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Editorial

Rising militarism

In the wake of looting and rioting in late August, President Prabowo Subianto deployed more than 75,000 Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers to secure areas in and around Jakarta.

11 hours ago
Editorial

OIC’s same old song

While the OIC condemned "aggression" against Qatar, the Gaza Strip and other regional states, its statement lacked any concrete plans for action.  ...

1 day ago
Editorial

Let consumers choose

But if overregulation pushes Shell, BP and Vivo to scale back, or worse, pack up and leave, motorists will be left with fewer choices and Pertamina’s grip on the market will only tighten. ...

2 days ago

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Editorial

An affront to democracy

ASEAN has shown it's willing to punish Myanmar's military for committing a coup against democracy, but cannot do the same to the Thai military.

1 year ago
Editorial

Prabowo’s Gaza diplomacy

Prabowo’s Gaza initiatives indicate the incoming administration’s intention of getting actively involved in global efforts to maintain peace and security in the Middle East and beyond.

1 year ago
Editorial

Can’t all be local

For businesses, imports are a reasonable option if raw materials and components are not sufficiently available in the country, whether in terms of quality or scale.

1 year ago
Editorial

Tell us more, Prabowo

Prabowo's foreign policy approach will diverge from the current practices, yet fundamental principles will remain, such as a free and active foreign policy and the prioritization of ASEAN as the primary focus of Indonesia.

1 year ago
Editorial

State-sponsored pork barrel

With Jokowi apparently emulating Soeharto by parceling out mining concessions to fulfill a long-standing promise to NU as other religious organizations resisting the temptation, it’s now up to the country’s largest Muslim organization to back out on moral grounds.

1 year ago
Editorial

Fostering minds

With literature, we can offer students various conceptions of a good life, skills of rational reflection and comparison, and windows to narrative imaginations.

1 year ago
Regional Elections

Law of the jungle

Whatever excuse politicians come up with, it is becoming increasingly hard to dispute that there is one clear beneficiary of the current changes: Jokowi’s youngest son Kaesang Pangarep.

1 year ago
Editorial

Live up to your name, Nusantara

We can safely assume that all is not well at the IKN Authority, and whatever the issue is, it needs to be addressed in a public way to ensure confidence among all parties.

1 year ago
Editorial

Jobless Gen-Z and demographic disaster

One of the big challenges for the government at the moment is to create jobs fast enough for the young population as their population keeps growing.

1 year ago
Editorial

Saving social media

Social media, despite its drawbacks, offers a space for the public to voice opinions that can drive changes in public policy.

1 year ago
Editorial

Passing the buck

There simply aren’t enough college seats in the country, free or otherwise, to meet the demands of the 2045 vision and its calls for the establishment of a "golden generation" by the time the nation turns 100.

1 year ago
Editorial

Let us, not Tapera, decide

We are proud of the value of gotong royong (mutual assistance) that has long characterized our society, but what the government is doing with Tapera constitutes an abuse of the principle.

1 year ago
Editorial

Soul-soothing summit

The three-way summit between South Korea, Japan and China on Tuesday spelled a big win for Northeast Asia as well as its southeastern neighbors, even if the three leaders made progress in various sectors without touching on the major issues.

1 year ago
Editorial

‘Cicak’ vs. ‘buaya’ redux

The lack of transparency surrounding recent tensions between the National Police and the Attorney General’s Office has only raised suspicions that there is something fishy that the government wants to keep from the public.

1 year ago
Editorial

No winners in trade wars

While Vietnam stands ready to jump into the breach when China is confronted with US trade curbs, we must worry about Chinese demand for our materials.

1 year ago
Editorial

Wanted: An opposition

In President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s first term, from 2014 to 2019, he had the support of a coalition that held just over 60 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives. With this majority, his still faced some stumbling blocks to implementing his campaign pledges, impediments that were all but eliminated when he expanded his ruling coalition in the beginning of his second term, allowing him to advance signature policy aims such as infrastructure development and commodities downstreaming. 

1 year ago
Editorial

For everyone’s glory

State universities need to remember their public service imperative even as they pursue commercial viability, especially nowadays when higher education credentials no longer seem to be a strong guarantee for employment.

1 year ago
Editorial

The shameless Netanyahu

There is always a limit for Netanyahu to withstand global pressure, and the domestic audience is growing unhappy with his government.

1 year ago
Editorial

Don’t get sick, or else

With growing challenges in health care post-pandemic, the government must support the right to health through good policymaking.

1 year ago
Editorial

Act now or many more will die

Despite previous galodo occurrences, neither authorities nor local residents appeared to understand the danger that lay ahead or what measures should be taken to mitigate loss of life and property.

1 year ago
Editorial

Speak up for the Palestinians

Another veto would not only further isolate Washington from the world, but it would also undermine its standing as a global leader

1 year ago
Editorial

Unregulated, AI is a threat

The idea of stopping or even slowing the development of AI seems extremely naïve, because the drive to create tools that make life easier is ingrained in human nature.

1 year ago
Editorial

Seeing is believing

It is clear that the new law aims to block investigative journalism content in the first place or to give room for the authorities to implement censorship on media institutions.

1 year ago
Editorial

An insidious proposal

If passed, the revised law will not bode well for the already tarnished image of the Constitutional Court; not after a spate of high-profile controversies in an election year that saw all members of the bench get slapped with ethical misconduct.

1 year ago
Editorial

Japan's MRT diplomacy

The MRT's daily ridership has consistently increased since it began operations on March 24, 2019, from 86,000 to 91,000 last year and 119,000 today.

1 year ago
Editorial

Please don’t stop the spending!

Such strong reliance on domestic demand lends our economy a degree of resilience that can keep the wheels turning even when external circumstances are unsupportive.

1 year ago
Editorial

Small rights steps

The frontrunner and the eventual winner of the presidential race, retired Indonesian Military (TNI) general, Prabowo Subianto, has long been tied to allegations of human rights violations, a charge that he categorically denies.

1 year ago
Editorial

Silver is just the beginning

The Uber Cup team was made up of players aged 21 years old on average, which observers deem as critical as they transition from the youth to senior level.

1 year ago
Editorial

An elusive club

The former presidents, Jokowi to be included not too long from now, remain political bigwigs fighting for their own parties’ survival, rather than statesmen or women who solely think about the well-being of the country’s 280 million people.

1 year ago
Editorial

Citizenship duel

Indonesia does not recognize dual citizenship for adults, and minors with one non-Indonesian parent are required to choose a single citizenship once they turn 18 and renounce the other passport.

1 year ago
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Fri, September 19, 2025

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