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Bone regency postpones property tax increase as discontent spreads across country

Home Minister Tito Karnavian said regional heads have the authority to increase land and building tax based on a 2022 law on fiscal relations and not because of the central government's efficiency drive. 

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Police arrest convicted serial killer in double murder case

Following Ibin’s instructions, NAT and MR went to a stone quarry in Warungpiring, Pemalang Regency, in the early hours of Aug. 10 to carry out what they believed was the final step of the ritual, unaware that the coffee they had been given was laced with poison. ...

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Death of a four-year-old due to extreme worm infection sparks online outrage

Over the following days, hundreds of live roundworms, collectively weighing around one kilogram, were expelled from her body, with some measuring up to 15 centimeters in length. Despite intensive care in the hospital’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), Raya passed away nine days later. ...

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Disgraced North Sumatra cop acquitted of fuel-hoarding charges

Medan District Court has acquitted former North Sumatra Police officer Achiruddin Hasibuan, citing not enough evidence.

1 year ago
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Husein airport flights diverted to Kertajati for safety reasons, says minister

Both domestic and international flights have been diverted, including those operated by airlines Citilink, AirAsia and Super Air Jet.

1 year ago
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Indonesia increasingly reliant on imported silkworms: Researcher

About 70 to 80 percent of silk thread production in the country is centered in Wajo regency, South Sulawesi, well known for its remarkable Sengkang woven fabric.

1 year ago
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Banyumas glass bridge operator owns two other similar attractions, police find

The Banyumas Police have charged Edi Suseno, the owner and manager of the Geong glass bridge, with negligence over a recent fatal accident at the Central Java tourist site and have found that he owns two other similar attractions in the area.

1 year ago
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Jokowi breaks ground on airport in planned new capital

Jokowi is this week expected to launch a total of 10 projects worth Rp 12.5 trillion ($783.85 million) in Nusantara, which Indonesia is building from scratch amid the jungles of Kalimantan.

1 year ago
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Sandiaga Uno plans to tighten construction permit after glass bridge incident in Banyumas

Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno will tighten regulations for glass bridge construction at tourist attractions after one person died at The Geong in Banyumas, Central Java.

1 year ago
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12 dead in West Java from drinking bootleg alcohol

In the country, high taxes make it expensive and some people can turn to potentially dangerous home-made liquor.

1 year ago
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Banten court sentences Iranian drug gang to death

Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws but has held off conducting executions for several years. 

1 year ago
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Police find possible negligence in Banyumas glass bridge incident

The glass flooring on a bridge that shattered at a tourist destination in the Limpakuwus pine forest in Banyumas regency, Central Java, this week measured only 1.2 centimeters in thickness, investigators have found.

1 year ago
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Dozens killed in famine-hit Papua Highlands

Jakarta has sent disaster aid of 20 tonnes of rice and thousands of packages of ready-to-eat meals, protein biscuits and basic food staples, along with other materials and operational funds.

1 year ago
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Police investigate deadly glass bridge incident in Banyumas

Tragedy struck at a glass bridge located in The Geong, a tourist attraction in the Banyumas regency, Central Java, resulting in one fatality and leaving three injured.

1 year ago
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North Sumatra TikToker arrested for blasphemy against Christianity

Police say the TikToker insulted the religion by making jokes about the Christian cross in one of his videos.

1 year ago
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Bali declares state of emergency for drought, fires

Acting Bali governor SM Mahendra Jaya has declared a state of emergency on the resort island for the next two weeks following prolonged drought and an uptick in land and forest fires.

1 year ago
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IKN signs deal with Tony Blair Institute to build research center

The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority has signed a deal with the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change (TBI) to help build a research and development center in Indonesia’s future capital city in East Kalimantan.

1 year ago
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KAI to pay compensation to passengers of derailed Argo Semeru, Argo Wilis

The crash, which occurred in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta, on Tuesday, caused extensive delays to rail schedules. The incident occurred when the Argo Wilis collided on a bend with a derailed Argo Semeru train. The Argo Semeru reportedly left the tracks as a result of subsidence on the track bed.

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Rebels kill seven in Papua attack: police

Authorities said assailants fired shots at mining workers on Monday afternoon in the remote, mountainous Yahukimo district. 

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Two ‘pesantren’ teachers sentenced to 12 years in prison for sexual abuse

The two educators were found to have sexually abused their victims throughout 2022 and 2023.

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Police kill one at Central Kalimantan plantation protest: rights groups

Rights groups have long criticised police in the country for heavy-handed tactics against demonstrations opposed to government policy or economic projects accused of harming the environment and Indigenous rights.

1 year ago
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Komnas HAM probes fatal shooting of villager protesting palm oil firm

Disputes between plantation companies and local communities over land rights were the most common cause of agrarian disputes in Indonesia, accounting for 37 percent of the 1,023 conflicts recorded last year.

1 year ago
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New food estate opens to meet IKN's needs

The first phase of the new food estate in Donggala regency, Central Sulawesi, covers more than 1,000 hectares of land, with an option to be expanded to 15,000 ha in the future.

1 year ago
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'Save our village': Rempang residents resist eviction for China-backed project

The government recently told Rempang island's 7,500 residents to pack their bags and leave by the end of September.

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North Sumatra police arrest orangutan trader

Police also found two orangutans, a male and a female, both approximately only five months old, allegedly linked to the trader.

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Wildfires raze forests around Mt. Agung

Wildfires have burned in the protected forest on the slopes of Mount Agung for the past week, with at least 645 hectares of forest affected.

1 year ago
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Bali authorities hunting foreigner who meditated naked at shrine

Officials in Bali have vowed a crackdown on misbehaving tourists after a spate of incidents including acts of disrespect to the predominantly Hindu island's culture.

1 year ago
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Indonesian woman kidnapped in Malaysia returns home

An Indonesian woman who was kidnapped while on holiday in Malaysia and held for ransom over her husband's debt while her kidnappers moved her across at least three states, has finally returned home after Malaysian Police rescued her from her 10-day ordeal.

1 year ago
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Govt urges locals to move from Rempang soon

During a meeting on Tuesday, BP Batam chief Muhammad Rudi said residents of Rempang were given the choice of relocating to Tanjung Banon, still on the island, or to the neighboring Galang island.

1 year ago
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Govt goes all in to extinguish wildfires

With nearly half of the country’s territory at “high risk of wildfires”, the government on Tuesday said that 2,267 hectares of land was reportedly engulfed in fire, and that the rest of October will see the dry spell persist.

1 year ago
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House passes revised IKN Law to future-proof Nusantara against regime change

The legislature has passed a new IKN Law that grants greater powers to the Nusantara administration but more crucially, future-proofs the capital city relocation and development project beyond next year's election.

1 year ago
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Forest fires continue wreaking havoc on public life, health

Efforts to extinguish forest fires engulfing parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan have yielded few results, with air quality in some cities deteriorating to levels unsafe for schooling and travel.

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Endangered Sumatran rhino born in Lampung

Weighing about 27 kilogram (59.52 lb), the yet-to-be named female calf, was born on Saturday at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) facility in Way Kambas National Park, Lampung province.

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