JKT48, 1st overseas sister group of AKB48

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Members of Jakarta-based JKT48, the first official overseas sister group of Japanese all-girl pop group AKB48, meet journalists in the Indonesian capital on Nov. 2, 2011. Twenty-eight girls aged between 12 to 21 were selected to join JKT48 the same day after a six-hour final audition.

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