A voter 'casts' a ballot during a simulation of the 2024 regional election in Pontianak, West Kalimantan on Nov. 13, 2024. Thirty-seven provinces and more than 500 cities and regencies will hold simultaneous regional elections on Nov. 27.`

Revote in 2025 if ‘empty box’ wins in November polls: Top court

The Constitutional Court has ordered the General Elections Commission (KPU) to hold reruns of the upcoming simultaneous regional elections within a year from the election day on Nov. 27 should a sole candidate fail to garner enough votes to win an uncontested election.

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Veronica Tan says childfree trend common among educated women

Discussion surrounding the controversial subject of childlessness has resurfaced recently as a Statistics Indonesia (BPS) report shows 8.2 percent of Indonesian women of childbearing age choose not to have children.

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Pramono widens lead over Ridwan in Jakarta race

The Pramono Anung-Rano Karno Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pair, backed by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), appears on course to sweep the Jakarta race in a single round, a new poll suggests, with the duo widening their lead over the rival Ridwan Kamil-Suswono ticket, backed by President Prabowo Subianto’s big-tent Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM).

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A social aid recipient receives a sack of rice through the government's food distribution program at the Dumai Post Office in Riau on Oct. 29, 2024.

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Ministry suspends local social aid until after elections

The policy follows allegations that regional leaders and officials have been deploying state resources in support of certain candidates in the upcoming simultaneous regional elections.

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Jakarta gubernatorial candidates lack concrete waste strategies, says Walhi

Walhi criticizes Jakarta gubernatorial candidates for the lack of specific strategies to address the issues of city waste management and water supply.

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A screenshot from Anies Baswedan's Instagram account taken on Nov. 15, 2024 shows the former Jakarta governor (second right) welcoming Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pair Pramono Anung-Rano Karno to his residence in South Jakarta.

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Anies welcomes Pramono-Rano to his private residence

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)-backed Jakarta gubernatorial candidate Pramono Anung, together with his running mate Rano Karno, visited the residence of the city’s former governor Anies Baswedan in Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, on Friday.

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President-elect Prabowo Subianto (second right) and vice president-elect Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right) talk to presidential candidate Anies Baswedan (left) and vice presidential candidate Muhaimin Iskandar (second left) during the plenary meeting of General Elections Commission (KPU) announcing the 2024 presidential election result in Jakarta on April 24, 2024.

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Anies praises Prabowo's international diplomacy

Anies said that not only would the meetings have productive outcomes for Indonesia, on a personal level President Prabowo was presenting himself as a figure of dignity on the international stage.

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Evacuees carry food at an evacuation site in Lewolaga village, East Flores regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on Nov. 13, 2024, as Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki spews an ash column in the background. More than 13,000 residents of East Flores fled their homes in response to the volcano’s eruptions, which spread ash as far as Lombok Island in the neighboring province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB).

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VP Gibran visits baby Gibran at Lewotobi eruption evacuation camp

The infant, named Agustinus Gibran Raka Tapung, was born to Katarina Kwuta, 25, at the Lewolaga community health center (puskesmas) on Wednesday morning, one day before the Vice President made his visit to Kobasoma.

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Anies praises Prabowo's international diplomacy

Anies said that not only would the meetings have productive outcomes for Indonesia, on a personal level President Prabowo was presenting himself as a figure of dignity on the international stage.

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A receptionist talks to a visitor on Oct. 21, 2024, at the lobby of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta. President Prabowo Subianto has asserted his commitment to fighting corruption through system overhaul, digitalization and assertive law enforcement.

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KPK slammed for losing pretrial against South Kalimantan governor

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'I will resign if I got money from online gambling': Police chief

Listyo also ordered members of the police force to step up their work in cracking down on online gambling, which has created serious social economic problems in the country.

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Officials with the Vice Presidential Secretariat listen to complaints from a member of the public on Nov. 11, 2024, at the Vice Presidential Palace in Jakarta. Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka set up a complaint desk at his office, under a program called Lapor Mas Wapres (Report to the Vice President), to receive public complaints n a variety of issues.

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VP Gibran’s complaint desk efficiency questioned

Coordinating Politics and Security Minister Budi Gunawan (left) talks with Coordinating Law, Human Rights, Immigration and Correctional Services Minister Yusril Ihza Mahendra (right) during the inauguration of President Prabowo Subianto's Red and White Cabinet at the State Palace in Jakarta on Oct. 21, 2024.

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Newly appointed Kompolnas members to improve public complaint system

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Thomas Lembong sends a handwritten letter from prison

Former trade minister Thomas Lembong, currently detained as a suspect in an alleged sugar import corruption case, affirmed that he would cooperate with the authorities investigating the case in a handwritten note made available on his social media account.

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Gibran sets up complaint desk at Vice Presidential Office

In its first day of operation, the complaint desk received 55 complaints from people who visited the Vice Presidential Office in Central Jakarta.

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Anies welcomes Pramono-Rano to his private residence

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Manhunt underway for seven Salemba prison escapees

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Ridwan Kamil vows to transform Thousand Islands into global tourist hub

Ridwan also promised to tackle problems of transportation and clean water for residents of the regency.

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Aerial photos of residents observing the remains of a house and rental house fire on Jalan Papanggo 3 B, RT 012 RW 005 Papanggo Village, Tanjung Priok District, North Jakarta, on Friday, November 8, 2024.

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Fatal Tanjung Priok inferno highlights fire hazard in crowded Jakarta

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Fire breaks out in Tanjung Priok area, 4 dead

Four people died after a fire broke out in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, early Friday morning.

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Former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, also known as Ahok (center), talks to former cabinet secretary to president Joko Widodo, Pramono Anung (left), and former deputy governor of Banten province, Rano Karno, during a media opportunity in Jakarta on Sept. 19, 2024. Pramono and Karno are running for governor and deputy governor of the capital in the upcoming regional election.

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Pramono-Rano going strong in Jakarta race, surveys show

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More than half of Jakartans have made their choice for governor

A recent survey by Litbang Kompas has found that 56 percent of Jakarta residents have firmly decided which gubernatorial candidate they will vote for in the upcoming regional election.

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VP Gibran visits baby Gibran at Lewotobi eruption evacuation camp

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Indonesia to return ART units to China

Trials conducted by the IKN Authority found that the system's autonomous mode was not performing as expected because manual intervention from the driver was still required in emergency situations.

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Flights to Bali resume following volcanic eruption

Eighty-three international routes were cancelled on Wednesday, the general manager of Bali's international airport said in a statement, after Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki spewed a nine-kilometer tower of ash into the sky.

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Passengers look at an electronic board displaying canceled flights at Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali on Nov. 13, 2024, after the nearby Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano catapulted an ash tower kilometers into the sky.

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Domestic, international flights canceled over Lewotobi ash cloud

Police officers inspect a truck that fell into a 20-meter ravine in Banjarsari village, Selorejo district, Blitar regency, East Java, on Nov. 11, 2024. Two people died in the single-vehicle accident and three others were injured.

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Truck plunges into 20-meter ravine in Blitar, 2 dead

A truck plunged into a ravine in Blitar on Monday, leaving two people dead and three others injured.

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Flights cancelled to and from Bali due to volcanic ash

Jetstar and Qantas said they had stopped flights to Bali on Wednesday for safety reasons because of volcanic ash, while plane tracking website Flightradar24 showed flights to the island by AirAsia and Virgin were also cancelled.

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