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Politics premium

Pollster SMRC founder under fire for 'treason' remark

At a post-Ramadan gathering event in late March, Saiful Mujani said advising the administration of President Prabowo Subianto would likely be ineffective, suggesting ‘bringing him down’ as the only way to ‘save the nation’.

1 week ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Coal and nickel dilemma: Racing for revenue, lagging in readiness

A potentially widening budget deficit amid soaring global oil prices has prompted Finance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa to explore alternative revenue sources, including export duties on nickel and coal, commodities that are currently benefiting from relatively strong price trends. The push for rapid revenue mobilization, however, appears to be running ahead of sectoral readiness. ...

1 week ago
Politics premium

Acid attack ‘threat’ to young generation’s freedom

The assault on Andrie Yunus of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) was not a personal attack, but instead an attack on "young people who continue to fight for a just and humane Indonesia", activists said. ...

1 week ago

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Economy premium

Farmers association warns of prolonged fertilizer crunch

Indonesian farmers face rising production costs and tighter chemical fertilizer supplies as the US-Israeli war on Iran intensifies, the Indonesian Farmers Union (SPI) has said.

1 week ago
Editorial

Drowning in trash

As the country's trash mountains reach a tragic breaking point, local grassroots successes offer a sustainable roadmap out of a looming national waste emergency.

1 week ago
Jakarta premium

East Jakarta officials under fire for using AI image in addressing complaint

The governor has stressed transparency and honesty in all official matters, including responding to public complaints, and has called for an investigation into the incident by the Jakarta Inspectorate.

1 week ago
Regulations premium

Indonesia’s data center boom raises alarm over water use

A study found that hot, humid lowland climates in cities like Jakarta and Batam leave data centers heavily dependent on energy-hungry mechanical cooling systems that run at high load year-round.

1 week ago
Politics premium

Press groups decry govt’s restriction of Magdalene’s acid attack post

Journalist associations have condemned the Communications and Digital Ministry’s move to geographically restrict an Instagram post by online news outlet Magdalene about a recent acid attack involving the military, calling it illegal and a dangerous precedent for press freedom.

1 week ago
Academia premium

Honor the fallen, complete the mission and never retreat

If Indonesia withdraws from Lebanon in reaction to the death of the three peacekeepers, we are essentially saying their sacrifice means nothing.

1 week ago
Society premium

‘I Must Die’ billboards trigger backlash over suicide messaging

Promotional billboards for the horror film “Aku Harus Mati” (I Must Die) have drawn widespread criticism over concerns that they could encourage suicidal ideation, particularly among vulnerable groups such as children, amid rising mental health issues among the country’s youth.

1 week ago
Asia & Pacific

Vietnam's top leader To Lam expands power, new PM elected

The widely anticipated move marks a break from Vietnam's traditional collective leadership system, consolidating authority in one figure in ways analysts say could tilt the one‑party state toward greater authoritarianism, while also enabling faster decision making, similar to its neighbor China.

1 week ago
Economy premium

Double hit on manufacturing: What are anticipatory policies?

The manufacturing sector’s growth trend is expected to face many challenges, including higher oil and energy prices due to US and Israeli attacks on Iran, as well as rupiah depreciation, which is pushing up production costs for certain industries.

1 week ago
Economy

Euro zone growth slows to nine-month low on surging costs, PMI shows

The euro zone's private sector expansion weakened sharply in March as the Middle East war drove up energy costs and disrupted supply chains, with overall demand - a key gauge for economic health - falling for the first time in eight months, a survey showed on Tuesday.

1 week ago
Economy

Current oil and gas crisis worse than 1973, 1979, 2002 combined: IEA

"The world has never experienced a disruption to energy supply of such magnitude," he said in an interview with the French newspaper released in its Tuesday edition.

1 week ago
Middle East and Africa

Saudi petrochemical complex hit after barrage targets country's east

"An attack caused a fire at the SABIC plants in Jubail. The sounds of explosions were very loud," the source told AFP, referring to the Saudi Basic Industries Corporation.  

