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Two more Sumatran Elephants die amid growing threats from deforestation

Burhanuddin Masyud, an expert in Ecology and Wildlife Management at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), recently reported that around 1,585 hectares of Sumatran elephant habitat in the Seblat landscape, Bengkulu, one of the species’ remaining key habitats, was lost between January 2024 and October 2025.

7 hours ago
Environment

Wildlife trade body rejects new eel protections

The vote came at a meeting of signatories to the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), a 50-year agreement protecting the world's most endangered animals and plants, and regulating trade in 36,000 species. ...

8 hours ago
Regulations premium

Govt reviews customs presence at Morowali airstrip amid oversight concerns

The Transportation Ministry has reiterated that the airfield holds valid permits and is operating in accordance the applicable regulations. ...

8 hours ago

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Companies

GoFood accelerates MSME digitalization with breakthrough instant onboarding feature

As part of Gojek’s ongoing commitment to empower micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), its GoFood delivery service has accelerated the digitalization of hundreds of culinary MSMEs into its ecosystem through the Maju Bersama GoFood (Advance with GoFood) event.

10 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Japan will pay 'painful price' if steps out of line over Taiwan, China military says

The remarks come amid the countries' worst diplomatic crisis in years, after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said this month a hypothetical Chinese attack on Taiwan could trigger a military response from Tokyo.

10 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Over 250 missing after Hong Kong's deadliest blaze in decades

Over 24 hours after fire broke out in the eight-building housing estate with 2,000 units, flames were still visible in some windows as crews sprayed water on the blackened exteriors.

10 hours ago
Work It Right

Why we overwork (and what that might be hiding)

Some of us overwork because we care. Others, because we’re afraid to stop. Either way, it’s time we paid attention to what’s underneath the effort.

11 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Japan set to issue 11t yen extra bonds despite record tax revenue

The Japanese government will issue around 11 trillion yen (US$70 billion) in additional bonds to help fund an economic package, even as its tax revenue for this fiscal year is expected to rise to a record high.

11 hours ago
Companies premium

Local firm to build $300m PET plant to cut import reliance

The LCP is currently in the tendering phase, with construction expected to start in the second half of 2026. Commercial operations are scheduled for 2028.

12 hours ago
Academia

Palestinian statehood remains a distant prospect

The UN resolution references a credible pathway to Palestinian self-determination and statehood.

14 hours ago
Academia premium

Madness or common sense: The two futures of the Asia-Pacific

The ASEAN+3 mechanism, where ASEAN nations sit with Japan, South Korea and China, would become one of the most relevant political forums in the region for discussing the Taiwan issue.

15 hours ago
Markets

Stocks rise on Fed easing hopes, yen locked in intervention zone

Asian stocks rose on Thursday and the dollar was soft on growing expectations of an interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve next month, while the yen remained on intervention watch, with traders weighing the prospect of a rate hike before year-end.

16 hours ago
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COP30 and the future of Southeast Asia’s tropical forests

Southeast Asia’s forests are not untouched wilderness, but social-ecological systems shaped over millennia of indigenous and local stewardship.

16 hours ago
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Nine cities, one festival: JFF Indonesia brings Japan to local screens

The Japanese Film Festival (JFF) Indonesia 2025 presents over a dozen Japanese film titles across multiple genres, with theatrical screenings held in nine cities nationwide.

16 hours ago
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A new opening for a fossil-fuel phaseout?

Many governments with legitimate social-justice concerns are reluctant to support the phaseout, fearing it would impede efforts to reduce inequality and fund essential services.

17 hours ago
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Air Force F-16 pilots successfully test locally made bomb

The locally made BNT-250 will allow Indonesia to reduce its reliance on United States-made Mk. 82 bombs. 

17 hours ago
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Paws for reflection: Jakartans tag strays as city mini-destinations

In a metropolis shaped by speed, pressure and long commutes, brief encounters with street cats have become small rituals of joy, lifted by online trends, shared care and a growing appetite for bite-sized escapes in the city.

17 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Queen Maxima promotes financial health on Indonesia visit

This year’s visit comes as Indonesia aims to reach high-income status by 2045 amid global tensions and trade disruptions.

18 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Rethinking Indonesia's DHE policy amid rupiah pressures

The contribution of natural resource export receipt (DHE) to Indonesia's foreign reserves remains limited, intensifying calls to revise Government Regulation (PP) No. 8/2025 on DHE. While the policy temporarily keeps export proceeds onshore, much of the forex (forex) ultimately flows back overseas to service external debt. As a result, the regulation has fallen short of its stated goal of strengthening reserves, an issue that has become more urgent as the rupiah faces renewed depreciation pressures.

19 hours ago
Society premium

Diaspora skeptical of new lifetime visa

The diaspora community is skeptical of the newly launched policy granting former Indonesian citizens and their families stay permits for an unlimited period, calling it an investment-driven scheme that does not address the country’s brain drain phenomenon.

19 hours ago
Politics premium

Presidential pardons put KPK’s credibility in question

President Prabowo Subianto pardoned three former state-owned ferry operator PT ASDP Ferry Indonesia executives who were convicted of corruption in a case that caused a Rp 1.25 trillion (US$75 million) in state loss.

20 hours ago
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Curaçao’s miracle, our trouble

Curaçao's qualifying for the 2026 World Cup finals presents a dichonomy of what the tiny island nation has done right and what our sprawling archipelagic country has yet to get right in developing the national soccer ecosystem.

20 hours ago
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Industry wants clarity on Indonesia’s ‘Haj Village’ in Mecca

Business players say the 80-hectare infrastructure project aimed at Indonesian pilgrims could transform Indonesia’s haj-umrah economy, but only if the government secures a prime location.

1 day ago
Politics premium

Papua conflict uproots thousands while state assistance lags

Prolonged armed conflict in Papua has forced more than 100,000 indigenous people, most of them women and children, to flee their homes. Yet the government’s failure to provide adequate protection has left many displaced families struggling to meet basic needs.

1 day ago
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Bosch goes new ways with modular factory in West Java

The Germany-based engineering and technology company aims to complete the new facility in the first quarter of 2027. Bosch regional president for Asia Pacific South Vijay Ratnaparkhe spoke to The Jakarta Post’s Maudey Khalisha on Nov. 19, the day of the factory’s groundbreaking ceremony, about tapping into rising domestic demand from the automotive and other industries.

1 day ago
Archipelago premium

Two fishing vessels capsize in North Sumatra, one dead 6 missing

Two fishing vessels capsized in heavy seas in the waters off North Sumatra on Sunday, leaving one fisherman dead with six others still missing as of Tuesday.

1 day ago
Work It Right

Privilege to quit: Hope, desperation and the uneven right to stop

When quitting is seen as failure, only the privileged get to walk away. What if the right to stop was a matter of justice and not just willpower?

1 day ago
Regulations premium

Wage-rule delays jolt businesses, rattle investment plans: Apindo

Businesses have urged the government to stick to the formula set out under Government Regulation No. 51/2023, which ties wage adjustments to regional economic growth, inflation and an index capturing local productivity and business capacity.

1 day ago
Economy premium

Seed shortage jeopardizes cacao replanting effort

Swathes of Indonesian cacao plantations need replanting to boost production, but a shortage of seeds could jeopardize the effort to replace old, unproductive trees.

1 day ago
Academia

Israel-Arab relations push could stall over Palestinian statehood

Saudi Arabia has explicitly linked joining the Abraham accords to a plan for a Palestinian state.

1 day ago

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Fri, November 28, 2025

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