Nearly two months after the first foot and mouth disease (FMD) case was reported, the government finally started the cattle vaccination program for 60.6 vaccine shots in 2022-2023.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo officially enacted three laws establishing new Papuan provinces – South Papua, Central Papua and the Papua Highlands – on July 25.

Violence in Papua has taken a new twist after chilling video footage showing members of a Papuan armed group beheading a man in Bintang Mountains regency circulated on July 19.

A large gas deposit was discovered recently near the coast of Aceh. The Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry described the discovery as potentially one of the largest in the world.

The government is scratching its head over whether to increase subsidized fuel prices. The surging global prices of crude oil has forced the government to provide more energy subsidies this year.

The death of a junior police officer has caught the nation’s attention this past week, with the media and the public increasingly skeptical of the National Police’s claim he had been killed in a gunfight with another lower-ranking officer after he tried to sexually assault the wife of Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, the chief of internal affairs.

The reversal of crude palm oil (CPO) prices to below US$900 per ton and its repercussions in the domestic market have forced the government to take yet another drastic measure to help the commodity by advancing the B35 biodiesel mandatory program later this month.

Opinion polls on the 2024 presidential election show that Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan is among the most popular public figures, but his nomination remains clouded by uncertainty.

China’s exports have been stronger than expected, bolstered by demand for medical goods overseas.

Antitrust specialists see the upcoming action as more of a tremor than an earthquake.

Indonesia, while not officially in recession yet, is predicted to record another contraction in the third quarter of 2020. In the preceding quarter the economy shrank 5.32 percent year-on-year (yoy).

So how can the government quickly respond to safeguard the citizen’s while keeping economic activities running and ensuring the road to recovery is equally inclusive and justifiable? The government must be aware that the key factor to it is to ensure the wellbeing of its people, protect the poor and vulnerable and make sure that business continues to support the economic recovery after the COVID pandemic.

One of the indicators that show improved demand is export volume from major producing countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia's CPO export volume in June and July 2020 were 2.1 and 2.4 million tons respectively, the same volume as Indonesia’s CPO exports in June and July 2019.

The extent of the damage the pandemic has had on social and economic life is beyond comprehension.

She pulled off a deft bit of political maneuvering, probably born of desperation. Now South Korea's president has a sliver of breathing space as impeachment closes in and millions throng the streets to clamor for her to just go away.

Eight years ago, Barack Obama cast himself as the rare candidate who could transcend the polarizing "politics of the past" and bridge divides that had left Washington barely functioning for years. Ultimately, the gulf was too wide — if anything, the political climate in the United States worsened.

Daring to take on China in a territorial dispute in the South China Sea, the Philippines went to an international tribunal for justice, and won big. But it turned out to be a pyrrhic victory.

It's a ruling that China cannot accept, and one that the Philippines must.

For Donald Trump, Sunday's mass shooting in Florida was a moment to redouble his call for tougher action against terrorism and to take credit for "being right" about the threat. For Hillary Clinton, it was a time to choose words carefully and reiterate her call for keeping "weapons of war" off America's streets.