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Jakarta’s historic market rout isn’t the work of foreign conspirators, but a self-inflicted wound born of concentrated ownership and regulatory inertia that political defiance cannot heal.

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No voice of authority

When a government responds to choking toxic haze with bizarre boasts about "exporting oxygen," it reveals a broken communications machine that breeds distrust while lives hang in the balance. ...

1 day ago
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Anwar's Rohingya gamble

Anwar Ibrahim's high-stakes gamble to normalize ties with Myanmar's junta chief may win cheap points at home, but it threatens to shatter ASEAN's united front and abandon the Rohingya to peril. ...

2 days ago

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SOE misery up for renewal

Our presidential candidates candidates must think very carefully before backing any future infrastructure projects.

2 years ago
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Coal exit will have to wait

A phase-out of coal power through early plant retirement or project cancellation is not going to happen without global financial support.

2 years ago
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The right to clean air

The air quality has barely improved since the government beefed up measures to curb Jakarta’s chronic air pollution following incessant media reports of the city’s poor state of air a few months ago. 

2 years ago
Perspectives

Salvaging the 2024 election

Given the low trust in the court, candidates or their supporters could use any appearance of impropriety as a pretext to reject the election results altogether.

2 years ago
Editorial

RI’s last Myanmar initiative

Under Indonesia’s chairmanship, ASEAN has not achieved any meaningful progress in pushing Myanmar’s military to comply with the Five-Point Consensus. 

2 years ago
Editorial

Time to sign refugee treaty

Despite not being a party to the 1951 Geneva Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, Indonesia has always been welcoming refugees and asylum seekers.

2 years ago
Editorial

The devil is in the detail

The most sensitive aspect of the PT Vale divestment is related to the interests of the provincial and regency governments in the three provinces in Sulawesi. 

2 years ago
Editorial

IPEF: Are we on the same page?

Not only is the RCEP the largest trade block in the world, but unlike the IPEF, it comes with liberalization, not political gamesmanship, at its core. 

2 years ago
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Protecting groundwater

Enforcement of the regulation that restricts groundwater extraction in Jakarta has been lax, allowing people who extract groundwater for daily consumption to go unpunished.

2 years ago
Editorial

Jokowi's peace message

It’s not an exaggeration to suggest that Jokowi was speaking on behalf of the world community who long for peace in Middle East.

2 years ago
Perspectives

May the best win fairly

For the first time since the fall of the authoritarian New Order in 1998, legitimate concerns have loomed over the integrity of the election.

2 years ago
Perspectives

Foreign policy matters in 2024

Voters, and the public will continue to be alienated from our foreign and defense policies, which are supposed to represent or protect the interests of the nation.

2 years ago
Editorial

Combating money laundering

Evidence from the trials of corrupt officials and other criminals show how many banks and money changers still engage in transactions with customers even though their profiles do not conform with the value and size of the transactions.

2 years ago
Perspectives

New patrimonialism

After all, we already have three candidate pairs registered with the General Elections Commission (KPU), which is expected to officially announce later this week that the three are eligible to run. 

2 years ago
Editorial

Let the games begin

It is thus important that the youth squad is given its moment to shine at the World Cup, especially because there is no youth class at the club level in Indonesia.

2 years ago
Editorial

GDP: Let’s keep our guard up

All three presidential candidates have promised GDP growth of 6 to 7 percent, as Jokowi did in the past.

2 years ago
Editorial

The Indonesia Hospital in Gaza

Indonesian people should be proud of the humanitarian work of the hospital, and the sacrifice of its medical workers and volunteers.

2 years ago
Perspectives

A judicial disgrace

Anwar has been removed from his position as the court’s chief justice and barred from handling election-related cases.

2 years ago
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Jokowi goes to the White House

It is almost certain that President Jokowi will table the ongoing war in Gaza in his conversation with his host, who is likely to persuade Jokowi to soften Indonesia’s stance on Israel’s genocidal acts in Gaza.

2 years ago
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The rupiah dodges a bullet

With the Fed having held rates steady for second time in a row, analysts say the central bank might leave them unchanged in December as well, creating calm for emerging market currencies such as our own until the end of the year.

2 years ago
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A public disservice

Self-suffiency is a noble goal, but let's not force the issue if the expertise isn't available domestically, lest we end up creating another snarl with what was supposed to be a public transit solution.

2 years ago
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The world is failing Gaza

More importantly, these attacks kill helpless and innocent children – more than 3,000 in the span of three weeks, according to the latest figures.

2 years ago
Presidential Race

Can Jokowi be neutral?

The President is said to have mobilized his apparatchiks to pave the way for his eldest son, who now leads Surakarta, to contest the election.

2 years ago
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Stop spiraling waste problem

From the fire incident, we now know how poor waste management can cause not only environmental and health hazards, but also pose security and safety threats.

2 years ago
Editorial

Stability over growth

As most of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s cabinet ministers will be preoccupied with the political agenda of their respective political parties, the fiscal and monetary authorities will be practically the sole management of the economy.

2 years ago
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Inspirational para athletes

Indonesia's para athletes have taken their game to the Asian level, leaving us reeling in awe at their performance and achievements.

2 years ago
Presidential Race

The benefit of incumbency

The pairing of Prabowo and Gibran could not have been more incongruous, but parties in the ruling coalition obviously think that this is their best shot at winning next year’s presidential poll.

2 years ago
Editorial

Israel can do no wrong?

There has been a tendency among the Western media to focus on Israel's suffering while ignoring the decades-long violence the nation has committed against the Palestinian people.

2 years ago
Editorial

Investigating chief justice

We fully support the investigation, for there are clear indications that Anwar may have committed an ethics violation.

2 years ago
Editorial

Ensuring fair CPO prices

The fair price mechanism should be upheld especially because over 70 percent of Indonesia’s CPO supplies are controlled by only eight to 10 business groups.

2 years ago
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