Endy Bayuni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 09/18/2012 8:50 AM
In any election campaign, it is always difficult for any candidate to
say anything nice about their opponent, especially when the contest has
been as fiercely fought as this year’s…
Ati Nurbaiti, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 09/15/2012 3:11 PM
An American-made film insulting Islam is expected to attract more
protests at home and abroad. But anyone intending to join such protests
would miss a much graver insult to themselves,…
Kornelius Purba, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 09/07/2012 10:35 AM
How can we believe in President Susilo Bambang Yu-dhoyono’s ability to
realize his promises on big issues when he intentionally broke the
pledges he expressed tearfully — according to some…
Endy M. Bayuni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 08/10/2012 11:10 AM
The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) can hardly be regarded as a
progressive institution, but its chairman Amidhan this week made a
startling statement allowing Muslims to vote for a non-Muslim…
Primastuti Handayani, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Sat, 08/04/2012 1:43 PM
It is definitely a gloomy Olympic Games for Indonesia’s national squad.
Not only due to the fact that we lost the chance to keep the gold medal
tradition alive, but…
Ary Hermawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 08/02/2012 10:06 AM
This is a question that lingers in the minds of Joko “Jokowi” Widodo
campaigners: Will Jakartans, who are mostly Muslims, vote for Jokowi,
even though his running mate is of…
Andi Haswidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Fri, 07/13/2012 9:22 AM
One of the world’s most powerful men in the electronics industry, Terry
Gou, was in town for a few days this week, getting social with local
business luminaries, hitting the…
Hendarsyah Tarmizi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 07/04/2012 9:02 AM
Churchill Mining Plc, which is now in a legal battle with the Indonesian
government over mining permits, entered the Indonesian mining sector
through a 2008 acquisition of a 75 percent…
Endy Bayuni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Tue, 06/12/2012 10:02 AM
Anyone contemplating writing the economic or business history of contemporary Indonesia will frequently come across the name of Liem Sioe Liong, the businessman who died of natural causes at the…
Endy Bayuni, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Wed, 05/30/2012 7:17 AM
Indonesia may have lost a lot more than the opportunity to see Lady Gaga
when she canceled her June 3 concert in Jakarta last weekend. The
episode could mark the…