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How to end the scourge of maternal mortality

An "impact hub" focused on ending maternal mortality through holistic, flexible and localized partnership schemes could offer a global solution to achieving SDG 3.

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‘Wong urip urup’: Transforming collectivism into innovation

My recent experience revealed another side of collectivism, one that was deeply human and profoundly comforting.

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A voter 'casts' a ballot during a simulation of the 2024 regional election in Pontianak, West Kalimantan on Nov. 13, 2024. Thirty-seven provinces and more than 500 cities and regencies will hold simultaneous regional elections on Nov. 27. (Antara/Jessica Wuysang)

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Analysis: Jokowi, Prabowo allies dominate key regional races

With the final results of the country’s simultaneous regional elections not expected until Dec. 16, the quick count data offers a glimpse into the shifting dynamics of power, particularly between the governing coalition of President Prabowo Subianto, including former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

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A China Coast Guard ship is seen from the Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Cabra on Aug. 26, 2024, during a supply mission to Sabina Shoal in disputed waters of the South China Sea.

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What Beijing’s new claims over a disputed coral reef mean

As the tensions continue to worsen, there is an ever-increasing risk of an at-sea conflict between Beijing and Manila.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and President Prabowo Subianto attend a welcome ceremony on Nov. 9, 2024, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

Prabowo should brief his ASEAN colleagues on his meeting with Xi Jinping

Our neighbors have the right to hear about the actual situation from Prabowo himself.

23 hours ago

President Prabowo Subianto arrives at the Modern Art Museum (MAM) on Nov. 18, 2024, to attend the first session of the G20 Leaders' Meeting in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Editorial

The $300b climate joke

Rich countries, with a few individual exceptions, never intended to make good on their past promises.

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Containers are stacked on May 22, 2024, at Tanjung Perak Port in Semarang, Central Java.

The hidden obstacle: Logistics for 8 percent growth

Indonesia's logistics costs currently stand at a staggering 14.3 percent of its GDP, which is equal to around Rp 3 quadrillion (US$189 billion), virtually as much as our current annual national budget.

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Welcome on board: A ceremony marks the handover of Indonesian Navy submarine Alugoro-405, jointly built by state-owned shipbuilder PT PAL Indonesia and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) from South Korea, to the Defense Ministry at the state firm’s dock in Surabaya, East Java, on March 17, 2021.

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Prabowo can play ‘unique’ part in reducing tensions on Korean peninsula

Former South Korean foreign minister Park Jin.

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'Prabowo could provide unique contribution to reducing tensions in Korean Peninsula'

Coordinating Economic Minister Airlangga Hartarto speaks to The Jakarta Post about the Indonesian economy in his Jakarta office on Sept. 30, 2024.

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Looking back, Airlangga sees improved economy but unfinished business

Former vice president Jusuf Kalla attends the funeral of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh on Aug. 3, 2024, in Qatar.

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Indonesia needs to play a bigger role in the Middle East: Kalla

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (left) and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto eat lunch at a bakso (meatball) stall in Bandongan Market in Magelang, Central Java, on Jan. 29, 2024.. Jokowi inaugurated the Graha Utama Hall at the Military Academy in the city earlier in the day.

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Continuity does not mean a carbon copy for incoming Prabowo government

Thailand's Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sarun Charoensuwan (left), Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (second left), Indonesia's President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (third left), Laos' Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone (third right), Brunei’s Prime Minister Hassanal Bolkiah (second right) and Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Manet leave the stage on Sept. 5, 2023, after a group photo before the start of the retreat session at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta.

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Southeast Asia needs a courageous, forward-thinking ASEAN: Marty

Chen Dongxiao is a senior fellow and the president of Shanghai Institutes for International Studies (SIIS).

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Beijing will always attach great importance to Indonesia: Chen

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Insight: Understanding sovereign wealth funds and their application in Indonesia

Toward the end of 2020, amid a world grappling with unprecedented challenges, Indonesia took a bold step in securing its economic future: establishing its first sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA).

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Insight: Beyond the political pie: Envisioning a capable and agile Indonesian cabinet

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Insight: Toward a meaningful digital transformation

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Insight: In search of a wise king

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Insight: Balancing progress and privacy: The PDP Law in the age of innovation

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Insight: A recipe for system change

A person opens the Satusehat Mobile app in Pontianak, West Kalimantan, in this file photo. The Health Ministry officially transformed the PeduliLindungi app into SatuSehat Mobile, which users can use to monitor their own state of health.

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Insight: Evolving Indonesia’s healthcare delivery and data strategy

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'Engagement and negotiation': President Prabowo Subianto addresses the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in Lima, on Nov. 14.

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Analysis: Prabowo advances Indonesia’s agenda at APEC, G20 summits

People gather in the park of the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on Aug. 6, 2023. Jakarta will soon lose its status as Indonesia's capital city with the planned move to Nusantara.

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Analysis: Jakarta Law revised, but capital city relocation still uncertain

Former East Java governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa (second right), accompanied by former deputy governor Emil Dardak (left), takes a selfie with Perindo Party officials in the party's headquarters in Jakarta on May 22, 2024 after the party declared its early support for the pair in the upcoming East Java gubernatorial election on November.

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Analysis: East Java gears up for all-women gubernatorial race

A Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator shows money seized in a series of arrests in South Kalimantan during a press briefing at the KPK headquarters in Jakarta on Oct. 8, 2024. The antigraft body arrested eight suspects in the operation, including provincial Public Works and Housing Agency official Yulianti Erlynah, and has named South Kalimantan Governor Sahbirin Noor a suspect in the case.

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Analysis: KPK suffers another pretrial defeat, trust deficit

Illustration of green financing (Shutterstock)

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Analysis: Prabowo’s energy vision, backed by 1.2 billion euros in green financing

This handout picture taken and released on November 8, 2024 by the Presidential Palace shows President Prabowo Subianto (center) speaking with Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka (2nd left) and the Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Budi Gunawan (right) at Halim Perdanakusuma Air Base in Jakarta.

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Analysis: Confident Prabowo is “rowing between two reefs”

A worker cleans a sign of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on April 25, 2024. The KPK leadership selection committee submitted a list of 10 candidates to President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo on Oct. 1, 2024.

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Analysis: Prabowo’s KPK policy sparks legitimacy concern

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Make farming profitable again

The Indonesian agriculture sector will need massive reforms to make President Prabowo Subianto’s dream of food self-sufficiency a reality.

6 days ago

The $300b climate joke

Rich countries, with a few individual exceptions, never intended to make good on their past promises.

23 hours ago

Prabowo's deliverables

President Prabowo Subianto's recent 16-day overseas trip has convincingly marked his presidency as an active global player in a bid to boost global collaboration amid increasingly complex geopolitical dynamics.

1 day ago

Big win

And for those who closely watched the state of the race, there was nothing from the quick count results on Wednesday afternoon that came as a surprise.

4 days ago

United States president-elect
Donald Trump gestures as he holds hands with his wife Melania during
a rally in Florida, the US, on Nov. 6, 2024.

Global trade à la Trump

United States president-elect Donald Trump played the fear card on the economy and won his second term. Now it is apparent that he intends to do the same for the world.

3 days ago