Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto departed for the province of Aceh on Sunday morning, December 7, 2025 to observe the handling of floods that have struck several regions. This marks Prabowo's second visit to a disaster area. Previously, Prabowo visited Tapanuli Tengah on December 1, 2025.

Antara, Jakarta – The development of Indonesia's new legislative and judicial districts in the future capital, Nusantara, has officially entered the construction stage after the government completed the signing of all 20 contracts under the second phase of projects slated for 2025-2029.

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – The death toll from massive flooding across Indonesia's Sumatra island climbed to 883, with 520 people still missing, according to updated figures released Saturday by the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB). The floods, which struck Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, have also left 4,200 injured and displaced more than 849,000 residents.

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Indonesian environmental groups warn that the deadly flash floods and landslides that struck Aceh in late November 2025 are not isolated disasters, but part of a growing pattern of environmental crises linked to widespread forest destruction across Sumatra, including in some of the country's most critical protected ecosystems.

Nandito Putra, Jakarta – Trend Asia has stated that the disappearance of millions of hectares of forest in Sumatra is linked to the issuance of forest use permits over the past decade. This finding was released amid the Sumatra floods in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, which claimed the lives of nearly 900 people.

Antara, Jakarta – Indonesia's Environment Minister Hanif Faisol Nurofiq has identified several key activities contributing to the worsening floods in Sumatra, particularly in South Tapanuli Regency, North Sumatra.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto spoke on Western democracy and human rights while addressing a Golkar Party anniversary event in Jakarta on Friday, December 5, 2025. The head of state said the floods and landslides that devastated Sumatra serve as a test for Indonesia.

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto highlighted the use of palm oil for fuel while attending the Golkar Party anniversary event in Jakarta, December 5, 2025. Prabowo said Indonesia must achieve energy and fuel self-sufficiency by way of palm oil.

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said his flagship free nutritious meal (MBG) program is considered the world's biggest logistics achievement in years. He compared recipients of the free meal program in Indonesia with those in Brazil.

Didi Agung Eko Purnomo – Amid public scrutiny of the flash floods and landslides that have hit Sumatra, President Prabowo Subianto has once again emphasised the importance of palm oil for national energy security.

Agencies, Aceh Tamiang – Residents in Aceh Tamiang climbed over slippery logs and walked for about an hour on Saturday to get aid, as the death toll from floods and landslides that hit Sumatra this month rose to more than 900 people.

Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Nutrition Agency (BGN) announced that its free nutritious food program, known as MBG, will continue to serve street children and the elderly, with plans to expand coverage to additional vulnerable groups.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – One in ten Indonesian women has experienced physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner, according to the latest National Women's Life Experience Survey (SPHPN) released by the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA).

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has announced a significant increase in the bonus for Indonesian athletes who secure gold medals at the 2025 SEA Games in Thailand. The gold medalist bonus will be raised from Rp500 million to Rp1 billion.

Jakarta – Indonesia is unlikely to move forward with a plan to retire the Cirebon-1 coal power plant early, although it is reviewing other coal-fired plants for early shutdown, its chief economic minister said on Friday.

Jakarta – We call on President Prabowo Subianto to reconsider the status of the catastrophic floods in Sumatra. It is evident that local administrations in North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Aceh are overwhelmed and lack the capacity to handle the impacts of these deadly floods without the central government's intervention.

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Deadly floods and landslides across northern Sumatra have intensified public scrutiny of extractive industries, with environmental groups warning that years of weak oversight have magnified the scale of the ecological disaster.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – Indonesia is poised to attract a fresh wave of foreign investment, particularly from the United Kingdom, Taiwan and Vietnam, into its upstream oil and gas sector, senior officials announced on Wednesday.

Yvette Tanamal, Jakarta – Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin on Wednesday joined his Australian and Papua New Guinean counterparts in Port Moresby for their inaugural trilateral meeting, held alongside the signing of a PNG-Australia pact and the culmination of Indonesia's own bilateral defense negotiations with Canberra.

Siwage Dharma Negara and Leo Suryadinata – Like some of his predecessors, President Prabowo has co-opted Indonesia's tycoons to contribute to a new bond fund. To what end?

Erfan Maruf, Jakarta – Indonesian police have named a Chinese national, Lin Jingzhang, as a suspect in a radioactive contamination case involving Cesium-137 at a metal-waste smelting facility in Cikande, Banten Province.

Jakarta – The National Nutrition Agency (BGN) is urging kitchens and partners involved in the free meal to obtain hygiene and sanitation certificates as soon as possible.

BGN's deputy head Nanik Sudaryati Deyang told the kitchens in Banyumas that they had about one month from now to secure the certificates, or they will face suspension.

Sukarjito, Jakarta – Representatives from East Kalimantan visited the House of Representatives (DPR) on Thursday to protest a government decision to cut regional revenue-sharing funds, arguing the policy threatens fiscal stability in one of the nation's most resource-rich provinces.

Jakarta – The plan by Garuda Indonesia to acquire Pelita Air is an effort to treat a sick state-owned enterprise by sacrificing one that is healthy. As the SOE holding company, Danantara may see this corporate action as consolidation in order to simplify the market. But these words feel more like blanket concealing Garuda's wounds that never heal.

Alfitria Nefi Pratiwi, Jakarta – The Task Force for Cesium-137 (Cs-137) Hazards Mitigation revealed that PT Peter Metal Technology (PMT) bought radioactive-contaminated scrap metal from domestic suppliers.

