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Feb 18, 2025
Thousands have taken to the streets across Indonesia protesting budget cuts by the Prabowo administration.
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Feb 20, 2025
"Dark Indonesia" protests are sweeping across the Southeast Asian nation, as students decry budget cuts to key governmental programs and institutions.
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Mar 20, 2025
Protests emerge in Indonesia over changes to the law that allow active-duty military officers to serve a dual role in government positions. Activists warn this could damage accountability.
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Mar 28, 2025
Police in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, are using water cannons against demonstrators protesting changes to the law that expand the military's power in civilian government. Indonesia, now the world's third-largest democracy, was ruled by a dictator for decades. Critics of the law
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Mar 21, 2025
Violence on the streets of Jakarta, as Indonesian police fire tear gas and water cannons at student protesters. They're opposing recent laws expanding the military’s role in civil society, which some fear could return Indonesia to authoritarian rule.
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Feb 23, 2025
"Dark Indonesia" is back. Protesters opposed to sweeping budget cuts are once again rallying under the "Dark Indonesia" theme, which they say reflects the unclear and bleak policies the country is facing.
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Mar 25, 2025
Police have clashed with student protesters in East Java, amid anger over a newly passed military law.
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May 15, 2024
Taiwan President Tsai @ingwen was treated to a live drag show at the presidential office in a meeting with the country’s most famous drag queen, Nymphia Wind.
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Aug 5, 2024
Team Taiwan fans share an emotional celebration of their first gold of the Paris Olympics, from which they often feel excluded.
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Nov 10, 2022
.@BLACKPINK in your area: Second-hand ticket prices have skyrocketed for a sold-out concert that the mega famous K-pop group is holding in Taiwan next year.
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Apr 6, 2023
"We are not isolated, we are not alone." That's how Taiwan President Tsai @iingwen felt when welcomed by U.S. House Speaker @SpeakerMcCarthy at a historic meeting in California.
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Aug 13, 2024
WATCH: Taiwan's military deploys F-16s to escort Olympic gold-medalist boxer Lin Yu-ting as she arrives back in Taiwan. Source: Ministry of National Defense
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Jan 13, 2024
BREAKING: Lai Ching-te of the Democratic Progressive Party wins Taiwan's presidential election with 40% of the vote after his two opponents concede.
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Oct 10, 2022
Bringing the swing: The Tachibana High School marching band from Kyoto, Japan, scored a hit as the first foreign performance troupe to take part in Taiwan's National Day parade.
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