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Policymakers to rethink single-day general election format

President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo takes a selfie after inaugurating Ameroro Dam in Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi on May 14, 2024. The dam is one of the national strategic projects aimed at preventing a water crisis and flooding in the region.

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Jokowi marches on with ‘blusukan’ as presidency nears end

President-elect Prabowo Subianto gestures during a session at the Qatar Economic Forum in Doha on May 15, 2024.

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Prabowo promises 8% growth through downstreaming

President-elect Prabowo Subianto signs on May 8, 2024, a plaque to mark the start of the construction of a replica of the Majapahit palace, as former National Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief AM Hendropriyono looks on.

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Why Javanese symbolism is intertwined with Indonesian politics

A cyclist rides on July 22, 2020, past a mural in Surakarta, Central Java, that calls on people to reject vote-buying.

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PDI-P politician grilled for proposal to legalize vote-buying

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Golkar considers backing Raffi Ahmad in Central Java race

A worker cleans a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) sign on April 25, 2024, at the KPK headquarters in Jakarta.

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Jokowi promises integrity in process to select KPK leaders

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Some Jakartans denied clean piped water for decades

Travel hub: People pass in front of Pasar Senen Station in Central Jakarta on April 18, 2024. The station is a major hub for intercity trains in Jakarta, serving routes from West Java to East Java. (JP)

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Tens of thousands seek better lives in Jakarta. But is the city losing its draw?

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto (left), accompanied by the party's campaign team head Bambang Wuryanto (right), speaks to reporters during a press briefing at the party's headquarters in Jakarta on April 22, 2024.

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PDI-P considering Anies, Ahok as Jakarta gubernatorial candidates

A Commuter Line train bound for Bogor, West Java, arrives at Manggarai Station in South Jakarta on Jan. 3, 2023.

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Passengers want better service amid plan to increase Commuter Line fares

Tourists pose for a photo in Jakarta's Kota Tua on April 16, 2024.

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Jakarta identity card number deactivation policy meets with mixed response

Motorists pass the construction site for the second phase of the MRT Jakarta project on Nov. 28, 2023. The project's second phase will see the railway service extended from Bundaran HI in Central Jakarta to Kota Tua in West Jakarta.

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MRT Jakarta mulls extending rail line to South Tangerang

Presidential candidate and former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan (center) greets children on March 22, 2024, during an iftar gathering at the NasDem Tower in Jakarta.

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NasDem considers supporting Anies for reelection in Jakarta

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Authorities raises Halmahera volcano alert level to highest

Mount Ibu, located on remote Halmahera island, erupted on Thursday morning, belching a tower of volcanic ash 5,000 metres (16,400 feet) above its peak.

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Two uniformed students walk atop rubble on May 15, 2024 past a collapsed school in Agam, one of the regions that were worst affected when flash floods and lahars struck West Sumatra on May 11.

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West Sumatra declares 14-day emergency following flood, lahars

Garuda Indonesia flight makes emergency landing after engine fire

The Indonesian flag carrier said the Garuda-1105 flight to Madinah -- operated by a Boeing 747-400 -- returned to its original airport in Makassar at 17:15 local time (0915 GMT) with all passengers unhurt.

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Death toll rises to 62 from Sumatra floods, 25 still missing

Officials said some of those earlier unaccounted for were found dead during the day, which lifted the toll from 58 reported in the morning.

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Rescue teams and people move logs that had washed into residential areas as they search for missing victims at Batu Taba Village, Agam Regency, West Sumatra, on May 14, 2024. Rescuers recovered more bodies on May 14 after flash floods and cold lava flow on Indonesia's Sumatra island over the weekend killed at least 50 people and left another 27 missing, the country's disaster agency said.

Rescue workers search for 35 still missing in deadly West Sumatra floods

Heavy rain on Saturday evening triggered flash floods, landslides, and cold lava flow - a mud-like mixture of volcanic ash, rock debris and water - in three districts and one town in West Sumatra province. By Tuesday, the death toll was at 52.

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West Sumatra flood death toll rises to 57 with 22 missing

Workers cleaned up damaged buildings after the deluge while rescuers deployed a thermal drone to help the search, using excavators and their bare hands to try to find survivors in the rivers and rubble.

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