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View all search resultsIn a democracy, the legitimacy of government depends not only on electoral mandates but also on moral credibility.
5 days agoIndonesia’s rice market is in turmoil, despite the government’s claim of holding the largest rice reserves in history. Prices continue to rise, consumers are paying more for lower-quality rice and the government’s response risks deepening the uncertainty. Its crackdown on rice businesses accused of producing oplosan rice, where medium-quality rice is mixed and sold as p...
5 days agoPrabowo's tough talk of economic nationalism included his poise to combat "greednomics", a term he used to describe the exploitative practices of powerful conglomerates and "mafias" in key sectors, ...
5 days agoChina’s anti-involution efforts have had some success, but this will likely not be a short fight.
5 days agoA combination of Indonesia’s rich nickel and critical minerals with India’s manufacturing expertise can build regional green supply chains.
5 days agoStunting in children and lack of water reliability are early warnings of whether a society protects its own.
5 days agoIn the name of law, political opponents are criminalized, pressured into submission and absorbed back into the political fold once neutralized.
5 days agoGreater autonomy awarded to regional governments has not been matched by adequate financial independence.
6 days agoIndonesia's military expansion risks sparking a security dilemma, where defensive measures are misperceived as aggressive, potentially unsettling Southeast Asia’s delicate balance
6 days agoState-owned lender Bank Mandiri recently announced a major leadership shake-up to restructure both the Board of Commissioners (BoC) and Board of Directors (BoD). The changes come as lenders grouped in the Association of State-Owned Banks (Himbara) face mounting pressure from slowing financial performance, worsened by the banking industry's loan disbursement slowdown and increasing burdens from government-mandated programs.
6 days agoAs Indonesia celebrates its 80th year of Independence this week, it is high time for everyone in the country to reflect on the state of its nationalism.
6 days agoAsia, which is home to 78 percent of the world's coal power capacity and 80 percent of millions of coal workers, needs to make a pivotal decision to cut its umbilical to the dirty fuel and embrace renewables to ensure a sustainable future for the region.
6 days agoIn marking 75 years of bilateral relations, India and the Philippines have transitioned into a strategic partnership amid the evolving dynamics in the wider Indo-Pacific.
6 days agoToday, ever-smarter algorithms increasingly predict and shape our every choice, enabling unprecedentedly effective forms of centralized, unaccountable surveillance and control.
6 days agoAttributing the death of poet Amir Hamzah in March 1946 simply to “social revolution in East Sumatra” is an historical injustice.
1 week agoWith a population of a little over 1 million people, the impoverished regency is mostly known for its stories of black magic and export of roasted ground nut.
1 week agoThe Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has launched an investigation into alleged graft in the procurement of Google Cloud services by the former Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministry under Nadiem Makarim. The antigraft body has also summoned former religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas for questioning in a separate case pertaining to the 2024 haj program.
1 week agoThe ostentatious ceremony at an airfield in Bandung on National Veterans Day has only reinforced the military buildup policy of the current administration, sounding the alarm on the feared return of militarism to Indonesia amid a perceived democratic decline.
1 week agoFor many of our farmers, agriculture still does not provide a dignified or dependable livelihood.
1 week agoFor the Global South, the “trade tsunami” comes as a dramatic shock to countries long accustomed to walking an awkward path between various foreign power blocs.
1 week agoThe ongoing revision of the KUHAP is a crucial opportunity to create a more just, inclusive and human rights-oriented criminal justice system.
1 week agoIt is clear that we are entering a new and far more dangerous era, defined not by the pursuit of shared prosperity but by the stark realities of great power competition.
1 week agoThe world faces an unprecedented water crisis that demands a paradigm shift in how we value and govern our most precious resource.
1 week agoCross-sector action rooted in awareness, empathy and knowledge is needed to resolve Indonesia's crisis of nationalism with regard to Papua, not the mischaracterization, fearfulness and misinformation that has prevailed over past decades.
1 week agoIndonesia and Malaysia's agreement to economic cooperation in the disputed maritime area of Ambalat is one way to keep all channels open, though it cannot replace maritime diplomacy in resolving the decades-long issue.
1 week agoThe Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) continues to be ambivalent in its stance toward President Prabowo Subianto’s administration, with party matriarch Megawati Soekarnputri declaring it is neither part of the coalition government nor in the opposition role.
1 week agoWe cannot let fraud scandals blind us to the importance of technological progress, especially in fields like artificial intelligence.
1 week agoTaiwan faces an increasingly uncertain and precarious future, caught between domestic instability and the shifting, unpredictable dynamics of US-China relations.
1 week agoA key factor behind this growing interest lies in the regulatory flexibility and investment-friendly climate introduced by the Indonesian government.
1 week agoThe rise of local currency transactions presents a challenge to the traditional dominance of the United States dollar in global trade.
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