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Editorial
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Haj in a new era
Indonesia's historic haj services overhaul brings shorter wait times and better safety in the desert, even as old logistical headaches and corruption shadows persist.
13 hours ago
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Sumatra’s ridiculous blackout
Blaming bad weather for an island-wide power outage that left millions in the dark, state electricity monopoly PLN has proved it is quick to collect payments and fine customers but utterly powerless when it comes to accountability. ...
1 day ago
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Gain some, lose more
The idea of centralizing export control for certain natural resources in a single institution is not new, and the failed experiment of such an agency for cloves serves as a case study on why not to pursue that course again, especially for major commodities like coal, CPO and ferroalloys. ...
2 days agoThe Latest
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Protect our diplomats
Details shared by police investigators could point to homicide.
9 months ago
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Less poverty but little relief
The drop in Indonesia’s poverty rate to yet another historic low should be cause for celebration, but nobody feels in the mood.
9 months ago
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Data center meltdown
The government must be transparent with the public and local investors about the US deal’s implications, particularly around data storage.
9 months ago
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Act more, regret less
The attacks on minority religious groups are manifestations of a broken, biased system that fails to protect the rights of all citizens equally.
9 months ago
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Sumatra is burning
The peak of the dry season next month is expected to bring even less rainfall and drier weather to several Sumatran provinces, including Riau, indicating a potential escalation of the forest fires.
10 months ago
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Prabowo's East Asia outlook
President Prabowo needs to abandon his take-it-for-granted stance on East Asia, which represents Indonesia's top trading partners and investment sources.
10 months ago
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ASEAN diplomacy delivers
What ASEAN needs is a lasting political commitment, supported by trusted civilian institutions, to make peace not just possible, but permanent.
9 months ago
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Rule by the law
Over the last few weeks, the nation has witnessed how the weaponization of law operates in a country that claims to champion rule of law as a foundational element of democracy.
10 months ago
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The age of unfair trade
After all, given that exorbitant new US import tariffs formed the basis for negotiations, the best-case scenario was to maintain the status quo of normal trade.
10 months ago
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Give cooperatives a chance
The newly launched KDMP initiative must have a strategy as equally grand as its scale to not just revive co-ops, but to lift them so they become an active economic pillar.
10 months ago
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Casualties of power
Events like the Garut wedding become a political theater, where popularity is mistaken for legitimacy, and where large crowds are not managed but invited for optics.
10 months ago
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Bitter justice over sugar import
The legal definition of corruption is so broad that it can be stretched, as the court did in this case, to criminalize a government official for making the wrong policy choices.
10 months ago
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Gibran’s Papua test
The administration has changed seven times since Papua’s official integration into the Republic in 1969, but the old stories of poverty, marginalization and human rights abuses plaguing the natural resource-rich land have remained the same.
10 months ago
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Dual jobs, more problems
About 30 of 55 deputy ministers in Prabowo's cabinet have received second jobs as commissioners in state-owned enterprises (SOEs).
10 months ago
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In fathers we trust
Paternal presence helps children fare better academically, demonstrate enhanced problem-solving and adaptive skills and improve emotional resilience, creativity and attentiveness in the face of challenges.
10 months ago
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Kertajati’s hard lesson
The top-down approach of building a massive airport in the middle of nowhere while hoping economic activity will follow without real strategic effort is doomed to fail.
10 months ago
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No more business as usual
Sea transportation accidents remain rampant as vessels are routinely overloaded, aging fleets are poorly maintained and passenger manifests often bear little resemblance to reality.
10 months ago
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Prabowo’s EU triumph
The IEU-CEPA is projected to significantly reduce import duties, with up to 80 percent of Indonesian exports to the EU set to enjoy zero tariffs within the first two years of the agreement's implementation.
10 months ago
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Envoys matter
Diplomacy under the Trump administration requires grit and resolve and we are not that sure if and when Indroyono is confirmed, he will bring much to the table.
10 months ago
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Beyond ASEAN centrality
A lack of unity may be what is wrong with ASEAN today
10 months ago
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Rainy days in July
The unseasonal heavy rains and the hydrometeorological disasters that followed were just more evidence that the climate crisis is real and affecting our lives.
10 months ago
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Prabowo’s diplomatic temptation
Prabowo should adhere to Indonesia's constitutional mandate of a "free and active" foreign policy and exercise caution and wisdom.
10 months ago
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RI cannot solve US deficit
Washington needs to entice Indonesian investors to their country, but the threatening tone is likely to achieve the opposite.
10 months ago
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Small islands, big issue
The illegal sale of small islands is not always a matter of regulatory loopholes, but rather the result of a lack of awareness or even outright ignorance among locals as well as the government.
10 months ago
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Quick-handed Danantara
Danantara was not created just to hand out lifelines, it was established to generate long-term returns for the country.
10 months ago
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Not just another ‘BRICS’ in the wall
We should take this as recognition of Indonesia’s position as a middle power, and hence its clout in influencing global development.
10 months ago
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Climbing should never kill
In the aftermath of the Rinjani tragedy, many hikers have criticized Indonesia’s tourism system for prioritizing commercial interests over the safety of its visitors.
10 months ago
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Reforming the electoral system
The Constitutional Court’s recent ruling that splits national and regional elections starting in 2029 comes as a relief.
10 months ago
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The RCEP summit matters
An RCEP summit is critical now more than ever, as the global economic landscape is increasingly fragmented and marked by rising protectionism and inward-looking trends.
10 months ago
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To rescue or abandon Java?
The lessons of the previous administration's IKN megaproject do not bode well for the revived "Giant Sea Wall" project, which could find itself and the coastal communities it is supposed to protect at sea, even before it breaks ground.
10 months agoPopular
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- Bulog finalizing $450m Malaysian bid for 500,000 tonnes of Indonesian rice
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- Sumatra blackout raises alarm for Indonesia’s data center push
