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Sports

Indonesia football federation parts ways with coach Patrick Kluivert

Kluivert's departure follows Indonesia's "devastating" loss on Sunday in Jeddah against Iraq, ending their chances to qualify for next year's World Cup in the United States.

8 minutes ago
Asia & Pacific

Myanmar junta chief admits election won't be nationwide

Critics and many Western nations view the election - due to start in late December and the first since the coup - as a sham exercise to legitimise the military's rule via proxy political parties. Dozens of anti-junta parties are either banned or refusing to take part. ...

28 minutes ago
Economy

Canada fears for auto jobs after Stellantis announces US investment

Canadian leaders said Wednesday that Jeep-maker Stellantis's decision to invest US$13 billion in the United States threatens Canadian jobs, urging action to counter what they called another casualty of President Donald Trump's trade war. ...

37 minutes ago

The Latest

Americas

Trump indicates approval of CIA action against Venezuela

Trump's comments triggered outrage from leftist Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, who decried "coups d'etat orchestrated by the CIA" and ordered military exercises following a fresh US strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean.

52 minutes ago
Academia premium

How facility management can drive green transition

Inefficient energy use in buildings  represents a substantial obstacle toward national climate objectives, thus underlining the importance of effective facility management.

1 hour ago
Academia premium

Better together: Building 'Four Betters' in agrifood systems

Threats to agrifood systems, ranging from climate shocks to conflict, can unwind years of progress against hunger. 

2 hours ago
Markets

Asia stocks join Wall Street rally, gold at record high on trade angst

Stocks rose across most of Asia on Thursday, with the chip sector buoyant following a strong rally among US peers overnight.

2 hours ago
Academia premium

Safer food for a better future: Lessons from the free meals program

There can be no better food without safer food, and no better future if the health of our people is compromised.

3 hours ago
Art & Culture premium

‘Negeri Impian’: An imaginable land of harmony and creative freedom

Marking Indonesia’s 80th year, Hadiprana Gallery gathers artists whose works reflect dreams of harmony, resilience and cultural memory.

3 hours ago
Politics premium

Business community split over direct, indirect regional polls

Some businesses prefer direct elections for early opportunities to engage with candidates, while others prefer indirect polls for more political predictability and stability, according to a recent study from Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).

3 hours ago
Editorial premium

Indonesia in the Middle East

An independent and free Palestine is the best and only guarantee for the security of Israel.

3 hours ago
Academia

Civil society under pressure after August protests

Nearly 1,000 suspects have been named in the riots, including high school students. Police have seized books they claim are subversive to justify the arrests.

4 hours ago
Jakarta premium

City to improve facilities at Ragunan zoo after successful night trial

Improvements sought include more parking spaces and buggy cars as well as better lighting.

4 hours ago
Academia premium

The hidden reality of informal employment statistics

Jobs are being created, but many remain unprotected and unworthy of the term “decent work.”

5 hours ago
Archipelago premium

BMKG warns of extreme heat in southern Indonesia until year-end

The prolonged high temperatures are driven primarily by intensified solar radiation over southern Indonesia, particularly Sumatra, Java and Bali.

5 hours ago
Academia premium

Prabowo prioritizes human development, so why isn't Indonesia happy?

While investments in human capital are essential for long-term growth, they do not address Indonesia’s pressing short-term challenges: Low productivity, a weak job market and the lack of formal employment.

6 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: RI revises SOE Law, transforming ministry into regulatory agency

Indonesia has again amended Law No. 1/2003 on State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), formally transforming the SOEs Ministry into the SOEs Regulatory Agency (BP BUMN). The amendment marks a significant shift in governance, transferring the ministry’s operational authority to the Daya Anagata Nusantara (Danantara) Investment Management Agency, while BP BUMN will retain a purely regulatory role. In effect, the change consolidates Danantara’s control over the management of SOEs, as its Chief Operating Officer, Dony Oskaria, has been appointed to concurrently lead BP BUMN, aligning the two institutions’ operational and oversight functions.

6 hours ago
Society premium

Pressure on govt for new climate pledge ahead of COP30

The government missed the September deadline to submit the new climate pledge ahead of the Brazil climate summit in November, but claimed that the new commitment would be more ambitious than the last one submitted in 2022.

6 hours ago
Regulations premium

Mixed reaction as Purbaya delays e-commerce tax

The finance minister plans to postpone enforcing a withholding tax on e-commerce transactions, but not everyone is on board with that decision.

6 hours ago
Archipelago premium

North Sumatra's poverty rate rises, defying national trend

Misfaruddin of the North Sumatra BPS explained that the increase in the poverty rate in the province has partly been driven by rising market prices of essential commodities commonly purchased and consumed by the public.

6 hours ago
Economy premium

Purbaya hits out at plan to ‘return’ idle meal funds

The finance minister said the funds have not been allocated yet, so there was no real money to be returned, while urging better absorption in the free meals program.  

17 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Mount Lewotobi alert raised to highest level after powerful eruptions

The eruptions have caused ash and sand fall in several villages across East Flores and Sikka Regencies in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) since Tuesday.

18 hours ago
Society premium

Government continues push for repatriation of artifacts from Europe

Culture Minister Fadli Zon announced this week that his ministry plans to send an official letter to the German government requesting the return of several historical objects originating from Indonesia, including artifacts connected to the Batak people of North Sumatra.

19 hours ago
Regulations premium

Govt weighs VAT cut to boost sluggish consumption

Indonesia has long struggled to lift its tax-to-GDP ratio beyond the 10 percent mark, with the figure worsening from 10.3 percent in 2023 to 10.08 percent last year.

20 hours ago
Archipelago

Oil tanker catches fire in Batam, killing 10

Fire broke out on the vessel, the MT Federal II, at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday (2100 GMT Tuesday) at a shipyard in the city of Batam, local police chief Sr. Comr. Zaenal Arifin said. Batam is around 20 kilometres (12.4 miles) away from Singapore by sea.

20 hours ago
Regulations

Indonesia allows resumption of international carbon trade after four years

Until the halt, Indonesia was one of the biggest suppliers of carbon credits to the international market, mostly through the REDD+ reforestation scheme.

21 hours ago
Politics

Sjafrie holds meeting with Nasdem chairman Surya Paloh

Sjafrie described the one-hour meeting with Surya as part of an outreach to politicians in a bid to "maintain national stability" and "protect the country's sovereignty", which is under the purview of his ministry.

21 hours ago
People

Celebrated soul musician D'Angelo dead at 51

The R&B icon and neo-soul pioneer melded genres and opened doors as he stretched the boundaries of Black pop traditions.

21 hours ago
Science & Tech

OpenAI to allow erotic content on ChatGPT

In a post on X, CEO Sam Altman said that stricter guardrails on conversational AI to address mental health concerns had made its chatbot "less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems."

21 hours ago
Regulations premium

Govt wants industrial estates to report radiation surveys

The Industry Ministry is drafting a new regulation that will compel all industrial estates and factories across Indonesia to regularly report radiation survey results in response to the discovery of the radioactive isotope Cesium-137 (Cs-137) in the Cikande industrial area in Banten.

22 hours ago

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Thu, October 16, 2025

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