1 week ago
Companies premium

PMJS lands Rp 10.8 trillion truck deal for village cooperatives

Through its subsidiary DIPO, the company will supply 20,600 trucks to Agrinas Pangan Nusantara as part of the government’s red and white cooperatives program, amid a broader plan to procure up to 160,000 vehicles nationwide.  

1 week ago
Wellness

She’s not fine: What years of dismissing women’s pain cost

For 15 years, everyone told me the pain I felt every month was normal. Turns out, it wasn’t.

1 week ago
Economy premium

RI jet fuel prices 'still competitive’ despite hike, Bahlil says

The energy minister has touted the competitiveness of Indonesia's avtur prices amid the economic fallout from the Iran war, even after a markup of more than 70 percent due to surging global fuel prices.

1 week ago
Academia

AI fluency hides a persistent Western bias

Even when they were fluent in several languages, the language models retained their Western worldview.

1 week ago
Middle East and Africa

Malaysian ship secures safe transit through Hormuz

Iran effectively closed the vital sea route, a corridor that carries a fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows, in response to US and Israeli airstrikes that began in late February.

1 week ago
Archipelago premium

TNI smuggling crackdown in Riau raises military overreach concerns

The Indonesian Military (TNI) has foiled an attempt to smuggle food commodities from the Netherlands into Riau in an operation that has sparked concerns over potential military overreach into civilian affairs.

1 week ago
Science & Tech

After milestone-rich lunar flyby, astronauts start trip home

Their eyes glued to the spacecraft windows for nearly seven hours, the team of four who spent their day breaking records and making history were treated to a view of the Moon unlike any other.

1 week ago
Academia premium

Time for Indonesia to enact the climate change law

Now that the Climate Change Bill has been included in this year's Prolegnas, it is up to our representatives to ensure that short-term economic interests cannot override ecological primacy, the very imbalance that has led to the climate crisis today.

1 week ago
Academia premium

Among competing powers, Indonesia charts a quiet path

Indonesia is practicing a balancing strategy, engaging multiple major powers simultaneously, not to hedge passively, but to actively expand its room for maneuver.

1 week ago
Markets

Stocks struggle, oil jumps as Trump's Iran deadline looms

Global stocks wavered on Tuesday, while oil prices were perched near US$110 per barrel as the prospect of escalation in the war in the Middle East and the looming deadline for a deal to be reached kept nervy investors on the sidelines.

1 week ago
Archipelago premium

Police solve three Batam theft cases targeting public equipment

Acting on tips from the public, the Riau Islands Police have solved three separate cases of theft targeting municipal equipment, netting six suspects and two fences, with one suspect still at large, who face maximum sentences of between four and seven years if convicted.

1 week ago
Academia premium

How Iran turns US strength into vulnerability

For decades, the US has nurtured the belief that it could wage wars abroad without exposing itself to the risk of serious retaliation.

1 week ago
Academia premium

When the Middle East crisis reaches Southeast Asia

As the collapse of old regimes and escalating tensions reshape the Middle East, the walls containing extremist threats are beginning to crumble. Indonesia must act now to bridge the gap between global geopolitical shifts and domestic security before "strategic ambiguity" turns into a national crisis.

1 week ago
Society premium

Communications ministry’s video game ratings draw backlash for erratic age labels

The Communications and Digital Ministry’s newly implemented content rating system for video games has come in for criticism for its arbitrary age classification, prompting concerns among players and developers about the availability of games in Indonesia.

1 week ago
Academia premium

Beyond oil: The forgotten seafarers of the Strait of Hormuz

While the world watches oil prices and insurance premiums in the Strait of Hormuz, 20,000 seafarers are trapped in a humanitarian crisis unfolding in plain sight. It is time to stop insuring the cargo and start protecting the people who move the world.

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