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GoTo appoints new CEO, adding fuel to merger talk

GoTo shareholders will hold an extraordinary general meeting on Dec. 17 to vote on matters including the leadership shift.

5 hours ago
Companies premium

Vivo secures Pertamina fuel deal as Shell talks hang in the balance

Vivo procured 100,000 barrels of imported RON-92 base fuel through a business-to-business (B2B) agreement with Pertamina’s commercial arm, PT Pertamina Patra Niaga. ...

9 hours ago
Society premium

NU’s Israel debacle intensifies as Yahya, supporters push back

The dispute over Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf’s invitation of an Israel-supporting scholar has reached new heights, with more senior clerics coming out in support of Yahya and plans for further meetings underway. ...

9 hours ago

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Regulations premium

Govt mounts probe after illegal rice import slips into Aceh

Led by the Agriculture Ministry, the government has launched an investigation to discover the parties behind a 250-tonne shipment of rice illegally imported to Sabang, in breach of food import rules.

10 hours ago
Academia

Why climate action needs inequality focus

Reducing inequality should be a guiding principle to decisions on climate change.

13 hours ago
Companies

GoTo nominates Hans Patuwo as new CEO after Patrick Walujo resigns

GoTo's shares rose as much as 6.3 percent after the announcement of Walujo stepping down, according to LSEG-compiled data.

14 hours ago
Academia premium

Climate justice needs power, not just ideas

Without political leverage and democracy, civil society’s struggle will keep turning in the mud.

14 hours ago
Academia premium

When a queen returns: Finance, inclusion and the colonial echoes of advice

Beneath the politeness of a visit, there is a layered history, highlighting how global finance continues to be intertwined with colonial histories and ongoing inequalities.

15 hours ago
Markets

Stocks rise as traders push up bets of December Fed cut

Global stocks began an event-filled week on the front foot on Monday, as investors took heart from growing expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut in December even as policymakers remain divided over such a move.

16 hours ago
Quick Dispatch

Kinderland celebrates 30 years in Jakarta with joyful student performances

Kinderland celebrated its 30th anniversary in Jakarta with a joyful event that highlighted the talents and confidence of its young learners.

16 hours ago
Academia premium

The stakes of Danantara’s investment in GoTo-Grab

For Danantara, the priority should be safeguarding state investment integrity and keeping Indonesia’s digital market open and credible. Acting prematurely or politically could turn strategic capital into reputational risk.

16 hours ago
Academia premium

In the country’s foreign policy, Prabowo is Indonesia

Prabowo has shown how deeply he has personalized Indonesia’s foreign policy, turning what was once a collective and deliberative process into a series of gestures driven by instinct, emotion and self-image.

17 hours ago
Middle East and Africa premium

TNI gears up, awaits order for Gaza peace mission

While awaiting President Prabowo Subianto’s official order on Indonesia’s deployment to the international stabilization force (ISF) in Gaza, the Army has begun selecting soldiers for the mission. 

18 hours ago
Politics premium

Asset bill pushed to 2026 as House focus on other bills

The asset forfeiture bill is one of the draft regulations included in the 2026 National Legislation Program (Prolegnas), although its deliberation depends on when the legislature completes the derivative regulations of the new KUHAP.

18 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Batam requests emergency status over garbage crisis

A sanction from the Environment ministry has forced Batam city administration to only use smaller section of its Telaga Pungkur final dumping site.

18 hours ago
Academia premium

The new KUHAP: A digital code with an analogue mindset

Recognizing electronic evidence in name only, without embedding it in a coherent framework of powers and safeguards, invites challenges to the integrity and reliability of digital findings.

18 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Controversy persists as House passes KUHAP bill into law

The House of Representatives has enacted the Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) bill in a significant move by the government to overhaul the colonial-era framework on Indonesia's criminal procedures, despite widespread objections.

18 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Govt to close some 1,400 illegal gold mines in Halimun Salak National Park

The Forest Ministry closed 88 illegal gold mines last week as well as another 200 mines on Oct. 29 and Nov. 7, in Mount Halimun Salak National Park in Sukabumi regency, West Java. 

19 hours ago
Politics premium

NU supreme leader tells Yahya to resign over pro-Israel speaker

An internal conflict has erupted in the country’s biggest Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), with the group’s supreme council calling chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf to resign for inviting a US scholar known for his support of Israel during the war in Gaza to an internal event in August.

19 hours ago
Editorial premium

Save healthcare

We need to create better schemes to allow for premiums to increase, which will eventually help improve service, while keeping the poor still insured.

19 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Medan Police arrest four suspects in robbery, arson of judge’s house

The main suspect was allegedly "offended" by judge Khamazaro Waruwu, then stole his jewelry and burned parts of his house. The judge's house caught fire after he demanded the Corruption Eradication Commission summon North Sumatra Governor Bobby Nasution. 

19 hours ago
Middle East and Africa premium

Gibran steps in for Prabowo at G20 summit under US boycott

Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka called for fairer global finances, as he stood in for President Prabowo Subianto in South Africa amid growing divisions within the G20 following a United States boycott and the promise of a clean break next year.

1 day ago
Economy premium

Loan growth remains sluggish despite Purbaya’s liquidity injection

Disappointing data on bank lending raises questions about the effectiveness of the Finance Ministry’s Rp 200 trillion (US$12 billion) liquidity injection conducted in early September to jump-start economic activity, with economists pointing to a lack of credit demand.

1 day ago
Companies premium

Astra’s gold miner ramps up expansions, M&A to lift output

PT United Tractors, subsidiary of local conglomerate Astra International, acquired Agincourt in 2018 through its subsidiary PT Danusa Tambang Nusantara, which serves as the group's holding company for mineral investments.

1 day ago
Americas

Meta shut down internal research into mental health effects of Facebook, Instagram

In a 2020 research project code-named “Project Mercury,” Meta scientists worked with survey firm Nielsen to gauge the effect of “deactivating” Facebook and Instagram, according to Meta documents obtained via discovery. To the company’s disappointment, “people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness and social comparison,” internal documents said.

1 day ago
Politics

NU asks Yahya Staquf to resign over invitation to pro-Israeli speaker

The leadership of NU, which is also the world's biggest Islamic organisation with around 100 million members and affiliates, has given Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf three days to offer his resignation or be removed from his post, according to the minutes from a meeting on Thursday. 

1 day ago
Environment

What did countries agree to at COP30?

In a win for developing countries at COP30, the final agreement "calls for efforts to at least triple adaptation finance by 2035." 

1 day ago
Americas

COP30 seals uneasy climate deal that sidesteps fossil fuels

The overnight impasse between the European Union and the Arab Group of nations over fossil fuels had pushed the talks past a Friday deadline, triggering all-night negotiations before a compromise could be reached.

1 day ago
Middle East and Africa

G20 host South Africa sees consensus for summit declaration despite US boycott

In opening remarks to the Johannesburg summit, Ramaphosa said: "There's been overwhelming consensus and agreement that one of the other tasks we should undertake right at the beginning is to [...] adopt our declaration."

2 days ago
Europe

'Carbonara sauce' at EU parliament causes stir with Italy

An Italian minister decried the sauce for containing pancetta, a pork product similar to bacon, which is apparently a major culinary faux pas in food-loving Italy.

2 days ago

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Tue, November 25, 2025

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