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TV company Trans7 apologizes over ‘offensive’ content on ‘pesantren’

Following protests on social media and on the streets and threats of boycotting the private television company from pesantren students, management and alumni, Trans7 issued a public apology for content deemed disrespectful to the Islamic boarding school community.

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TNI says 14 Papuan separatists killed in village battle

The Free Papua Movement has fought for independence since the area was brought underIndonesian control following Dutch rule, in a vote overseen by the United Nations in 1969. Papua is one of Indonesia's poorest regions, despite being rich in resources including natural gas, copper and gold.

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Three Australians face death penalty over Bali shooting

Zivan Radmanovic, 32, was killed shortly after midnight on June 14 after two armed assailants stormed his villa in Badung, Bali and opened fire.

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Students suffering from mass food poisoning after consuming free nutritious meal packages receive treatment at a health post established at the SMP 1 Cisarua state junior high school in West Bandung regency, West Java on Oct. 15, 2025.

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Mass poisoning cases surge as free meals continue

At least 11,566 people have suffered from mass food poisoning after consuming government-sanctioned free nutritious meal packages since the program rollout, according to education watchdog group Network for Education Watch Indonesia (JPPI).

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North Sumatra Police foil scammer syndicate run from prison

A scammer posed as the victim's daughter and asked for money saying it was to buy gold.

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Jakarta Environmental Agency workers collect bulky household waste on Oct. 15, 2025, under the city’s newly launched free pickup service aimed at preventing environmental pollution. Residents can register online to schedule a pickup, with city-owned trucks collecting unused furniture and bicycles.

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Jakarta rolls out free bulky waste pickup to encourage recycling

The service covers items deemed large for regular trash collection, such as sofas, mattresses, cupboards, tables, chairs and other furniture, as well as unused bicycles.

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Shipyards, seen through an airplane window, on April 3, 2019, in Batam, Riau Islands.

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10 killed, 18 injured as oil tanker catches fire during repairs in Batam

The fatal blaze on Wednesday came less than four months after another fire broke out aboard the MT Federal II while it was undergoing repairs at the same PT ASL shipyard on June 24.

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Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin (left) and NasDem Party chair Surya Paloh (right) greet journalists upon walking to a meeting room at the Defense Ministry's office in Jakarta on Oct. 15, 2025. The minister hosted the politician-cum-businessman to talk about matters pertaining to the nation's stability and sovereignty, he said after the meeting.

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Defense Minister Sjafrie hosts NasDem chair Paloh, plans to meet PKS leader

After a meeting with NasDem Party chair Surya Paloh, Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin told reporters he received several suggestions from the politician-cum-businessman in maintaining national stability and protecting the country’s sovereignty.

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Defense Minister Sjafrie hosts NasDem chair Paloh, plans to meet PKS leader

Poll workers count ballots at a polling station in Banda Aceh, Aceh, on Nov. 27, 2024, after voters cast their votes to pick local leaders in the country's biggest simultaneous regional election. More than 200 million people were eligible to vote to choose dozens of governors and mayors and 415 regents.

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Sjafrie holds meeting with Nasdem chairman Surya Paloh

Sjafrie described the one-hour meeting with Surya as part of an outreach to politicians in a bid to "maintain national stability" and "protect the country's sovereignty", which is under the purview of his ministry.

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President Prabowo Subianto, who is also the chairman of the Gerindra party, delivers a speech at the celebration of the 17th anniversary of Gerindra at the Sentul International Convention Center in Bogor, West Java, on Feb. 15, 2025.

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Gerindra sets sights on 2029 as leadership calls for early preparations

Former education, culture, research and technology minister Nadiem Makarim (center) walks out of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) building in Jakarta on Sept. 4, 2025. The AGO named him a suspect in a corruption case pertaining to the procurement of Chromebook laptops for schools across the country during his ministerial tenure which was estimated to have caused around Rp 1.9 trillion (US$119 million) of state losses.

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Court rejects ex-minister Nadiem’s pretrial motion in Chromebook graft case

Final document: House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani (second right), accompanied by her deputy speakers, Saan Mustopa (second left) and Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (right), receives a final opinion document from Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Rini Widyantini during a House plenary session on Thursday in the Senayan Legislative Complex in Central Jakarta.

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House vows transparency amid alleged recess fund hike

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10 killed, 18 injured as oil tanker catches fire during repairs in Batam

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Earthquake of magnitude 6.7 strikes Papua

The quake was at a depth of 70 km (43.5 miles), USGS said.

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A Jakarta resident uses an umbrella during scorching weather on Oct. 15 at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle.

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BMKG warns of extreme heat in southern Indonesia until year-end

Under the sun job: Workers plant sugarcane seedlings on Friday in Hamparan Perak, Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra. The government has allocated Rp 1.5 trillion (US$91.41 million) to purchase sugar from farmers, which will be implemented by state-owned food company ID Food.

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North Sumatra's poverty rate rises, defying national trend

Villagers watch the eruption of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on June 17 as seen from Talibura village in Sikka, East Nusa Tenggara.

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Mount Lewotobi alert raised to highest level after powerful eruptions

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Oil tanker catches fire in Batam, killing 10

Fire broke out on the vessel, the MT Federal II, at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday (2100 GMT Tuesday) at a shipyard in the city of Batam, local police chief Sr. Comr. Zaenal Arifin said. Batam is around 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) away from Singapore by sea.

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