A woman selling sugary drinks serves customers on June 24, 2025, at a business district in Surabaya, East Java.`

Sweet talk, sour doubts: Indonesia faces hurdles in curbing sugary drinks

Consumers worry that beverage sellers or brands may manipulate nutritional labels, while business owners are concerned about additional costs to test their products.

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Indonesian Messi superfan welcomes World Cup

The 54-year-old fisherman from a small village in Polewali Mandar has been a superfan of the Argentine football team since the 1980s and adores superstar Lionel Messi.

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Tesso Nilo welcomes elephant calf born in the wild

The 55-year-old female adult Sumatran elephant Rina previously gave birth to four elephant calves in Tesso Nilo.

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Hundreds of students protest against fuel prices and the free nutritious meal program, which they consider to be a hotbed of corruption, in Jakarta on June 12, 2026.

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Students return to streets over wasteful spending

Hundreds of university students returned to the streets on Friday to challenge President Prabowo Subianto’s spending priorities, arguing that costly flagship programs were weakening efforts to respond to mounting economic pressures.

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University students take part in a protest on Friday against government policies, including state budget spending, fuel price hikes, the free nutritious meal program and expanded military roles in civilian affairs, in Jakarta.

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Students take to streets to protest rising fuel prices, living costs

Hundreds of university students rallied across Jakarta on Friday to demand that President Prabowo Subianto take steps to ease economic pressure amid rising prices of nonsubsidized fuels and other commodities.

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New innovations in fertility treatment are giving Indonesian couples greater opportunities to achieve their dream of building a family.

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Breakthroughs in treatment to help Indonesia tackle fertility concerns

New innovations in fertility treatment are giving Indonesian couples greater opportunities to achieve their dream of building a family.

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Migrant Workers Protection Minister Mukhtarudin (left) and Riau Islands Governor Ansar Ahmad hold the documents after signing a Memorandum of Understanding on strengthening the upstream sector through vocational education in Tanjung Pinang on June 8, 2026. The MoU involves also Tanjung Pinang city administration, Karimun regency administration, Batam State Polytechnic and Batam Tourism Polytechnic.

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Riau Islands, P2MI Ministry sign MoU on skilled migrant workers

The MoU involves Tanjung Pinang city administration, Karimun regency administration, Batam State Polytechnic and Batam Tourism Polytechnic.

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A university student holds a poster reading 'police are killers' during a protest in front of the Jakarta Police headquarters on Aug. 29, 2025, against police brutality following the death of Affan Kurniawan, an 'ojol' (online motorcycle transportation) driver who was run over by an armored Jakarta Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) vehicle the night before. Protests erupted across several Indonesian cities on Aug. 29 in anger at Affan's death as officers responded with tear gas and President Prabowo Subianto called for calm.

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Students to rally against Prabowo amid economic pressures

Student groups are set to return to the streets on Friday, demanding an end to President Prabowo Subianto’s costly flagship programs as economic pressures mount and the rupiah sinks to a record low.

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Students to rally against Prabowo amid economic pressures

The hearing for a judicial review challenging the 2002 National Police Law is seen in session on Nov. 13, 2025, at the Constitutional Court building in Jakarta. Constitutional Court justices granted the petition and barred active police officers from holding additional government posts without retiring or resigning from the force.

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Legal challenge looms for new police law

House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad (second right), State Secretary Prasetyo Hadi (left), Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa (center), Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warijo (second left) and House financial affairs commission head Mohamad Hekal pose after a meeting on fiscal and monetary policies on June 6 at the Senayan Legislative Complex in Jakarta.

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House deputy speaker’s expanding roles spark power concerns

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Prabowo: I ran because Indonesia was on the wrong track

President Prabowo Subianto said his concerns over Indonesia’s trajectory since the 1990s motivated his repeated bids for the presidency, insisting his political ambitions were driven by a desire to change the country’s course rather than personal ambition.

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