesters who violated laws.

Protests in Makassar descended into chaos outside the provincial and city representatives council (DPRD) buildings, both set on fire and vehicles set ablaze as protesters hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails.

Since its launch in January, the free school meals program has been marred by mass food poisoning cases across the country, affecting thousands of students.

Data show that the avtur price at Kualanamu International Airport in Deli Serdang regency is among the cheapest in Indonesia. 

Ita and Alwin were implicated in three separate graft cases that took place between 2022 and 2023.

The protest began peacefully but quickly turned violent when a group of demonstrators attempted to force their way into the North Sumatra DPRD compound by toppling the front gate and hurling objects at security personnel. Tensions escalated as police began arresting several students accused of inciting the unrest, prompting fellow protesters to intervene.

As a border town, Batam is poised to reap benefits after Singapore banned vaping, driving Singaporeans in their hordes to enjoy the activity banned in their country, a Batam official said.

Jakarta and Dili have been negotiating their land borders since 2002, shortly after Timor-Leste formalized its independence following a United Nations-supervised referendum in 1999. More than two decades later, both countries have yet to reach a full agreement on their land boundary, particularly concerning the Noel Besi-Citrana and Bidjael Sunan-Oben segments.

The family reported receiving a mysterious package a day after his passing, delivered to their home and received by the household maid. The package contained pieces of cut styrofoam shaped like a star, a heart and a frangipani flower, all placed inside a brown envelope.

Water from the Siranda reservoir has not been supplied to customers for two months, the city-owned tap water company said. 

Local administrations are showing signs of unease over the central government’s plan to slash regional transfers (TKD) next year, which experts believe could put a strain on regions’ programs and erode the hard-won decentralization established after the New Order era.

A violent whirlwind also struck four subdistricts on Friday night in Serdang Bedagai Regency, approximately 90 kilometers from Serdang Bedagai, damaging 377 homes and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate.

State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi announced the decision at the Presidential Palace on Monday adding that the President appointed Deputy Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Didit Herdiawan Ashaf as head of the new agency.

The family of a 19-year-old woman who died while seeking work abroad in Cambodia is seeking official assistance in repatriating her body, but her individual cirmcustance as an unregistered migrant worker has left both the government and the BP3MI with their hands tied.

A village elder on Rempang Island says the local community is suspicious that the government's plan to treat Gazans on neighboring Galang Island is some kind of underhanded ploy to move forward with the controversial Rempang Eco-City project.

Armed with colorful oars, rowers pack into long boats in western Indonesia, paddling furiously in front of race crowds swelled by the viral success of a young boy famous for his dancing at the front of the traditional vessels.

Sumenep Health Agency’s Achmad Syamsuri said authorities suspect the recent measles outbreak in the regency was triggered by a decline in pediatric immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic.