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Editorial
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Limited options for pushing GDP
There is only so much the government can do to prop up economic activity, no matter how dear the gross domestic product growth figure is to President Prabowo Subianto.
5 hours ago
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Away from smoking screens
Despite its many advantages, the digital age has also expanded space for promoting tobacco products, exposing users of all ages to smoking via visually appealing content on social media platforms that are short on the economic and health costs of the harmful habit. ...
2 days ago
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Respect the Press Law
We call on all parties to respect the Press Law, which grants the Press Council authority over journalistic reporting. ...
3 days agoThe Latest
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Screening season
Political parties cannot ignore public aspirations or force their will against the people about the best presidential and vice presidential candidates.
4 years ago
Editorial
Science-obsessed Mega
For sure, having the chief executive of the ruling party control the BRIN risks politicization of science, which is unacceptable in a democracy.
4 years ago
Editorial
Financial literacy key
Jokowi ordered state-owned banks to increase their non-guaranteed loans to up to Rp 100 million for micro, small and medium enterprises from a previous limit of Rp 50 million as part of efforts to fight marauding digital loan sharks.
4 years ago
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The economic report card
The major challenge for Jokowi over the next three years is phasing out the dominance of state companies in infrastructure development.
4 years ago
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Lucky seven
Even if you don’t want to give credit to Jokowi, among policies rolled out by his government some must have worked.
4 years ago
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Thomas Cup blemish
The blame should be laid with the country’s sports authorities, including Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Zainuddin Amali and the National Antidoping Agency (LADI).
4 years ago
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No welcome for Myanmar’s junta
The Myanmar general would not have dared to challenge Jokowi had ASEAN’s rotating chairman Brunei strictly implemented its mandate to help restore peace in the impoverished nation.
4 years ago
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In for more excise taxes
In distinction to income and value-added taxes, the main purpose of excise taxes is to control the consumption of goods with adverse health, environmental or social impacts.
4 years ago
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When the party is over
To throw the quadrennial sporting fiesta in Papua the government has spent more than Rp 10.4 trillion (US$740 million) since 2018.
4 years ago
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Victims of ITE Law
What we’ve heard, over the years, are countless reports of people being jailed for criticizing others on social media.
4 years ago
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Truth matters
Squeezed between big tech and populist politicians, it seemed that professional media was grabbing at space to breathe. Let us hope that this year's Nobel Peace Prize can help "reset" public appreciation and recognition of the free and independent press as fundamental to democracy and world peace.
4 years ago
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Reserve army? Why now?
Launching Komcad is a case of misplaced priority, even within the national defense strategy.
4 years ago
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Why #PercumaLaporPolisi is still a thing
It is perhaps unsurprising that not a single high-profile case of digital attacks on journalists and activists has been solved by the police.
4 years ago
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Bump in the road
One thing is very clear: The railway project is too big to fail, but it is also too costly to continue.
4 years ago
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Comprehensive VAT reform
The new law will raise the standard VAT rate from the current 10 percent to 11 percent next April and 12 percent in 2025.
4 years ago
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Loss of Reform spirit
Jakartans, for example, will have to allow an unelected governor lead for more than two years, while in Central Java and East Java, the acting governors will serve one year shorter.
4 years ago
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The Blitar project
The goal here is to allow the virus to infect people at a rate that can be handled by the healthcare system in return for greater freedom and greater immunity.
4 years ago
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Japan’s fear of China
Economic relations and investment may remain stable, but we cannot expect Japan to come up with major breakthroughs as it will take this region, including Indonesia, for granted while China’s economic and military might is steadily rising.
4 years ago
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Follow the money
We deem hoarding wealth abroad while millions are impoverished wrong from a moral and ethical standpoint.
4 years ago
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Modernizing TNI
Given the complexity of future challenges, it is high time for the TNI to leave its comfort zone.
4 years ago
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Overarching tax reform
The implementation of a multitariff VAT would make the tax system more complex while the institutional capacity of the tax authority remains inadequate.
4 years ago
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Give children a shot
We can barely get children to stay put, let alone control who they interact with inside and outside the classroom, so as long as the medical community can assure us that vaccines are safe, parents should do the responsible thing of inoculating them. Just as we already have done with smallpox or polio vaccines.
4 years ago
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Protecting our children
The future of the country depends on a healthy generation from the health hazards of nicotine.
4 years ago
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Papua needs more than junior diplomacy
Indonesia has only humiliated itself in such a prestigious forum as the UNGA, because this stunt is no different from that often pulled by undemocratic states like North Korea.
4 years ago
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Building a solar powerhouse
We need a broad and bold electricity market reform, not a piecemeal policy, and strong national leadership to tap our huge solar power potential.
4 years ago
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Catch bigger fish, KPK
The 'big catch' came just as public trust in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) was plummeting.
4 years ago
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Everybody misses Bali
The pandemic has hit Bali very hard. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) data shows the province’s economy contracted 9.31 percent year-on-year last year, mostly due to its paralyzed tourism.
4 years ago
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Jokowi’s UN show
Not only did President Jokowi skip yet another chance to speak at the podium of the UN assembly, he also played down the urgency of highlighting the protracted crisis in Myanmar.
4 years ago
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Set the election dates!
The KPU has at least 20 months to prepare for the elections, so the government can no longer prolong the uncertainty regarding the election dates that will only fuel wild speculations regarding the presidential term.
4 years ago
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Our seafaring ancestors
The time is ripe for a Navy admiral to helm the armed forces of the world's largest archipelagic nation, located at the heart of the Indo-Pacific.
4 years agoPopular
- Banks still 'cautious' about lending to high-risk MSMEs
- Long nights in the Jakarta streets
- Finance Ministry to offer low-interest loans for regional projects
- Respect the Press Law
- Time is money: The Rp 100 trillion price tag on Jakarta’s congestion
- Talks to end US shutdown look promising, Senate majority leader says
- India orders drugmakers to meet global standards by January after cough syrup deaths
- President Prabowo's approval steady at 78% despite challenges
- Police probes student after nearly 100 hurt in school blasts
- Challenges of home learning during a pandemic through the eyes of a student
Popular
- Banks still 'cautious' about lending to high-risk MSMEs
- Long nights in the Jakarta streets
- Finance Ministry to offer low-interest loans for regional projects
- Respect the Press Law
- Time is money: The Rp 100 trillion price tag on Jakarta’s congestion
- Talks to end US shutdown look promising, Senate majority leader says
- India orders drugmakers to meet global standards by January after cough syrup deaths
- President Prabowo's approval steady at 78% despite challenges
- Police probes student after nearly 100 hurt in school blasts
- Challenges of home learning during a pandemic through the eyes of a student
