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ESR, INA deepen logistics push with two Cikarang facilities

The push comes as growing logistics and manufacturing activity drives demand for modern warehouse space in Indonesia.

24 minutes ago
Archipelago

Passengers rescued as second ferry in days catches fire in Indonesia

Marine accidents are a regular occurrence in Indonesia -- an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that relies heavily on boat connections. ...

52 minutes ago
Academia

AI could end Wall Street’s EPS obsession

Investors are focusing more on tangible results: cash flow. ...

2 hours ago

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Entertainment

Why was Blackpink's 10th anniversary so hard to pull off?

Separate agencies, packed schedules, last-minute planning underscore challenges of keeping the group together.

2 hours ago
Markets

Dollar firmer as markets await US inflation data for Fed clues

The dollar nudged a little higher in Asian trade on Wednesday, receiving limited additional strength after renewed attacks on shipping in critical waterways in the Middle East, as currency markets anxiously awaited the release of inflation data later in the global day.

2 hours ago
Science & Tech

Total solar eclipse to spellbind Europe

Millions of Europeans will contemplate the sky in awe on Wednesday as a rare total solar eclipse crosses part of the continent and plunges a swathe of Spain into eerie daytime darkness.

2 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Batam hosts inaugural trilateral coast guard exercise

The trilateral exercise involved 60 personnel and three patrol vessels from Malaysia, Singapore and host Indonesia.

3 hours ago
Academia premium

Why Beijing must play a long game in South China Sea

Why must China constantly attempt to prove its stature? What drives it to project superior force at every turn to assert its claims?

3 hours ago
Europe

World youth unemployment rate rose last year: UN

Global youth unemployment rose last year, the United Nations said Tuesday, with some of the steepest increases seen in high-income countries as artificial intelligence begins to change the jobs market.

3 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Schools close, flights delayed as wildfire haze blankets Kalimantan

Official data and independent analysis show that fire activity this year has surpassed levels recorded during the same period in 2019, when Indonesia experienced one of its most devastating fire seasons in recent history.

3 hours ago
Quick Dispatch

Expert views Tri Hita Karana as a model for regenerative tourism

Bali's Tri Hita Karana philosophy should be recognized as an indigenous model of regenerative tourism as the global tourism industry shifts beyond sustainability, according to tourism expert Dr. Putu Ayu Sita Laksmi of Warmadewa University.

1 day ago
Table Setting

An elevated warteg, a table of strangers and a reason to love this country again

Somewhere between Senopati and Madura, I found myself lost among strangers and a table of unfamiliar dishes, before finding my way back to a complicated love for home.

3 hours ago
Archipelago premium

North Sumatra police detained three foreigners over alleged online scam

Police said the three foreign nationals, two Pakistanis and one Indian, and the Medan resident had met while working at a scam center in Cambodia before regrouping in Medan to carry out similar operations.

3 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Taiwan condemns China's plan for navy drill with Indonesia off island's east

Beijing deploys warships, fighter jets and coast guard vessels around Taiwan on an almost daily basis to assert its claim of sovereignty.

3 hours ago
Academia premium

The urgent need to protect academic integrity

Governance gap leaves academic freedom vulnerable to exploitation because academic repositories and open scholarly platforms operate on trust.

4 hours ago
Americas

Colombians dig through rubble as quake death toll surpasses 240

Rescuers, soldiers and volunteers searched through collapsed apartment blocks and office buildings Tuesday across western Colombia, racing to find survivors after the country's strongest earthquake in a century killed at least 241 people and left many more homeless.

4 hours ago
Academia premium

The extractive trap has a green exit

For five centuries, raw materials have flowed out of Africa and Brazil at low cost to be used as inputs elsewhere, often returning to their source countries embedded in expensive finished goods.

5 hours ago
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Transjakarta’s water transit plan raises connectivity hope for Thousand Islands

Jakarta’s only regency is currently served by 11 water taxis serving four routes connecting the Muara Angke port in North Jakarta with Thousand Islands’ inhabited islands, as tickets can reach up to Rp 74,000 (US$4.17) per trip.

5 hours ago
Academia premium

Regional action is a must to combat human trafficking

Rather than delivering justice to victims, authorities have normalized, and often downplayed, their suffering, frequently misclassifying victims as perpetrators.

6 hours ago
Politics premium

Trial begins for ex-minister Yaqut in haj corruption case

The trial of former religious affairs minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas began on Tuesday at the Jakarta Corruption Court, with prosecutors accusing him of abusing his authority in the management of the haj quota three years ago to enrich himself, ministry officials and private travel agencies.

6 hours ago
Politics premium

Prison term sought for Riau student activist over edited protest post

University of Riau student Khariq Anhar allegedly committed an unlawful act by altering a news article headline that prosecutors deem contributed to August 2025 anti-government protests that led to nationwide unrest.

6 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Court hands education budget a win over school free meals

The Constitutional Court just handed down a much-needed reality check on the country's public finances. By striking the free nutritious meal program out of the national education budget, the court drew a clear line in the sand: money set aside for education needs to go toward education. Now, the government has to figure out a transparent, long-term way to fund its flagship free meals program without taking a bite out of other vital national priorities.

7 hours ago
Politics premium

Prabowo’s textbook overhaul plan fuels revisionism fears

President Prabowo Subianto’s plan to overhaul school textbooks has raised concerns that the government could use the revisions to further its controversial project to reshape Indonesia’s history, which critics have accused of downplaying human rights violations committed during the New Order era.

7 hours ago
Markets premium

SOEs public listing plan faces undervaluation, crowding risks

There have been no new initial public offerings (IPOs) by state-owned firms on the Indonesia Stock Exchange over the past three years.  

7 hours ago
Editorial premium

Keep education funds in education

Separating the free meals program from the education budget is an important first step. However, the bigger test now is whether the government will genuinely commit to using the constitutionally mandated 20 percent education allocation to address the country’s perennial education challenges.

8 hours ago
Economy premium

Worry about jobs, spending power hurts consumer confidence

Bank Indonesia’s retail sales index also dropped sharply in June, but the central bank sees improvements next month.

19 hours ago
Archipelago

Schools closed as Indonesia battles wildfires

In Pontianak, West Kalimantan, schools have been ordered to close due to the smoke wafting over the city from fires elsewhere.

22 hours ago
Regulations premium

Cooperatives' proposed carbon trading role faces readiness hurdles

Under the proposed scheme, cooperatives would register carbon units from forests or mangroves with the Carbon Unit Registration System (SRUK), enabling communities to directly benefit from sales. 

23 hours ago
Economy

The economics of running: When a free sport becomes big business

More than 500 running events are taking place in Indonesia and more than 200 cities in 2026, roughly five times the number recorded in 2022.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Vietnam starts building largest homemade anti-submarine warship

The vessel, being built at the defense ministry's Song Thu Shipyard in Danang City, will also have most of its weapons and military equipment developed or assembled in the country, the Quan Doi Nhan Dan newspaper said late on Monday.

1 day ago

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Wed, August 12, 2026

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