A technician from state electricity company PLN stands atop a transmission tower during regular maintenance work on Dec. 27, 2023, in Palu, Central Sulawesi. `

Bareskrim names five suspects in Batam blackout, losses reach Rp 57.3b

Detectives from the National Police's Criminal Investigation Agency (Bareskrim) have cooperated with PLN engineers in investigating what caused the Oct. 12 total blackout.

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Growing discontent spills into streets as Prabowo marks two years in office

Demonstrations took place in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Bandung in West Java, with protesters criticizing government policies they said had failed to address pressing public concerns during Prabowo’s two years in office.

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Strategic constraints still cloud Prabowo’s global ambitions

After a busy first year of raising its international profile, questions remain over how the Prabowo administration intends to translate its efforts into a coherent foreign policy strategy.

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Archeologists from the Western Australia Museum dig up artifacts left by Indonesian fishermen in Western Australia.

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Australia detains 22 fishermen from East Java harvesting sea cucumbers

Two groups were arrested over a period of two weeks. The first arrests took place on Sept. 22 when nine fishermen from Tonduk village on Raas Island were arrested by Australian authorities. The second group was arrested was on Oct. 8 with 13 fishermen detained, all from the same village.

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Illustration of drugs wrapped in plastic packets.

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New N. Sumatra Police chief acts swiftly against drug dens

Various police forces in North Sumatra raided drugs dens in their own jurisdictions, arresting scores of drugs users and dealers as well as confiscating pieces of evidence.

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This picture taken on October 19, 2026 shows residents, plantation workers, and security officials gather around a large charred metallic fragment, suspected to be rocket debris, at an oil palm plantation in East Kotawaringin, Central Kalimantan.

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Indonesia probes crash of suspected Chinese rocket fragment

The debris was found on Monday morning by a plantation worker in Indonesian Borneo, after residents reported hearing a loud bang the previous evening over a remote area of Central Kalimantan province.

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Greenpeace Indonesia activists unfurl a protest banner on Oct. 20 atop the Welcome Statue (Patung Selamat Datang) at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Menteng, Central Jakarta.

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Greenpeace protests disaster response at Jakarta landmark

Environmental activists from Greenpeace Indonesia climbed to the top of the Welcome Statue at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta early on Tuesday and unfurled two giant banners criticizing the government’s handling of disasters and rising living costs, amid ongoing wildfires in Kalimantan.

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