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Whoosh takeover set for September, Purbaya says

After incurring a loss of nearly $290 million in the first six months of 2026, the government is finally stepping up to take over the operation and maintenance of the Jakarta-Bandung HSR, according to the finance minister.

10 minutes ago
Economy

US vows 'economic asphyxiation' of Iran with new sanctions

The announcement comes almost six months into a war on Iran that has ground to a stalemate, with stalled peace talks and Tehran blocking most traffic through the crucial Strait of Hormuz. ...

3 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Indonesia to open airspace for cloud seeding to tackle haze, Malaysia says

Malaysia's national disaster management agency and its meteorological department are currently preparing schedules for cloud seeding operations in shared border locations, to be coordinated with the Indonesian military. ...

3 hours ago

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Archipelago premium

NTB hamlet blaze raises alarm over indigenous tourism

A massive fire has burned the popular tourist destination of Sade to the ground in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), leaving immeasurable cultural and personal loss in its wake.

4 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Rosy labor figures conceal deeper cracks

Indonesia’s labor market resembles a polished façade concealing deeper cracks. Official figures show headline unemployment falling, yet the recovery has not created enough quality jobs for the country’s growing educated workforce. Education has long been seen as the first step up the social ladder, opening the way to secure employment and a better life. Today, however, more than 1 million university graduates are unemployed, exposing a troubling reality: A degree no longer reliably opens the doors it once promised.

4 hours ago
Economy

Norway will drill in Arctic regardless of EU's position, says energy minister

Norway will continue developing its oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea regardless of the European Union's support for a moratorium on Arctic hydrocarbon supplies, and no longer sees itself as Europe's "green battery", Energy Minister Terje Aasland told Reuters.

18 hours ago
Sports

UEFA chief Ceferin rules out running for FIFA presidency

Infantino has shown no signs of walking away from the position he has held since 2016 and made it clear that he was banking on his appeal to the less well-off national associations to win reelection until 2031.

19 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Malaysia, Brunei to raise cross-border haze issue at ASEAN

The Malaysian prime minister and the Brunei sultan aim to use “the ASEAN mechanism” in a bid to find a solution for the recurring problem of transboundary haze from Indonesian wildfires.

20 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

US cancels drills with South Korea over Iran war-related constraints

The cancelation follows US President Donald Trump's surprise order to scale back a separate annual joint military exercise that ended last Friday, citing the cost and Seoul's refusal to take part in the Iran war.

20 hours ago
Companies

Southeast Asia's budget airlines eye recovery but fuel scars linger

The results exposed a squeeze at the heart of the low-cost model: Fuel makes up a larger share of expenses than at full-service airlines, but price-sensitive passengers leave carriers less scope to lift fares without weakening demand.

21 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Prabowo shifts to leading Sumatra fire response

The President visited Riau on Monday to oversee firefighting efforts as blazes rage amid persisting dry conditions, just a day after officiating a meeting on the fire response in Kalimantan.

22 hours ago
Quick Dispatch

ITB study: Greater Jakarta air pollution cannot be solved by single region, sector

Two recent studies by the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) have indicated that air pollution in the Greater Jakarta area  cannot be addressed by a single region or sector alone.

1 day ago
Europe

Ukraine backers gather as war escalates, air defense runs low

The escalating Russian strikes have pushed civilian deaths to their highest levels since the first months of Russia's 2022 invasion.

22 hours ago
Academia

How Vietnam’s Gen Z is holding power to account

What started with the death of young woman in a traffic accident has escalated into a general protest about a lack of accountability for the powerful.

23 hours ago
Academia premium

Less testing was a choice, so is the future

A thirty-year silence from nuclear testing was not an accident of history—it was a fragile choice that the world must urgently choose to keep.

1 day ago
Academia premium

Who gets to feel the state is ‘beside them’?

A capable state must do more than deliver programs, it must ensure that all citizens can hold power accountable and participate as equals.

1 day ago
Politics

Mandiri freezing of protester’s account raises alarm over civic freedom

Bank Mandiri’s freezing of a protest coordinator’s account has drawn strong criticism from civil society groups, which have warned the move restricts civic freedoms and could erode public trust in the state-owned lender.

1 day ago
Academia premium

The dollar's outer defenses have been breached

The puzzle of why the Trump administration is so concerned with a falling yen has historical parallels not to the 1930s or the 1980s, but to the 1960s, when US officials feared that a crisis elsewhere could spread to America. With US bond yields spiking, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is getting desperate.

1 day ago
Economy

US vows 'economic D-Day' as Iran threatens to halt all oil exports

Without detailing specific measures, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent signaled Washington would target "fearful nations" that practice "appeasement" by engaging with Iran's economy and financial system.

1 day ago
Interview premium

Middle powers must make choice in rebuilding global order

The current global order will not reborn from the bottom-up, top-down or from the Global South, but it will come down to middle powers that have the most to lose from a decline of global governance and have the most power to actually change it, according to Munich Security Conference (MSC) CEO Benedikt Franke.

1 day ago
Academia premium

The five pillars to transmute Indonesia-US defense partnership

To turn a historic paper pact into real Indo-Pacific deterrence, Washington and Jakarta must move beyond symbolic drills to build a high-tech, gray-zone defense partnership that respects Indonesia’s strategic nonalignment.

1 day ago
Politics premium

NU clerics warn against political interference in upcoming leadership race

Indonesia’s largest Islamic organization Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) is slated to hold a leadership contest to pick its next chair in its upcoming national congress (Muktamar) in Jombang, East Java in late August.

1 day ago
Jakarta premium

Borderless pollution chokes Greater Jakarta as policy gaps persist

As urban air pollution continues to travel across Greater Jakarta, threatening public health and burdening the economy, authorities in the region are facing greater pressure to establish an integrated framework to tackle mounting borderless pollutants.

1 day ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Odd price movements and Haji Isam’s rumored Bayan acquisition

On Aug. 15 three prominent businessmen toured a site in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, reportedly to scout potential mining sites. They were tycoon Haji Isam, PT Bayan Resources owner Dato’ Low Tuck Kwong and defense entrepreneur Norman Joesoef. The meeting quickly sparked speculation that Haji Isam was interested in acquiring a 62 percent majority stake in Bayan Resources.

1 day ago
Academia premium

Anarchy and the geoeconomy: How China's adjustment impacts Indonesia

Great-power conflict won’t hit Southeast Asia with battleships first—it will arrive through hollowed-out commodity prices, flooded domestic markets and a battered rupiah.

1 day ago
Archipelago premium

Unsoed rector among suspects in admissions graft case

KPK previously arrested 14 people on Thursday evening during a sting operation, with 12 arrested in Purwokerto and two others arrested in Jakarta. 

1 day ago
Archipelago premium

Govt cracks down on land burning in Kalimantan

Police have named 72 suspects in their crackdown on deliberate land burning after President Prabowo Subianto over the weekend ordered a rapid response to land fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra.

1 day ago
Editorial premium

Growing regional discontent

Indonesians confront mounting economic hardship despite official assurances that all is well. Many are confused: the reassurances from officials do not match the reality of their daily lives.

1 day ago
Archipelago premium

Bromo fire extinguished, new hot spot emerges on Arjuna-Welirang slopes

The total affected area reached 1,121 hectares, with hot spots successfully controlled through ground sweeping and aerial water bombing using helicopters.

1 day ago
Economy premium

US-China trade war gives Indonesia shot at boosting investment

Combined investment from mainland China and Hong Kong reached US$11.5 billion in H1 2026, nearly three times the $4.1 billion recorded a year earlier.

1 day ago

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Mon, August 24, 2026

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