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Riau Islands launches AI-based Pantunesia to strengthen Malay culture conservation

In the app, artificial intelligence functions as an assessor to ensure a pantun created is in accordance with the structure, meaning and philosophy of Malay cultural heritage.

2 hours ago
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Discontent grows in Aceh over flood response

Discontent grows in Aceh over how the administration of President Prabowo Subianto handles disaster relief, as the crisis driven by deadly floods and landslides has dragged on for nearly a month. ...

3 hours ago
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Bakamla deploys patrol vessels to distribute disaster relief to Aceh

Bakamla has deployed two patrol vessels carrying a total of 160 tonnes of aid for natural disaster victims in Aceh. ...

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Seven arrested over assault against pesantren students in Yogyakarta

The Yogyakarta City Police have arrested seven men suspected of being involved in the assault of two students of a 'pesantren' (Islamic boarding school) in Yogyakarta on Oct. 23

1 year ago
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Dedi maintains lead in West Java governor race

West Java gubernatorial candidate Dedi Mulyadi and his running mate Erwan Setiawan have held onto a strong lead in three key regions of the province ahead of the upcoming regional election, with more than half of respondents in those areas saying they support the pair.

1 year ago
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PDI-P threatens to dismiss members supporting Bobby Nasution

The PDI-P dismissed Bobby Nasution last year for supporting Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka in the 2024 presidential election.

1 year ago
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Unair retracts student body suspension

Airlangga University’s (Unair) Faculty of Social Sciences and Political Science (FISIP) has revoked the suspension of its student executive body (BEM) for criticizing President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

1 year ago
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N. Sumatra regency looks to relocate Rohingya refugees

The Deli Serdang regency in North Sumatra is struggling to find a relocation site for dozens of Rohingya refugees who recently arrived in Pantai Labu district.

1 year ago
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Minister tells Unair to retract student body suspension

Higher Education, Science and Technology Minister Satryo Brodjonegoro has asked Airlangga University (Unair) in Surabaya, East Java, to revoke the suspension of one of its student executive bodies (BEM) for criticizing President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

1 year ago
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Police probe fires in NTT deadly village brawl

A forensics team has gathered evidence from the site of the clash that left two dead and 51 homes burned, while the local Social Affairs Office has distributed aid to the 52 affected families.

1 year ago
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Trans Jatim to add 24 new shelters on Madura route

East Java's counterpart to Transjakarta plans to expand the number of stops on its Surabaya-Bangkalan route with 24 new shelters, primarily on the Madura side, to help workers and students commute from the island to regions on mainland Java.

1 year ago
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Bandung to expand Wolbachia trials

The Bandung city administration in West Java plans to release the eggs of lab-bred mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia bacteria to another district in an effort to control dengue.

1 year ago
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Navy foils Rohingya trafficking plot in North Sumatra

The Navy has said it thwarted an attempt to traffic 146 Rohingya refugees to Aceh after they disembarked from a large ship on a beach in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on Thursday.

1 year ago
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Sulawesi court hears case against teacher accused of abuse

The Andoolo District Court in South Konawe, South Sulawesi, has begun the trial of a 36-year-old contract teacher accused of hitting one of her first grade students, the child of a local police officer, with a broom at SDN 4 Baito state elementary school.

1 year ago
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China-Indonesia ties tested following North Natuna stand-off

The territorial tussle threatens Indonesia’s close economic relationship with China, which President Prabowo’s predecessor Jokowi consummated with billions of dollars’ worth of investment.

1 year ago
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More than 140 Rohingya refugees land in North Sumatra

The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

1 year ago
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Sulawesi court releases teacher accused of abuse

A district court in South Konawe has released an elementary school teacher accused of hitting the child of a local police officer from a women's prison, where she had been detained for a week.

1 year ago
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Tributes paid to Italian surfer killed by swordfish in Mentawai

Tributes have been paid to an Italian surfer after she was fatally stabbed in the chest by a swordfish in waters off Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra.

1 year ago
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Flooding hits five Central Kalimantan regencies

Flooding due to heavy rains has affected vast areas of Central Kalimantan over the past two weeks, with at least five regencies inundated and more than 88,000 people affected as of Wednesday.

1 year ago
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UNHCR calls for Indonesia to let in Rohingya stranded at sea off Aceh

Two people on the boat had died and another 11, including a pregnant woman, had been evacuated to the local hospital, Muhammad Jabal, the head of fishing community at Labuhan Haji port in South Aceh, told Reuters on Wednesday.

1 year ago
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South Aceh authorities rescue six ill Rohingya

Local authorities have transported six out of 151 Rohyingas stranded at sea for medical treatment at a South Aceh hospital, while the police have arrested three Labuhan Haji residents over suspicion of human trafficking.

1 year ago
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Death of Depok firefighter raises concerns over equipment

Sandi Butar Butar, a firefighter from the same fire station as Martinnius, said on Monday that two SCBAs in the fire station were nonfunctional despite being crucial for firefighting.

1 year ago
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15 arrested following deadly village brawl in East Nusa Tenggara

The East Flores Police in East Nusa Tenggara have arrested 15 individuals following a deadly clash between residents of two villages in West Adonara district on Monday.

1 year ago
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Bakamla drives Chinese coast guard vessel out of North Natuna waters

The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency (Bakamla) drove off a Chinese coast guard vessel on Monday that entered Indonesia's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) in the North Natuna Sea without authorization.

1 year ago
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UN appeals to Indonesia for Rohingya boat rescue

The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar, and thousands risk their lives each year on long and dangerous sea journeys to try to reach Malaysia or Indonesia.

1 year ago
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24 witnesses questioned in N. Maluku boat fire that killed candidate

North Maluku Police investigators have questioned 24 witnesses in the investigation into the speedboat fire that killed North Maluku gubernatorial candidate Benny Laos, among others, on Oct. 12.

1 year ago
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Shallow 5.8-magnitude quake hits Maluku

The onshore quake hit the island of Tapat in the Maluku sea at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) at 10:24 local time (0324 GMT), USGS said.

1 year ago
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Authorities secure plane crash site in Gorontalo

Military and police personnel have been deployed to secure the site of a plane crash on Sunday that killed all four people aboard, ahead of an investigation by the National Transportation Safety Committee (KNKT) in Pohuwato regency, Gorontalo.

1 year ago
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Central Java to hold three gubernatorial race debates

The Central Java General Elections Commission (KPU) has announced the schedule for three gubernatorial election debates ahead of the Nov. 27 voting day.

1 year ago
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Plane crashes in Gorontalo, killing all four aboard

A DHC-6 twin turboprop aircraft operated by SAM Air crashed on Sunday morning outside Bumi Panua Airport in Gorontalo's Pohuwato regency, killing all four people aboard.

1 year ago
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Boat carrying more than 100 Rohingya sighted off Indonesia, officials say

The Rohingya boat is anchored around three to four miles, or around five to six kilometers, off the coast of South Aceh regency with its engine turned off, according to local community leader.

1 year ago
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Thousands hit by drought in West Nusa Tenggara

At least 15,600 people have been hit by a water crisis in West Sumbawa, West Nusa Tenggara regency, amid a severe drought in the area, prompting local authorities to distribute clean water to affected communities.

1 year ago
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Bali airport records jump in passengers in third quarter

The I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar has recorded a 14-percent surge in passengers to a total of 6.7 million during the third quarter (July to September) compared to the previous quarter.

1 year ago
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