Interesting news and stories translated into English from Indonesia and the Indonesian-language internet.
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Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) threatens to disrupt upcoming Miss World 2013 beauty pageant in Bali, Indonesia by dumping cockroaches in the contestants' hotel.11
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Indonesian netizens react to the proposal made by the education department in Sumatra to have all female high school students subjected to virginity tests.
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A Lion Air flight collided with several cows upon touch-down causing it to skid off the runway before coming to a stop at Jalaluddin Gorontalo airport, Makassar
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Father of an 18-year-old publicly apologizes to the police after son falsely claimed to be the Indonesian Police Chief's son to illegally drive on the bus lane.
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Authorities and media warn the Indonesian public of the 'shifting bag' method of theft increasingly occurring at busy shopping malls & transportation terminals.
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An Indonesian robber stopped in the middle of stealing a family's valuables to make milk, feed, and then cradle a crying baby to sleep during a robbery.
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Netizen reactions to the discovery that Despicable Me 2 director Pierre Coffin is of Indonesian descent and used Bahasa Indonesia to voice the Minion characters.
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Translated Indonesian netizen reactions to news of parents outraged by the inclusion of a 'porn' story in a primary school textbook for sixth grade children.
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Indonesian netizen's reactions to 19-year-old actress Citra Kirana often being criticized by fans for not wearing Hijab in her daily life unlike on her show..
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Indonesian netizen reactions to a Grade-8 young student whose parents rewarded him with a brand new BMW 1 Series sports car for graduating from primary school.
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Indonesian netizen reactions to the love story between Gloria Shuri Nava, an overweight YouTube personality , and her handsome white Scottish boyfriend Ali.
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Netizen reactions to an accident involving famous Indonesian TV actor Ari Wibowo hitting and killing an 80-year-old pedestrian while on his Ducati superbike.
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Indonesian netizen reactions to a government official slapping a Sriwijaya Air flight attendant, upset after being asked to turn off his mobile phone for takeoff.
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Indonesian netizen reactions to Jakarta Governor Jokowi always flying economy class instead of business class when using public money for travel.
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Indonesian reactions to residents in Bekasi angry with aggressive debt collectors intercepting & chasing debtors, repossessing their motorcycles on the street.
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Reactions to the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confiscating a signed bass guitar given to Jakarta governor Jokowi by Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo.
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Translated netizen reactions to Indonesian businessman Erick Thohir's expressed interest in purchasing a majority stake of Italian football giant - Inter Milan.