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Indonesia: Bandung Design Biennale 2025 opens with unique light festival
Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian city of Bandung lit up on the evening of October 3 with the opening of the Bandung Design Biennale (BDB) 2025, a major creative event running from October 3 to 25 at the Tamansari Laswi creative district. Speaking at...
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Indonesia lifts TikTok licence suspension after firm shares requested data
JAKARTA, Oct 5 — Indonesia has reinstated TikTok’s local operating licence after the Chinese-owned social media company complied with government demands for user activity data linked to late-August protests. According to a statement by the...
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Indonesia school collapse deaths top 17
JAKARTA: The death toll in an Indonesian school collapse rose to 17 on Saturday, officials said, as rescuers deployed heavy machinery to recover dozens more victims believed still buried under the rubble. Part of the multi-storey boarding school...
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Indonesia revokes TikTok’s protests-linked licence suspension
Indonesia has revoked a suspension on TikTok’s local operating licence after the social media platform shared data requested by the government. The company provided data related to TikTok Live traffic escalation and monetisation activity during...
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Indonesia Revokes TikTok License Suspension After Data Submitted
(Bloomberg) -- Indonesia revoked a suspension on TikTok’s local operating license after the social media platform shared data requested by the government. The company provided data related to TikTok Live traffic escalation and monetization...
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Soldiers deserve the best leaders, meritocracy over seniority: Prabowo
Jakarta (ANTARA) - President Prabowo Subianto said that soldiers deserve the best leaders, stressing that leadership selection in the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) should be based on merit rather than seniority. He made the statement during his...
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Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 37
JAKARTA: The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 37 on Sunday (Oct 5), officials said, as rescuers recovered more victims buried under the rubble. Part of the multi-storey building on Indonesia's Java island suddenly collapsed on...
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My luxury boat trip adventure exploring Indonesia’s remote islands
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The Times
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It is a Friday afternoon and Lauda, a fisherman from Wakatobi Regency, an archipelago in southeast Indonesia, is scouting the coral beneath us for his next catch.It’s impressive, not just because of his success rate, but because today we are not...
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When America's megarich own the media
THE “attention economy” is a term I first heard about some time ago, probably in a talk about how in the future, the resource corporations will be fighting each other over is your attention. If they control your attention, and the information you...
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World AFP Death toll from Indonesia school collapse rises to 37
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Yahoo News
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The death toll from an Indonesian school collapse rose to 37 on Sunday, officials said, as rescuers recovered more victims buried under the rubble. Part of the multi-storey building on Indonesia's Java island suddenly collapsed on Monday as...
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These are the Maldives’ most amazing hotels, according to our experts
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The Times
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White sands, a tropical climate, overwater villas gently lapped by the ocean and views for days — the USPs of this incredible archipelago sway to a familiar beat. But not all Maldivian stays are equal. There are over 150 hotels and resorts dotted...
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World : Top News Headlines In The Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia & Thailand: Oct 5, 2025
PHILIPPINES 1. COMELEC LIFTS BARMM GUN BAN AFTER SC POSTPONES POLLS -- THE PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has lifted the gun ban across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following the Supreme...
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Top News Headlines In The Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia & Thailand: Oct 5, 2025
PHILIPPINES 1. COMELEC LIFTS BARMM GUN BAN AFTER SC POSTPONES POLLS -- THE PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has lifted the gun ban across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) following the Supreme...
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Essential Tips for First-Time Land Buyers in Nusa Penida
Alright, so you’re thinking about buying land in Nusa Penida. First off, congrats! Nusa Penida is an absolute gem with stunning landscapes and a growing expat community. But, buying land here isn’t exactly like grabbing a plot back home. So, let’s...
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Indonesia Suspends TikTok Over Protest Data Sharing Failures
Indonesia’s Regulatory Clampdown on TikTok Indonesia’s government has taken a bold step against TikTok, suspending the platform’s registration as an electronic system provider due to alleged failures in data sharing. The move, announced by the...
Indonesia's free meal program poisons thousands of children
Idoh's daughters were excited when their primary school started serving free lunches last month. But just two weeks in, after eating a dish of chicken, rice, tofu and salad, she said her children felt sick and needed medical treatment. She said...
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Media adviser launches $4m malicious prosecution claim over kidnap case
He said the initial charges were without reasonable and proper cause because there was no evidence for several allegations, including that he tried to obtain from Gazal an admission of perjury by threats. Crook claimed that before his arrest, he...
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Indonesia seeks strategic partnership with Libya
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The Libya Observer
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has expressed his desire to establish a strategic partnership with Libya through the development of bilateral relations across various economic, political, and cultural sectors, in a way that serves mutual...
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Indonesia's Green Islam movement is devoted to protecting the environment
Letter from southeast Asia Solar panels power the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. TATAN SYUFLANA / AP Garut, a small town in western Java, Indonesia, will soon become known for the very first pair of "eco-friendly" twin mosques, with walls...
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Cocoa Industry Leaders Set February Summit as Climate and Disease Pressures Mount
The world’s most influential cocoa sustainability forum will return to Amsterdam in February 2026, bringing together industry leaders to tackle mounting pressures that threaten the future of chocolate production across the globe. The World Cocoa...
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