Popular News: 977 Birds Released, Dieng Frost May Occur More Often

A total of 977 birds seized during a smuggling attempt at Bakauheni Port in South Lampung have been released back into their natural habitat after being declared healthy. The release followed a joint operation by authorities against wildlife trafficking without official documents. In a separate incident, a joint search and rescue team evacuated eight crew members of the sunken motor vessel Teluk Bara in the waters of Central Maluku. The crew were found adrift at sea by a New Zealand-flagged ship before being rescued. Meanwhile, Deputy Minister of Social Affairs Agus Jabo Priyono conveyed a message from President Prabowo Subianto to hundreds of new students at the Sekolah Rakyat in Semarang, Central Java, encouraging them to pursue higher education and decent work. The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has officially abolished the ‘lunas tunda ganti’ mechanism for special Hajj services as part of governance reforms to ensure a fairer and more transparent departure process based solely on queue numbers. Finally, the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) predicts that the frost phenomenon, known locally as embun upas, in the Dieng Plateau, Banjarnegara Regency, will occur more frequently during the 2026 dry season, which is expected to be drier than the previous two years.