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Based on 10 verified sources covering Thailand, MY:

JAKARTA: Indonesia is ramping up efforts to secure its energy supply amid rising tensions in West Asia. Authorities have moved to cushion the impact of global uncertainty and ensure fuel stability at home. [1]

PoliticsIndonesian media censorship on Sumatra floods raises press freedom alarms Reports on disaster aftermath in badly-hit areas taken down as government faces rising public criticism Police officers inspect a pile of wood carried by a flash flood ... [2]

JAKARTA -- The deadly Sumatra floods and growing concerns over deforestation pose new hurdles to Indonesia's push to expand palm oil production ahead of the government's plan to broaden its biodiesel mandate this year. [3]

PADANG ARO, Indonesia -- Civil service jobs in Indonesia, as in other Asian countries, are relatively secure, but the pay is often not great. [4]

In focus: Sumatra before and after images show flood destruction Death toll tops 775 in three provinces in northern part of Indonesia island Yuki Kohara and Erwida Mulia The death toll in northern Sumatra from floods and landslides triggered by recen... [5]

JAKARTA -- The death toll from heavy storms across three Indonesian provinces on Sumatra has jumped to more than 400 with a similar number still missing and 290,000 people evacuated as the impact of extreme weather across Southeast Asia over the past... [6]

JAKARTA -- Nearly two weeks after cyclonic floods and landslides hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing 961 people, dozens of villages remain cut off, driving local officials to intensify calls for Jakarta to open the region to foreign assistance. [7]

Natural disastersIndonesia cracks down on illegal mining and forestry after Sumatra floods Government cites deforestation, watershed damage as contributors to the disaster Logs swept away by flash flooding in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia on ... [8]

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[1] MY www.thestar.com.my · 2026-03-26 · 65% match

Indonesia strengthens energy safeguards, says supply stable amid Middle East conflict

JAKARTA: Indonesia is ramping up efforts to secure its energy supply amid rising tensions in West Asia. Authorities have moved to cushion the impact of global uncertainty and ensure fuel stability at home.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-01 · 75% match

Indonesian media censorship on Sumatra floods raises press freedom alarms

PoliticsIndonesian media censorship on Sumatra floods raises press freedom alarms Reports on disaster aftermath in badly-hit areas taken down as government faces rising public criticism Police officers inspect a pile of wood carried by a flash flood

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-01-13 · 75% match

Sumatra floods and climate change cast shadow on Indonesia's palm oil push

JAKARTA -- The deadly Sumatra floods and growing concerns over deforestation pose new hurdles to Indonesia's push to expand palm oil production ahead of the government's plan to broaden its biodiesel mandate this year.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2026-02-07 · 75% match

Catastrophe brings a reckoning for Sumatra's oil palm plantations

PADANG ARO, Indonesia -- Civil service jobs in Indonesia, as in other Asian countries, are relatively secure, but the pay is often not great.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-04 · 75% match

In Focus: Sumatra before and after images show flood destruction - Nikkei Asia

In focus: Sumatra before and after images show flood destruction Death toll tops 775 in three provinces in northern part of Indonesia island Yuki Kohara and Erwida Mulia The death toll in northern Sumatra from floods and landslides triggered by recen

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-11-30 · 75% match

Death toll after tropical cyclones hit Indonesia's Sumatra rises to 442

JAKARTA -- The death toll from heavy storms across three Indonesian provinces on Sumatra has jumped to more than 400 with a similar number still missing and 290,000 people evacuated as the impact of extreme weather across Southeast Asia over the past

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-08 · 75% match

Indonesia grapples with Sumatra disaster as governor calls for foreign aid

JAKARTA -- Nearly two weeks after cyclonic floods and landslides hit Indonesia's Sumatra island, killing 961 people, dozens of villages remain cut off, driving local officials to intensify calls for Jakarta to open the region to foreign assistance.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-04 · 75% match

Indonesia cracks down on illegal mining and forestry after Sumatra floods

Natural disastersIndonesia cracks down on illegal mining and forestry after Sumatra floods Government cites deforestation, watershed damage as contributors to the disaster Logs swept away by flash flooding in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia on

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-05 · 75% match

Indonesian minister vows to restore damaged Sumatra rice fields quickly

JAKARTA – Indonesian Agriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman plans to restore thousands of hectares of rice fields damaged by floods in northern Sumatra within two months -- a timeframe experts say is overly ambitious.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2025-12-11 · 75% match

Indonesia's Aceh warns of famine as Sumatra flood fatalities near 1,000

JAKARTA -- Victims of floods and landslides in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh are at risk of famine as hundreds of villages remain cut off more than two weeks after cyclones hit Sumatra, local officials warned on Thursday.

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