Reduced water supplies from upstream areas trigger a drastic decline in groundwater level, causing residents’ shallow wells to no longer produce water.”

Floodwaters between 25 cm and 150 cm high swept across parts of Greater Jakarta area on Thursday due to heavy rain since the previous evening, leading to clogged roads during the morning commute.

Jakarta is weighing plans to host the upcoming BTS concert at a relatively remote stadium in the northern part of the city, a move that has drawn skepticism from fans and observers over the venue’s accessibility and readiness.

Ministries and agencies have been ordered to cut budgets to make room for areas that President Prabowo Subianto has prioritized, such as his flagship free meals programs and higher defense spending.

Suderajat said he tried to explain that the dessert he was selling was safe, but the group allegedly struck him with a rattan stick. He further claimed that he was repeatedly kicked with military boots until he fell to the ground.

Environmental organizations, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), attributed the severe impact of the Senyar Cyclone to large-scale deforestation and weak enforcement of environmental regulations in Sumatra Island.

The reassignment of President Prabowo Subianto’s nephew Thomas Djiwandono to the senior post of the country's central bank has fueled speculations of a cabinet reshuffle, with attention turning to the possible appointment of another family member to an executive post.

The House of Representatives abruptly appointed lawmaker Adies Kadir as a Constitutional Court justice, replacing an appointee who had served only five months. Adies was embroiled in controversy over remarks that fueled the August unrest.

Indonesian Navy chief of staff Adm. Muhammad Ali said that 19 Marine Corps personnel were still missing.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) previously forecast rainfall to increase until the end of January in many parts of Sumatra, Java, Bali and Nusa Tenggara islands.

Rescuers have been scouring the unstable area in West Bandung region manually and using heavy equipment. But they are treading carefully for fear of another landslide due to bad weather.

Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Atip Latipulhayat said a total of 4,859 schools across three provinces were damaged by floods in Sumatra.

Changes in an island's shoreline can lead to the changes in basepoints for maritime border with neighboring countries. 

Indonesia has received its first batch of French-made Rafale fighter jets, the Defense Ministry confirmed on Tuesday, with three aircraft now stationed at an airbase in Pekanbaru, Riau.

“Our whole family, including our two children, participated directly in planting, arranging and caring for the trees. We didn’t rely on any outside workers. Planting trees is easy, but taking care of them is the hard part,” Rosita said.

National Police Chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo has firmly opposed proposals to place the force under the supervision of a ministry, warning he would rather step down than see the police no longer report directly to the President.

Poor oversight of plantations and urban developments have reduced water absorption capacity, a factor academics and environmental groups say contributed to a deadly landslide in Pasirlangu village in West Bandung, West Java.

Around 7,000 families are currently living illegally inside Tesso Nilo National Park, which is internationally recognized as a critical habitat for the endangered Sumatran tiger and elephant.

Three other defendants in the same case received life sentences, despite prosecutors also demanding death penalties.

Search efforts continued for dozens of people missing in a deadly landslide in the disaster-prone Pasirlangu village in West Bandung regency, West Java, as the number of fatalities from the natural disaster climbed to 17.

The government has halted the operations at major emitting facilities run by eight companies in Greater Jakarta for violating emission standards, a move critics say may offer limited relief in tackling pollution from the region long choked by coal-fired power plants.

The birds were smuggled onboard a truck crossing from neighboring Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, without proper documents. 

The officers were involved in border patrol training at the time of the landslide, Navy Chief Admiral Muhammad Ali said, adding that heavy equipment was not able to reach the disaster zone due to bad weather.

The Health Ministry plans to add treatment to its free health screening program after reaching 70 percent of its target, shifting focus from detection to early intervention and long-term cost savings.

Rescuers said they were treading carefully, fearing another landslide due to the unstable ground and bad weather.

Civil groups have slammed a suggestion by the deputy rights minister to do away with foreign intervention by having NGOs get state funding, amid the government’s plan to codify anti-foreign propaganda drives.

Four containers of electronic waste have finally been re-exported from Batu Amprt Port in Batam, Riau Islands, to their country of origin, the United States.