Page 42 of Culture - Index - The Jakarta Post

Archipelago 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Nitric acid leak in Cilegon hospitalizes dozens, raises safety concerns

A toxic fume leak from a chemical storage facility in the industrial district of Cilegon, Banten, ha...

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Analysis: Flood-linked license revocations rattle investors

The government’s decision to revoke 28 natural resource licenses in the wake of the deadly Dec...

Politics 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Debate over legislative threshold reignites ahead of election law revision

The renewed plan by the House of Representatives to revise the General Election Law has reignited de...

Politics 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Indonesia’s F-15 fighter jet deal falls through after years of talks

Boeing's proposed price for the fighter jets was deemed too high by the government and coul...

Editorial 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Elusive police reform

Today the National Police are increasingly reminiscent of the military during the New Order era.&nbs...

Economy 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Weather woes, demand strain may keep inflation above target

Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that annual inflation reached 3.55 percent year-on-year (yoy) in...

Market Pulse 1 month ago

Is Hyrox just Jakarta’s next fitness obsession?

Packed classes and waiting lists suggest another fitness boom as Hyrox arrives in the capital, but i...

Jakarta 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Jakarta pledges to push filmmaking hub vision

The provincial administration eyes to woo more global-level movie production in the city after the r...

Middle East and Africa 1 month ago

Netanyahu tells US envoy Palestinian Authority won't be part of post-war Gaza governance

Under US President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan that ended a two-year war in the Palestini...

Companies 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Merdeka Copper eyes doubling gold output, nickel expansion this year

The move aligns with the continued rise in gold prices, which on Tuesday posted their largest daily ...

Americas 1 month ago

Human Rights Watch warns US heading to 'authoritarianism'

Trump's return to the White House has intensified a "downward spiral" on human rights ...

Middle East and Africa 1 month ago

Son of Libya's late ruler Gaddafi killed by armed gang

Saif al-Islam's office said in a statement on Tuesday that he had been killed during a "dir...

Americas 1 month ago

Clintons to testify on Epstein in late February

Bill Clinton will appear on February 27, and Hillary Clinton will do so the day before, the chairman...

Sports 1 month ago

Australia, Japan interested in hosting 2035 Asian Cup, says AFC

The AFC is expected to confirm hosts for both the quadrennial continental showpieces at a single ann...

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
National economic resilience faces a test of public transparency

Within MSCI’s methodology, a shift from emerging to frontier status is not merely symbolic; it...

Economy 1 month ago

WTO must 'reform or die': talks facilitator

Successfully reforming the WTO is a matter of life and death for the organization, warns the facilit...

Regulations 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Pushing rupiah to 15,000 per dollar ‘not that difficult’, says Purbaya

Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa says pushing the rupiah exchange rate back up to 15,000 per Un...

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Board of Peace and the dilemma of Indonesia’s involvement

If ending occupation is not established as a non-negotiable prerequisite, then the destiny of Gaza a...

Society 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Nearly 2,000 students suffer food poisoning from free meals this year

National Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Dadan Hindayana has apologized for recent food poison...

Archipelago 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Landslide at illegal tin mine in Bangka kills six

Eleven workers were working with two heavy equipment when the landslide occurred, four others were a...

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Police reform: When the instrument rejects its frame

Civic space is narrowing in Indonesia, not through explicit bans, but through the routine presence o...

Parents 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Parenting teenagers: Choosing connection over correction

Why today’s adolescent conflicts feel sharper and how parents can respond without losing trust...

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
The promise of a middle-power alliance

A united middle-power alliance would have considerable leverage, as its members would each wield out...

Archipelago 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Riau braces for more forest fires as rainy season nears end

Authorities also detected more than 200 hotspots across the province in January 2026, with at least ...

Jakarta 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Jakarta claims cloud seeding help reducing rainfall

The provincial administration has launched two phases of weather modification operations throughout ...

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
From subsidies to signals: Making Indonesia’s power market investable

The current setup asks PLN to be planner, procurer and operator. That was useful in the past decades...

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
How priority programs risk eroding meritocracy in bureaucracy

Indonesia’s pursuit of "fast-tracked" priority programs risks breaking the moral con...

Academia 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Analysis: Electoral law reform: A test of the House’s faith in democracy

Since Jan. 20, the House of Representatives has been gathering input from academics and civil societ...

Regulations 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Weak commitment, policy uncertainty derail RI renewable targets

The contribution of renewable energy to the national energy mix, which refer to total electricity pr...

Politics 1 month ago

PREMIUM
Prabowo courts Islamic leaders to support Board of Peace membership amid pushback

President Prabowo Subianto courts major Islamic organizations in an apparent attempt to ease opposit...

TheJakartaPost