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) of the Indonesian National Police, along with the Directorate General of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Forestry, is investigating a suspected case of illegal logging that may be behind the floods in Sumatra. Suspicion arose after the flood swept away numerous large logs.

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Minister of Forestry Raja Juli Antoni is planning to revoke the Forest Utilization Business Permit (PBPH) owned by 20 companies managing a total of 750,000 hectares of land in Indonesia.

Agencies, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military stepped up its relief efforts in three provinces on Sumatra island that have been devastated by deadly floods and landslides, and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka apologised for shortcomings in the response to last week's disaster.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Navy has foiled two separate smuggling attempts over the past week in the West Java regency of Subang and in Jakarta.

In Subang, the Cirebon Naval Base's Fleet One Quick Response (F1QR) team thwarted an attempt to ship thousands of pieces of sports apparel without customs documents at Patimban Port, the Navy said in a statement on Tuesday.

Arina Zulfa Ul Haq, Semarang – A number of academics, students and interfaith figures have applied for a suspension of the detention of two Semarang activists detained by the Semarang Metropolitan District Police (Polrestabes), Adetya Pramandira alias Dera (26) and Fathul Munif (28).

Jayanty Nada Shofa, Jakarta – Indonesia is not accepting foreign aid for now as it remains confident that it can deal with the aftermath of the catastrophic Sumatra floods on its own.

Cut Mery, Salman Mardira, Jakarta – The regent of South Aceh, Mirwan MS, traveled to Saudi Arabia for an umrah pilgrimage without receiving the required clearance from Aceh Governor Muzakir Manaf, even as floods and landslides devastated parts of the province, officials said on Friday.

Fika Nurul Ulya, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has said that Indonesia must have a democratic and political system that suits the country. This is because the democracy followed by Western countries is not necessarily suitable for implementation in Indonesia.

Anwar Siswadi (Kontributor), Jakarta – On Thursday, December 4, 2025, the Bandung Barat region in West Java, Indonesia, was hit by severe weather, including heavy rain and strong winds, causing multiple natural disasters across the area.

Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The Financial Services Authority (OJK) has introduced a new regulation governing the trading of digital financial assets, including cryptocurrencies, as the sector expands and develops into instruments similar to conventional financial products.

Wahyu Sahala Tua, Jakarta – A European Space Agency (ESA) satellite captured the scale of the deadly floods engulfing parts of Aceh, offering one of the clearest visual confirmations yet of the disaster that has devastated northern Sumatra since late November.

Wahyu Majiah, Delfi Neski, Zhulfakar, Aceh/W – Sumatra/N. Sumatra. A six-months-pregnant teacher fought uphill through the storm to survive, a man waded through wreckage in a desperate search for his nephew, and a mother watched her home crumble beneath merciless floods.

Ilona Estherina, Jakarta – The Center of Economics and Law Studies (Celios) is urging the government to immediately impose a moratorium on mining permits and palm oil plantation expansion following floods that hit three provinces in Sumatra. Celios's economists view the Sumatra floods as an ecological disaster caused by deforestation for palm oil production and mining.

Jakarta – The Fossil of the Day award for the Indonesian delegation in the final days of the COP30 climate change summit in Belem, Brazil on November 15, 2025 showed the face of Indonesia in the eyes of the world.

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Clothes and jackets are hanging on the fences around the houses in the village of Matang Maneh, Jambo Aye, Aceh Regency, Indonesia, on Wednesday, December 4, 2025. This area was one of the regions affected by the floods at the end of November. "We are having difficulty accessing clean water," said Iskandar, one of the local residents.

Antara, Jakarta – About 10 percent of the total 105,072 hectares of conservation forest in Mount Halimun Salak National Park (TNGHS) has been damaged. Located in Lebak, Bogor, and Sukabumi regions, the damages are attributed to widespread illegal gold mining activities.

Antara, Jakarta – Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Chair of the National Economic Council (DEN), has formally denied any involvement or ownership in PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL), a company cited as partially responsible for environmental damage that has worsened recent floods in Sumatra.

Ilham Oktafian, Jakarta – The Indonesian government will revoke the permits of 20 companies accused of causing large-scale environmental damage linked to catastrophic floods and landslides in Sumatra, Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni said on Thursday.

Deni Ghifari, Jakarta – Indonesia's manufacturing sector continued to improve for the fourth month in a row, supported by strong domestic demand as exports declined to their weakest point in years, weighing on the industry amid a monthslong slump.

Tommy Pardede – The flash floods that hit a number of areas in Aceh over the last few days have received considerable attention from the Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam).

Antara, BeritaSatu, Jakarta – The National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) reported on Tuesday night that 744 people have been killed and 551 remain missing in the floods and landslides that struck three provinces in Sumatra over the past ten days.

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The floods and landslides in Sumatra signify two things: the unavoidable impact of the climate crisis and the long-standing environmental destruction.

Divya Karyza, Jakarta – The government has appealed to the private sector to create more jobs and relax requirements for entry-level positions as the labor market grapples with an annual influx of approximately 1.5 million new graduates.

Agencies, Jakarta – Officials battled Wednesday to reach survivors of deadly flooding in remote, cut-off regions as the toll in the disaster that hit Indonesia topped 700.

In affected regions, there is growing frustration among survivors of catastrophic flooding and landslides over the pace of the rescue effort and aid delivery.

Nina A. Loasana, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) will investigate an alleged illegal gold mining operation near Komodo Island in East Nusa Tenggara, which has sparked concerns over environmental damage and potential threats to the endangered Komodo dragon.