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Politics premium

‘Light’ sentencing stunts Indonesia’s corruption fight

Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) recently found that graft convicts only get a prison sentence of three years and three months on average and only 4 percent of total estimated state loss incurred from corruption cases can be recovered throughout 2024.

59 seconds ago
Archipelago premium

Mt. Semeru erupts, dozens of homes buried by rain lahar, hundreds flee to hills

The volcano has been highly active lately, with earlier eruptions occurring on Dec. 5 and Nov. 19.  ...

7 minutes ago
Academia premium

China’s one trillion trade surplus: Turning tariffs into gain

Europe now relies heavily on Chinese components to support its energy transition, while Southeast Asia depends on Chinese machinery and intermediate goods to fuel rapid industrial upgrading. ...

24 minutes ago

The Latest

Opinion premium

Analysis: IMIP airport raises questions on transparency and oversight

The presence of the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP) Private Airport in Morowali Regency, Central Sulawesi, has sparked controversy after Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin asserted that the facility operates without proper state oversight. The issue appears to reflect a broader debate among state institutions, revealing friction between figures from the previous administration and the current government.

31 minutes ago
Archipelago premium

Death strikes stranded evacuees in isolated Sumatra shelters

Suffering through days without clean water or proper medical care, evacuees packed into emergency shelters across three provinces in the northern part of Sumatra are falling severely ill, with some reportedly dying before help can reach them, as the region’s floods and landslides continue to isolate entire communities.

1 hour ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Prabowo focuses on health on Pakistan trip

President Prabowo Subianto announced on Tuesday that Pakistan has agreed to help bolster Indonesia's health sector and ease its medical worker shortage, as well as intensify trade and other cooperation, in a visit to Islamabad after wrapping up his tour to flood-hit Aceh.

1 hour ago
Editorial premium

Rights on borrowed time

The state's disaster response in Sumatra only shows that victims of the floods and landslides have had their the rights to life, health and protection denied during emergencies.

1 hour ago
Regulations premium

Govt to tighten export-receipt rules, curb lingering loopholes

In March, the government required natural resource exporters to lock up their receipts in the country for at least a year to boost the country's foreign reserves.

11 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Indonesia tells citizens in Japan to stay vigilant after earthquake

Indonesia has urged its citizens in Japan to remain calm but to remain vigilant after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck Aomori prefecture on Monday evening and triggered a tsunami warning.

13 hours ago
Jakarta

Building fire kills 20 in Jakarta: Police

A fire tore through a seven-story office building in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, on Tuesday, leaving at least 20 people dead and several others feared trapped inside.

14 hours ago
Economy premium

Q4 Consumption snapshot: Signs of a steady recovery

Based on Mandiri Spending Index (MSI) data, average weekly spending growth in Q4 reached 37.8 percent year-on-year (yoy), higher than the 29.3 percent in Q3.

15 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Major Japan quake injures 30, damages roads

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said 30 people were injured in the quake off the coast of the northern Aomori region, which triggered tsunami waves up to 70 centimeters.

15 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Cambodia-Thailand clashes spread on border as toll rises

This week's clashes are the most deadly since the neighboring nations engaged in five days of intense combat in July that killed dozens of people and displaced around 300,000 before a truce took effect.

15 hours ago
Economy premium

Govt significantly reduces state capital injections for SOEs

State-owned enterprises will receive about a third of last year's state capital injections this year due to the establishment of state asset fund Danantara.

17 hours ago
Economy premium

Businesses project 2026 growth at no more than 5.4%

Apindo chairwoman Shinta W. Kamdani said the first quarter of 2026 was likely to deliver the year’s strongest momentum as New Year, Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Idul Fitri will drive spending.

18 hours ago
Academia

How Asia’s semiconductor powerhouse fits into ASEAN’s strategic future

As tensions rise between Tokyo and Beijing, ASEAN and Taiwan must balance economic integration with the political realities imposed by China’s growing assertiveness across Asia.

19 hours ago
Academia premium

Indonesia and Norway: Cementing middle power cooperation in a turbulent time

A constructive collaboration between Indonesia and Norway on many issues in the global arena could serve as a distinctive model of cooperation among middle powers.

20 hours ago
Companies

Warner Bros fight heats up with $108 billion hostile bid from Paramount

Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth US$108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery in a last-ditch effort to outbid Netflix and create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant.

20 hours ago
Academia premium

Indonesia’s missing maritime holding: Turning seafaring identity into industrial power

For a nation that calls itself the world’s largest archipelago, Indonesia has never built the industrial architecture needed to transform its maritime identity into maritime power.

21 hours ago
Markets

Asian stocks slip as nervy markets wait for Fed

Asian stocks fell and the dollar was steady on Tuesday as investors braced for a cut in US interest rates later this week while the yen was calm after a powerful earthquake rocked Japan's northeast region though the impact was limited.

22 hours ago
Academia

Deforestation turns cyclonic storms into likely recurring tragedies

Extreme rain wasn’t the only cause of Sumatra’s deadly floods. Years of forest loss, eroded soils and weakened watersheds turned a storm into a tragedy, one that could repeat.

22 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Two runners die in Mount Lawu extreme trail run

Karanganyar Police spokesperson First Insp. Mulyadi said the victims, 45-year-old Sigit Joko Purnomo and 55-year-old Pujo Buntoro, collapsed within minutes of each other at around 11 a.m.

22 hours ago
Jakarta premium

Air pollution blamed for nearly 2 million respiratory infections in Jakarta

Persistent air pollution in Jakarta has triggered nearly 2 million cases of respiratory illness throughout this year, raising concerns over the long-term well-being of the capital’s 11 million residents.

22 hours ago
Politics premium

NU in deadlock over Yahya chairmanship

Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) remains divided over the chairmanship of Yahya Cholil Staquf, whose position is still in limbo following the latest meeting between its supreme council and senior clerics.

23 hours ago
Academia premium

The Sumatra disaster will increase our fiscal risk

The Sumatra flooding and landslides necessitate a review of the risk factors noted in next year's state budget, as natural disasters pose massive economic losses both locally and nationally.

23 hours ago
Society premium

Calls grow for broader Indigenous engagement in customary forest recognition

The Ford Foundation has called on the government to expand its engagement with Indigenous communities as Indonesia moves forward with its pledge to recognize 1.4 million hectares of customary forests by 2029. 

1 day ago
Academia premium

Beyond the code: The geopolitical triad of AI

AI has become the center of a new world order, and we have entered the AI Triad, which consists of the politicization, securitization and weaponization of technology. 

1 day ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Skipping G20, a costly foreign policy blunder for Prabowo

Last month, President Prabowo Subianto skipped the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, undermining his claim to be a champion of multilateralism as well as his chances of assuming the vacant leadership of the Global South. 

1 day ago
Companies

RUA AlHaram AlMakki Company signs 6 strategic MoUs, concluding its Cityscape Global debut

Saudi Arabia-based RUA AlHaram AlMakki Company, a PIF-owned master developer, concluded its debut at the world’s largest real estate exhibition Cityscape Global with the signing of six landmark Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) with partners from Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and the United States, advancing international investment and global collaboration for its inaugural King Salman Gate project in the Holy City of Mecca.

1 day ago
Archipelago premium

Calls grow for Indonesia to accept foreign disaster aid

With fatalities from the hydrometeorological disaster in Sumatra approaching 1,000 and numerous regions still struggling to receive aid, questions are growing over whether the government can manage the situation without international assistance.

1 day ago

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Wed, December 10, 2025

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