Sinarmas World Academy’s (SWA) Ocean Voyager team has placed 1st in the Future Innovator, junior category at the 2024 World Robot Olympiad (WRO) International Final in Izmir, Türkey.

The government seems uncertain about how to optimize the country's demographic potential to help Indonesia escape the middle-income trap.

Accurately predicting earthquakes and tsunamis remains impossible. Therefore, mitigation and risk reduction are crucial.

US policymakers need to strike a regulatory balance that implements safeguards for consumers while fostering innovation and facilitating research, objectives that are hindered by their current nationalist bent toward regulating both foreign and homegrown tech.

Despite government efforts to improve the tax ratio, recent policies appear to favor the wealthy.

Decisions made in the coming days will have a significant bearing on the future of funding for poor countries.

The House of Representatives has approved the National Legislation Program (Prolegnas) for 2025, during which the lawmakers will deliberate 41 priority bills. The list clearly represents a compromise between the political elites, rather than public aspirations, such as the mounting demand for an asset-forfeiture law.

Often, when victims of gender-based violence seek help from the police, they are faced with resistance, convoluted procedures or, even worse, accusations that they brought the crimes upon themselves because of the way they dressed or behaved.

Without binding national commitments, a global cap risks becoming another weak agreement, postponing real action on the ground.

Trump pledges a sharp pivot on energy and climate issues compared to President Joe Biden, which could have profound implications for US markets and international partners.

It is necessary for Indonesia to carefully consider whether joining either group could compromise its sovereignty and position as an influential country in ASEAN and the Global South.

Australia’s new policy represents a critical step toward protecting children in the twenty-first century.

The government has called for an investment from Apple that matches those made in peer countries.

President Prabowo Subianto’s decision to let a Philippine woman, who has been convicted for drug trafficking, to serve the remainder of her sentence in her home country under a transfer of prisoner arrangement has opened a Pandora’s box. She was sentenced by an Indonesian court to death, but the Philippines has long abolished capital punishment.

The public should allow Sugiono to prove that the President made the right decision in appointing him despite his lack of experience in foreign affairs.

The shift in international perception toward a more favorable view of palm oil as a commodity and the industry as a whole presents an opportunity for Indonesia to bolster production, so long as the related policy measures also include enhancing bureaucratic efficiency and coordination.

With his return to power, the world braces for another potential upheaval in global health governance and financing. 

To regain the dynamism and flexibility needed to weather US president-elect Donald Trump’s tariffs, Europe’s largest economies must pursue far-reaching structural reforms.

Trump was re-elected despite being outspent by Harris and GOP interest groups and donors gained a remarkable return on their investment.

Indonesia, with its large population and extensive coastlines, faces an enormous challenge in managing plastic waste.

Structural deprivation, including insecure land tenure, inadequate access to clean water and persistent inequalities, denies the urban poor the ability to exercise citizenship fully.

The newly elected leaders of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) have sparked little public enthusiasm, reflecting deepening cynicism about their ability to combat entrenched corruption. Once a symbol of integrity, the KPK is now viewed by many as a political tool of the rulers.

Recent acts of brutality have hardened disturbing doubts about the accountability of the police and their ability to resolve their own problems, including their excessive use of lethal force.

Driven professionals like Dr Lili Mutiary understand the power of continuous learning. Her recent Doctor in Education (EdD) from the National Institute of Education at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NIE NTU Singapore), signifies not just personal accomplishment but a turning point in her career. As the Head of Performance and Risk Management in the Indonesian Ministry of Finance, Dr Mutiary's journey is an inspiring example for aspiring leaders in education and public administration.

Indonesia needs to be self-reliant in devising comprehensive reintegration and communication frameworks that honor humanitarian commitments while addressing security concerns.

For millions who have endured decades of systematic oppression, displacement and violence, this move is more than symbolic, it is an overdue acknowledgment of their suffering.

Adolescents with HIV are at an increased risk of developing mental health disorders, such as depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).