Workers transport ballot boxes for the 2024 simultaneous regional elections to the Cirebon General Elections Commission (KPU) warehouse in Cirebon, West Java, on Sept. 19, 2024.`

KPU announces candidates for regional elections

General Elections Commission (KPU) offices across the country announced on Sunday the final names on the ballots for the regional head elections, marking the start of the November race.

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Pro-Prabowo parties united behind plan to install professionals in cabinet

Members of the coalition of political parties supporting president-elect Prabowo Subianto appear to have thrown their weight behind his plan to form an enlarged cabinet consisting of politically aligned professionals at the start of his presidency, as the parties put forward their finest talent as potential ministers.

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Relief as New Zealand pilot freed from captivity in Papua

Calls for a peaceful resolution to the continuing conflict in Papua have grown following the release of New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens on Saturday, after months of negotiations involving religious and community leaders to secure his freedom from the TPNPB faction that had held him for 19 months.

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An employee shows a pair of ‘subeng’ (ear studs) from Bali’s Tabanan Kingdom on Sept. 20, 2024 at the Wereldmuseum Amsterdam in the Dutch capital. The Netherlands’ Education, Culture and Science Ministry has announced the country is returning 288 artifacts taken from Indonesia during the Dutch colonial era.

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Netherlands inks new deal to return Indonesian artifacts

The Netherlands has signed a new deal with Indonesia to return nearly 300 cultural objects this month, including several statues, with the newly repatriated artifacts slated for an exhibition to mark the National Museum's reopening in October, according to a museum official.

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Missing travel ban from law revision raises concern

The newly passed Immigration Law revision has removed a travel ban provision that was ruled unconstitutional for restricting freedom of movement, particularly for persons of interest who had not been declared formal suspects of an open investigation, but some observers say this could make it easier for potential suspects to evade the law.

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This handout photo released on Sept. 22, 2024 by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade shows New Zealand pilot Phillip Mehrtens (left) reacting with Edison Gwijangge, the former acting Bupati of Nduga Regency, after being released from captivity by rebels in Indonesia's restive Papua region on Sept. 21. Mehrtens, 38, was working for Indonesian airline Susi Air when he was snatched by rebels from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) insurgent group at Papua's Nduga airport on Feb. 7 last year.

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Family thanks Indonesian rebels who released NZ pilot

They also expressed thanks to Ekianus Kogoya, a military commander in the Papua rebel group, and his fighters for "keeping Phil as safe and healthy as their means allowed".

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New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens read a statement prepared by a group of separatists in Papua on March 10, 2023.

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Papua armed group releases New Zealand pilot from captivity: Police

The task force picked up Mehrtens in a village of Nduga district this morning, according to security officers.

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Ex-governor Ahok backs Pramono-Rano ticket for Jakarta race

House of Representatives Speaker Puan Maharani delivers a speech during a House plenary session at the Senayan legislative complex in Jakarta on Aug. 29, 2024.

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Jakarta promotes urban farming at three-day festival

Jakartans can use the limited space in their surroundings for urban farming to boost food resiliency, acting Jakarta Governor Heru Budi Hartono said on Tuesday.

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Ridwan Kamil rejected during unofficial campaign in Jakarta

The Jakarta Cathedral is seen on Aug. 30, 2024, from the Istiqlal Mosque, which will host Pope Francis during his upcoming visit in Jakarta.

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NasDem party treasurer Ahmad Sahroni (right) speaks to the press at the party headquarters in Jakarta on Oct. 14, 2023. The party denied receiving any portion of illicit money from its politician Syahrul Yasin Limpo, a former agriculture minister named suspect in a graft case in the ministry.

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Family thanks Indonesian rebels who released NZ pilot

They also expressed thanks to Ekianus Kogoya, a military commander in the Papua rebel group, and his fighters for "keeping Phil as safe and healthy as their means allowed".

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