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When Padang food dragged into Indonesia's elections

Ma'ruf Amin in West Sumatra went viral but it failed to gain the people's support. Instead, a group of the ...

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Indonesia sees waste-to-energy plant as solution to garbage problem

With a population of some 260 million people, Indonesia is one of the world’s largest producers of garbage, which ...

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Many call to conduct comprehensive assessment of Indonesia's elections

Indonesia’s simultaneous legislative and presidential elections were not only the largest single-day democratic ...

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Miseries behind Indonesia's successful fiesta of democracy

The residents of Peulokan Village in Labuhan Haji Barat Subdistrict, South Aceh District, Aceh Province, have lost ...

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Lesson Indonesia learned from Sri Lanka, New Zealand

The ISIS has claimed responsibility for Easter Sunday's deadly coordinated suicide bombings on churches and hotels ...

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Medan Corruption Court judge receives 9 years jail

The Medan Court Judge for Corruption (in North Sumatra province), Merry Purba, was sentenced to nine years in prison, ...

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Indonesia holds most complex legislative and presidential elections

Indonesia held the world's biggest and most complex single-day vote on April 17, 2019, where 192 million people ...

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Cementing Indonesia's national unity after elections

Indonesia has convened its parliamentary and presidential elections peacefully, though the General Elections Commission ...

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Indonesian diaspora enthusiastic over electoral process overseas

Ma'ruf Amin National Campaign Team (TKN) approached the Election Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) to report alleged ...

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Ensuring a peaceful, smooth and safe electoral process on April 17

Indonesia, the world’s largest archipelagic nation with some 17 thousand islands, has been holding relatively ...

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Turkey municipal elections: a tale of two cities

In the end, the recently concluded municipal elections in Turkey has merely turned into a battle for the ...

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The Presidential Candidates' strategies to boost economic performance

There are some major differences in how two Indonesian presidential candidates envisioned the future of Indonesian ...

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A glimpse into the voting preparation at the RI-PNG border

With Indonesia's presidential and legislative elections just a few days away, the election fever is being felt all ...

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Jokowi-Prabowo's concrete offer at last debate with bated breath

Ma'ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno pairs prioritizes critical matters concerning the economy, social ...

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Kampung Akuarium's ex-residents fight odds to cast vote at home

Reeling under Jakarta’s scorching heat, 35-year-old Topaz Juanda drove his motorcycle to North Jakarta's Luar ...

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Ex-political detainees in Buru envision ideal leader

News Feature : Harto Wiyono, 71, was picked up by Civil Service Police Unit members while out in the fields on grounds ...

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Regime change hysteria blows across Soekarno's historic stadium

There may have been over one million people present at the main stadium of the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex and its ...

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100-odd warrior force lends helping hand to build temporary shelters

The central and  Banten provincial governments are backing the Pandeglang district government, through ...

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Indonesia's realistic responses to EU's ban on CPO awaited

Indonesia and Malaysia, dominating the global palm oil production, are reeling from the EU's recent ban on palm ...

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Jokowi, Prabowo to face off one last time on April 13

Ma'ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno—say on April 13 could possibly seal their fate.   This ...