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Discharged policeman sentenced to death penalty for killing sister-in-law
The death penalty verdict against the dishonorably discharged police officer was tougher than the life sentence demanded by the prosecution.
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East Java prepares for long dry season
The province faces double ecological crisis in 2026, consisting of floods and landslides during rainy season and forest and land fires as well as expanding extreme drought during dry season.
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Tangerang church disruption rekindles fears among minorities
Kinari, a Protestant from South Tangerang, feared that allowing intimidation to end with an apology could encourage more serious acts in the future. She also pointed to what she saw as a double standard in the treatment of religious minorities.
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Court cuts Nadiem’s sentence but he seeks another appeal
An appeals court in Jakarta has reduced the sentence of former education minister Nadiem Makarim convicted of corruption in the procurement of Chromebook laptops for school nationwide during his term in office.
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Prabowo’s universal free education plan raises feasibility questions
Finance Minister Suahasil Nazara said there would be no additional allocation for free state schools, with the government instead reviewing how the existing education budget is distributed among the central and regional governments, ministries and agencies.
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Calls grow for tighter food safety in free meal program after child’s death
A nine-year-old boy in Lampung recently died after choking on a longan fruit distributed as part of the initiative, marking the first reported death linked to the program.
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Dozens of homesick students leave North Sumatra community schools
Presidential chief of staff Dudung Abdurrahman said 30 students from Integrated Community School 1 in Serdang Bedagai regency returned to their homes because they were unable to settle in the boarding school.
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167 psychiatric patients evacuated as haze worsens in South Kalimantan
Authorities are preparing to move patients to an off-site facility if smoke from the wildfires around the hospital could not be brought under control.
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Respiratory problems climb past 170,000 cases in Indonesia
Blazes in Kalimantan, Sumatra and Papua have blanketed parts of the country, as well as neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore, sending air quality indices plummeting.
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