The fact that Arema FC fans stormed the pitch to vent their frustration with their team’s 2-3 defeat to archrival Persebaya Surabaya does nothing to justify the police’s disproportionate and inflammatory response.

Being the world’s largest archipelagic country, Indonesia really needs to invest heavily in the Air Force and Navy to secure its vast airspace and exclusive economic zone, especially in the wake of heated geopolitical dynamics.

Indonesia is committed to the collective fate of the world, even though it came at the expense of self-reflection on its own domestic woes.

The protests are a culmination of the frustration and disappointment of the people with the state’s control of private affairs like clothing but its neglect of more fundamental needs.

What Google and other Big Tech players should remember is that while Google has been growing its business, it has grown authoritarian, taking away people’s choices and requiring them to play by all of its rules.

The graft case involving the governor with an allegedly hedonistic lifestyle, run counter to the fact that the province he leads has remained the poorest in the country.

Setara Institute runs a periodic survey of the most tolerant cities around the country, which includes measuring the relationship between majority and minority religious communities. Cilegon has consistently ranked low in the survey in recent years.

The challenge ahead is that the era of low-cost funds has demonstrably ended, especially after the Fed signaled on Wednesday that it would continue to hike rates.

As China and India have expressed their concern about the war and Putin is facing a rare instance of overt domestic opposition, the right moment has come to stop the conflict.

Regardless of who Bjorka is, or what his real motive, the mysterious hacker is not our biggest threat. Our sheer technological incompetence is.

By Indonesia’s own estimate in 2018, the country needs more than US$20 billion per year to achieve the 2030 emissions-reduction target.

The hefty price hikes at Pertamina gas stations earlier this month not only alleviate the massive strain subsidies are putting on state coffers but also make conventional cars much more expensive to use.

South Korea has invested heavily in the last two decades or so in promoting both traditional and pop cultural products that have been taking the world by storm.

Knowledge of urban solutions will be an advantage, especially because the challenges facing Jakarta are mounting, rather than subsiding.

There are no other acceptable reasons, including the domestic political situation, for the President to not go to New York, the United States, to address the world audience. 

The G7-led alliance seeking to put a cap on Russian oil should heed the age-old saying about "good intentions".

The technology disparity may put Indonesia at risk of lagging further behind, in terms of the competitiveness of the telecommunications industry and the maturity of the country’s digital economy, which many have projected to grow exponentially.

The time to call for compliance is long past, and ASEAN must follow up on Malaysia's Myanmar initiative by taking action for the safety and wellbeing of the Myanmarese people.

True, Truss assumed power not through an election like her predecessor Boris Johnson, but she still has a good chance to stay at least until the 2025 election. 

The visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Jakarta in March 1974 testifies to the joint commitment to long-lasting cooperation and a good relationship between the two countries.

No matter how bleak the picture is, this is our last-ditch attempt to keep our hopes alive that justice will one day be served for Munir and his family.

The executive and the House of Representatives should work together to explain the economic rationale for the recent fuel price reforms to citizens, including trade union leaders and university students.

If he decided not to go, Jokowi would be missing out on an important opportunity to make use of his role as president of the Group of 20 biggest economies and the incoming chair of ASEAN next year.

Mary Jane can hope for pardon or clemency from Jokowi as a last resort and Bongbong can convince Jokowi that she deserves it.

This lack of transparency is hurting the family and friends of Ventosilla first and foremost, but it is also tarnishing the reputation of the holiday island of Bali.

The falling crude prices take the pressure off the government a little bit for now, but do nothing to address the deeper issue, which is that fuel subsidies remain a problem. 

The RCEP offers Indonesia many inroads to greater trade with broader markets as part of the global value chain, and in turn, contributing more to global peace and prosperity.

Saving Jakarta from sinking requires more than policy: Every person who lives and works in the capital needs to roll up their sleeves and start using water more wisely and sustainably.

The Health Ministry’s Indonesian Nutrition Status Study (SSGI) in 2021 found that with a 24.4 percent stunting prevalence, one in four Indonesian children under five was stunted.

Female lawmakers currently account for 20.8 percent of the 575 House seats, slightly up from 17 percent in 2014. But the 30-percent benchmark has remained elusive.