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United States President Donald Trump ('center') joins performers for a dance during the welcome ceremony next to Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim ('left') on Sunday, as he arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang.

Setting the benchmark higher for ASEAN

Malaysia has proven its ability to walk and balance the delicate path of non-alignment.

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Untangling the killing of Brig. Gen. Mallaby in revolutionary Surabaya

In Surabaya, an unknown assassin shot Brig. Gen. Aubertin Mallaby through the open window of his car and for 80 years the mystery has remained: who killed Mallaby? ...

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Copper Study Group highlights impact of mine supply hits

Copper has a long history of mine supply disruption, but this year is proving to be a particularly troubled one for a sector that has been racing to keep up with smelter demand. ...

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Excavators transfer soil to transport trucks on July 28, 2023, at a nickel mine operated by nickel mining company Vale Indonesia in Sorowako, South Sulawesi.

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Turning resource wealth into rules-based prosperity

Resource abundance alone is not destiny. Indonesia’s next challenge is to turn mineral wealth into sustainable, rules-based prosperity.

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A year that shaped the narrative: Indonesia’s cultural renaissance begins

This year marks one year since the establishment of the Republic of Indonesia’s Culture Ministry - the first time in our nation’s 79 years of independence that culture stands with a ministry of its own, a historic reaffirmation of our constitutional mandate, enshrined in Article 32(1) of the 1945 Constitution, which declares that “the State shall advance the national culture amid world civilization by guaranteeing the freedom of the people to preserve and develop their cultural values.”

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A worker cleans a sign on Sept. 8, 2025, at Wisma Danantara Indonesia, South Jakarta. In its first six months of operation, state asset fund Danantara, has secured Rp163.18 trillion (US$10 billion) in funding from a consortium of 12 foreign banks.

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How Danantara is building Indonesia’s next tech giants

The next evolution in Indonesia’s digital economy must come not from founders or policymakers, but from investors, those who choose to fund endurance, not exits.

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A stock illustration of an Indonesian passport

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Rethinking ‘One Nation': Why Indonesia should allow dual citizenship

As we commemorate the Sumpah Pemuda, perhaps it’s time to rethink what “one nation” means in a global era, and why letting Indonesians hold dual citizenship could strengthen, not weaken, our unity.

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Demonstrators try to break the police barricade during a protest on the first anniversary of President Prabowo Subianto's administration, criticizing government policies, including the free meals program, in Jakarta, on Oct. 20, 2025.

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Time for Indonesia’s youth to renew the pledge

Today’s youth are numerous but politically complacent; celebrated as a demographic bonus yet treated as disposable; expressive in voice but struggling to author a narrative of their own.

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A man passes on a light sign that reads “state of the European Union“ on Sept. 10, 2025, the same day of the EU Commission President's annual State of the Union address, during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France.

EU finds strength beyond the Draghi report

Things may not be as dire as they seem.

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Ngigoro, 62, an elder of the Hongana Manyawa indigenous tribe who left the forest and now lives in a village with his mother, watches a nickel mining site from the edge of the forest on April 16 in East Halmahera, North Maluku.

Mining crisis needs fair laws, local engagement

A new law has been passed to regulate mining and protect the environment and local communities, but its enforcement remains weak.

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A container ship leaves the Port of Qingdao, located in China's eastern province of Shandong, on Aug. 7, 2025.

Six rules for navigating the new abnormal

As the world grapples with multiple uncertainties, those with a sense of self-preservation that are also quick and nimble will come out on top.

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United States President Donald Trump (fifth left) takes a photo with ASEAN leaders on Sunday during the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur.

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ASEAN’s new survival strategy: Transactional deals and hard economic realities

The region is shedding its illusions about predictable superpower diplomacy and is instead embracing a strategy that is intensely transactional and fiercely pragmatic.

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A binary code is projected onto a man holding a laptop computer in an office in Warsaw on June 24, 2013, in this illustration of cybersecurity. (Reuters/Kacper Pempel)

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The militarization of Indonesia’s cybersecurity framework

The newly completed bill on cybersecurity and cyber resilience still prioritizes the protection of national interests instead of upholding citizens' digital rights and also involves the TNI in enforcement, leading to legal uncertainty that potentially threatens democracy and the rule of law in Indonesia.

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Pope Leo XIV speaks during a mass with cardinals in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on May 9, 2025, in this photo taken and handed out by the Vatican Media.

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The Vatican's voice of reason on AI

AI raises questions about work, inequality and the human condition

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Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh (second left) and his Australian counterpart Richard Marles (second right) watch Australian Rear Admiral Matt Buckley (third right) and Indian Vice Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan (third left) sign a defense agreement on Oct. 9 at Parliament House in Canberra.

Building on the Australia-India comprehensive strategic partnership

The US’ punitive tariffs on India present an opportunity for the two countries to strengthen bilateral ties.

