Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great lengths to protect and restore them?

This year's National Children's Day and its theme presents an occasion to reflect on how we, as a society, can reflect on the kind of inclusive, supportive and nurturing environment we need to foster to prepare today's children with a view to achieving Golden Indonesia 2045.

Brazil's COP30 presidency is aiming to deliver pragmatic solutions for making progress on "collectively agreed" commitments of the past, setting the stage for a productive climate conference in November amid increasingly challenging global headwinds.

By now Prabowo should have learned a lesson on how to deal with Trump, and he should use these lessons when he has the opportunity until Aug. 1 to negotiate again with Trump to get a better deal.

The agreement is not an end point but a starting point for Indonesia to navigate the EU’s deforestation regulation more strategically.

Nine months into his job, Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has finally been given a specific assignment: Oversee the acceleration of development in Papua, Indonesia’s easternmost region that is both resource-rich and among the most impoverished.

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.

The five-year guerrilla campaign resulted in a pyrrhic victory for the Dutch colonial government, leaving them in bankruptcy with millions of guilders of debt.

If markets become desensitized to Trump’s tariff threats, they may no longer serve as an effective check on potentially harmful policies.

Food systems transformation is not just about agriculture, it is about climate, health and economic opportunity.

The critical role of consent in financial transactions and how Indonesian regulations are working to protect consumers are pressing issues in the increasingly digital world.

Many Sekolah Rakyat campuses rely on educators transferred from other public schools, potentially exacerbating shortages elsewhere. 

Many children choose to scavenge or perform on the streets instead of studying at school, as these activities offer immediate financial returns compared with the delayed benefits of government assistance 

Will this deal encourage long-term investments, or does it expose Indonesia to short-term trade pressure without building real industrial strength?

The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has uncovered a large-scale corruption case involving Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), one of the country’s largest state-owned lenders. The scandal, estimated to involve hundreds of billions of rupiah, pertains to the procurement of electronic data capture (EDC) machines and implicates several former BRI executives. The case not only raises concerns about accountability within state-owned enterprises (SOEs) but also threatens to erode public trust in the financial sector, where SOEs play a dominant role.

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.  

Shigeru Ishiba’s decision not to personally attend represents a missed opportunity to strengthen ties with Europe at a time when Japan's strategic thinking is increasingly turning toward this region.

“We are not only responsible for what we do, but also for what we do not do” – Moliére

As data and technology expand access to goods and services, lawmakers and regulators must ensure it will deliver long-term well-being and not just short-term profits.

In a world rearming rapidly amid rising geopolitical tensions, Indonesia’s restrained defense spending and fragmented military modernization efforts raise questions about its readiness.

Building resilient and sustainable economies will require transformational investments across the developing world in infrastructure, technology, health and education. 

Nadiem Makarim was supposed to be different. As the founder of Gojek, he embodied the promise of a new kind of leader, one shaped not by bureaucracy, but by Silicon Valley’s disruptive spirit.

2024 trade data shows Indonesia’s top exports to the US remain concentrated in sectors particularly vulnerable to Washington’s protectionist impulses.

After five months of intense speculation, Muhammad Riza Chalid, dubbed the “godfather of oil”, has been named as a suspect by the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) for his alleged role in a colossal Rp 285 trillion (US$17.4 billion) graft case. The scandal implicates subsidiaries of state-owned oil and gas holding company Pertamina as well as third-party contractors.

About 30 of 55 deputy ministers in Prabowo's cabinet have received second jobs as commissioners in state-owned enterprises (SOEs).

Indonesia and Australia need to stay focused on the long-term foundations of growth: productivity, fiscal sustainability and resilience.

While Java is often linked with large-scale development, adopting nature-based solutions and sustainable flood management presents a more prudent path for the island's future, rather than hastily implementing the "Giant Sea Wall" project.