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Regulations premium

Customs office vows to ‘get its act together’ amid dissolution threats

The Customs and Excise office has vowed to make necessary changes after President Prabowo Subianto made direct threats to replace it with a private service.

1 hour ago
Asia & Pacific premium

RI, OZ, PNG boost defense ties in first trilateral

Closer military engagement among the three neighboring countries will carry meaningful weight for regional stability. They pledged to broaden cooperation on shared security priorities and maintain regular dialogue to advance their “collective vision” for the Indo-Pacific. ...

1 hour ago
Middle East and Africa

South Africa will 'take a break' from G20 after US ban

The United States this month took over the year-long presidency of the group of leading economies after largely boycotting South Africa's tenure, including the November summit, in an escalation of its attacks on Pretoria. ...

5 hours ago

The Latest

Tech premium

Indonesia racks up $2.6b in digital taxes since 2020

Five companies were newly appointed as digital tax collector in October, including gaming giant Roblox Corporation, Notion Labs Inc., Mixpanel Inc., MEGA Privacy Kft and Scorpios Tech FZE.

5 hours ago
Economy premium

UK, Taiwan, Vietnam eye Indonesia’s upcoming oil and gas bids

The push follows the launch of an expansive exploration program on Nov. 25, which offers 75 potential oil and gas blocks for the 2025-2027 period.

6 hours ago
Archipelago

Coordinating economy minister office sends food aid, medical supplies to Sumatra

The Office of the Coordinating Economic Minister has dispatched around 40 tonnes of food and medical supplies to flood-ravaged Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, as the government pressed on with search and rescue missions for a disaster that has claimed nearly 800 lives.

6 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Sumatra flood victims scrounge for supplies after disaster

She was one of the lucky ones on Wednesday, when soldiers in military fatigues oversaw the distribution of rice to flood survivors.

7 hours ago
Economy premium

Gaikindo slashes 2025 car sales outlook amid prolonged soft demand

The association had earlier expected domestic new car sales to approach 800,000 units by year-end, but the latest data point to a weaker market.

8 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Australia says it has received AUKUS submarine review from US

President Donald Trump's administration said in June it had launched a formal review  into the AUKUS defence deal - worth hundreds of billions of dollars - that will allow Australia to acquire US nuclear-powered submarines, and also involves Britain.

8 hours ago
Tech premium

Bali governor seeks to pull the plug on Airbnb

I Wayan Koster explained that digital accommodation platforms had affected Bali’s regional income, particularly because they do not contribute to locally generated revenue (PAD).  

9 hours ago
Academia

New OPEC+ quotas ignite spending surge

The new MSC mechanism for setting output baselines from 2027 looks set to spur investment via a more equitable and transparent capacity measurement system, leading to a more sustainable market.

9 hours ago
Academia premium

Philanthropies shift focus to scale, transparency, measurable outcomes

Philanthropies can begin by designing learning systems that move beyond counting outputs to understanding outcomes.

10 hours ago
Academia premium

How presidential clemency fuels impunity

Prabowo’s increasingly reckless use of pardons reflects a troubling pattern of presidential overreach.

11 hours ago
Academia premium

Why a just land transition needs real funding

Up to 40 percent of our planet’s lands are degraded and deteriorating, jeopardizing the health and livelihoods of more than 3 billion people.

12 hours ago
Politics premium

NU faces money laundering allegations amid internal rift

Political tensions continue to rise within the country’s most influential Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), after a leaked internal audit alleged millions of dollars were funneled into the organization's central board under chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf in a suspected money laundering scheme.

13 hours ago
Society premium

Environmental degradation in spotlight in Sumatra floods

About 1.4 million hectares of forest cover have been cleared across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra between 2016 and 2025 to make way for plantations and mining, according to the environmental group Walhi. The areas hardest-hit by floods and landslides last week were degraded watersheds. 

13 hours ago
Academia premium

ASEAN floods 2025: Governance at a crossroads

The flooding that peaked last month across the region illustrates a fundamental truth: disaster risk reduction is inextricably tied to governance, including economic policies, and ASEAN must tackle climate issues as a collective agenda.

14 hours ago
Archipelago premium

BMKG flags cyclone risk, extreme weather during year-end holidays

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) said tropical cyclone seeds could emerge across several regions in southern Indonesia between the second week of December and early January, which may dissipate or intensify into a full-fledged cyclone.

14 hours ago
Academia premium

Sumatra disasters reveal our climate policy failures

These disasters underscore that Indonesia’s ecological, political and institutional systems are no longer adequate for the climate realities of today. 

15 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: When executives criminalized for doing their jobs

Following public outcry, President Prabowo Subianto granted rehabilitation to three former executives of state-owned enterprise (SOE) PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry convicted in the corruption case surrounding the company's acquisition of ferry operator PT Jembatan Nusantara (JN). For many observers, the prosecution of former president director Ira Puspadewi and two other executives epitomize the criminalization of business judgment.

15 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Six arrested for illegal logging in two Riau regencies

The six illegal workers worked as a team and each had a specific role, such as team leader, cutter or transporter.

15 hours ago
Economy premium

‘Paralyzed’ businesses reel from $4b losses due to Sumatra floods

Small businesses in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra have watched as the recent flooding swept away their incomes along with roads, utilities and other essentials, including access to food.

15 hours ago
Editorial premium

It is a national disaster

A national emergency declaration enables the deployment of all necessary state equipment and resources to the affected areas. 

16 hours ago
Politics premium

Court ruling raises KPK's hope for Paulus Tannos' extradition

The KPK has welcomed a district court's decision to throw out the corruption fugitive's legal challenge related to his arrest in Singapore on jurisdictional grounds, saying it hopes the ruling will pave the way for Paulus' extradition under a bilateral treaty.

1 day ago
Economy premium

Plan for new Jakarta-Bandung fast train raises questions over Whoosh

The envisioned Kilat Pajajaran railway project threatens to cut into the market for the existing high-speed Whoosh service connecting the same two cities.  

1 day ago
Economy premium

Indonesia to maintain 5% growth to 2027 on policy support: OECD outlook

The OECD assessment sees Indonesia’s inflation declining to 1.9 percent this year, and then picking up to 3.1 percent and 3.2 percent in successive years.

1 day ago
Economy premium

German, US chip investors urge faster permits for Batam facilities

Quantum Luminous Indonesia president director Walter Grieves said the plan was to commence the semiconductor project at the start of 2026.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Twenty-two Indonesians remain missing in Hong Kong fire

Twenty-two Indonesian nationals remain unaccounted for following the massive fire that tore through the Wang Fuk Court housing complex in Hong Kong’s Tai Po district, the Foreign Ministry confirmed on Tuesday, as authorities race to identify victims amid widespread devastation.

1 day ago
Tech premium

Huawei Cloud to expand data centers in Indonesia next year

Huawei Cloud Indonesia CEO Leon Fang said that the utilization rate of the current three Availability Zones in Jakarta has reached 90.99 percent.

1 day ago
Regulations premium

Indonesia won’t phase out fossil fuels, Hashim asserts

President Prabowo Subianto’s brother and business tycoon Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who is also the President’s special envoy for energy and climate, says the government “is sticking to a different approach” amid mounting international pressure to curb fossil fuel use.

1 day ago

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Thu, December 4, 2025

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