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China's President Xi Jinping inspects troops during a military parade on Sept. 3 marking the 80th anniversary of victory over Japan and the end of World War II, in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.

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Taiwan: A province of the People's Republic of China, never a sovereign nation

As the ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Indonesia, I feel it is my duty to clarify the essence of the Taiwan question and set the record straight.

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People gather to play games at a malaria public awareness event held during Car Free Day on Dec. 9, 2023, in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), organized by the provincial administration in cooperation with UNICEF.

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Eliminating malaria: Lessons from Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste has become clear evidence that strategic investment and regional cooperation can drive progress toward malaria elimination.

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ASEAN turns geoeconomic turbulence into regional strategy

The summit is a chance to reaffirm ASEAN centrality in promoting open, inclusive regional economic integration amid rising protectionism.

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Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa reacts to journalists on Sept. 11 after his first hearing with the House of Representatives’ finance commission in Jakarta.

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How high will Purbaya be allowed to fly?

Purbaya has dismantled several long-untouched practices and proved many observers wrong about the country’s fiscal stability.

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A tempe artisan shows soybeans imported from the United States in this undated file photo.

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Supply-chain economics beats tariff politics

Trump’s tariff-first trade policies fundamentally misunderstand 21st-century supply-chain economics.

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Motion 28 at FSC General Assembly risks stalling remedy progress

As the first country to implement FSC’s Remedy Framework, Indonesia urges members to protect credibility, justice and momentum, not add new requirements that hinder what already works.

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Secretary-General of ASEAN Kao Kim Hourn ('left') meets with Finland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Elina Valtonen ('right') on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur on Saturday.

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Finland’s happiness rests on international cooperation

We believe in co-creation: as a relatively small nation, we cannot produce everything on our own, and we need international trade.

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United Nations secretary-general António Guterres ('front left'), Vietnam's President Luong Cuong ('front center') and Laos' General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith ('front right') pose with other leaders and delegates at the signing ceremony of the UN Convention on Cybercrime in Hanoi, Vietnam on Saturday.

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Stopping the threat of organized cybercrime

We need to strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks around the world, provide training and equipment to enforcement agencies and promote cross-border cooperation.

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Roundup ready: A woman walks on Oct. 23, 2025 past a promotional display for ASEAN Malaysia 2025 in front of the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, which is hosting the regional grouping’s 47th annual summit from Oct. 26 to 28.

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How ASEAN was reduced to a mere coworking space

ASEAN has fallen far from its original purpose, as has Indonesia from its role as the organization's natural leader, but all is not yet lost, so long as its current leaders can buck up and transform the grouping into a truly regional community.

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All about money: A member of the Presidential Security Detail guards a large stack of rupiah banknote bundles on Oct. 20, 2025 at the Attorney General’s Office in Kebayoran Baru, South Jakarta, prior to the handover to the state of around Rp 13.2 trillion (US$825 million) seized from companies involved in a corruption case pertaining to illegal crude palm oil (CPO) export permits.

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Prabowo’s leadership challenge and the case for asset forfeiture reform

The forfeiture mechanism should apply within a specified timeframe, to ensure the law complements, rather than weakens, criminal enforcement commitments.

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An Indonesian Air Force Hercules C-130J demonstrates an aerial refueling operation of T-50i aircraft during the 80th anniversary celebration of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in Jakarta on Oct. 5, 2025.

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Indonesia’s defense future lies in interoperability

The real challenge for modern armed forces lies in making these systems fully operational: equipping them with trained crews, effective maintenance, full armament and doctrinal integration.

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Pakistani naval forces take part during the fifth Multilateral Naval Exercise Komodo 2025 in Denpasar, Bali, on Feb. 18, 2025.

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Pakistan–Indonesia at 75: Friendship, progress and shared future

It is a moment to look ahead and chart a path toward an even stronger partnership for peace and prosperity.

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People crowd around various vehicles on July 23 at the Gaikindo Indonesia International Auto Show (GIIAS) 2025, which drew 485,569 visitors over its 11-day run from July 24 to Aug. 3 at the Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) BSD City in Tangerang, Banten.

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Indonesia’s national car dream: Symbolism or strategy?

Indonesia has tried, and failed, to develop a native car brand over the decades, and attempting to revive this developmental model in the current era of energy transition with a globally connected supply chain risks ending in the same fate: merely a flag-waving vanity project.

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United States President Donald Trump looks on during an event in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2025.

How authoritarians twist language into weapons

As populist strongmen rise across democracies, Camus’ warnings against the corruption of truth and language feel newly relevant.

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A student shows a school meal he received as part of the free nutritious meal program on Sept. 15 at the Nurul Islam Klakah integrated Islamic elementary school (SDIT) in Lumajang, East Java.

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When school lunches become a battlefield

A policy that should be as uncontroversial as “feed children well” has been turned into a stage for point-scoring, institutional turf wars and media skirmishes.

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