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The controversy surrounding LPDP scholarship recipients reveals a fundamental flaw in Indonesia’s development strategy: a narrow focus on physical presence over strategic influence. To compete globally, Indonesia must shift from a framework of geographic compliance to one of borderless contribution.
58 minutes agoFrom TikTok trends to free durians, religious affairs offices (KUA) across Indonesia are adopting creative tactics to spark Gen Z interest in marriage, as registration numbers continue to fall nationwide. ...
1 hour agoThe two officers were suspected of trying to cover up the violent actions of the main suspect, ...
1 hour agoThe Indonesia–US tariff deal is a pragmatic adjustment in an era of managed globalization.
1 hour agoGlobal coal oversupply and falling prices have prompted the Indonesian government to cut domestic coal production this year in an effort to stabilize the market. The move has raised concern among coal producers, who warn that smaller operational scales could reduce employment and non-tax state revenue (PNBP). At the same time, to secure coal supply for state-owned electricity company PT PLN, the government plans to increase the domestic market obligation (DMO). This dual pressure on producers raises an important question: will the production cut outlined in the 2026 annual work plan (RKAB) for the mining sector help restore prices, or will it create further challenges?
2 hours agoPresident Prabowo Subianto has arrived in Abu Dhabi to bolster bilateral ties with the United Arab Emirates and advance Jakarta’s regional diplomacy, marking the fourth stop of his overseas tour during which Gaza has often emerged as a central issue.
2 hours agoAceh BKSDA said severe floods and landslides that hit Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra in November last year have significantly altered forest landscapes, disrupting natural elephant habitats and migration corridors.
2 hours agoLaboratory examination found the meals were contaminated by Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus bacteria, filamentous fungi and khamir yeast.
2 hours agoThe recent police brutality case against an underage student in Tual, Maluku shows the government’s failure to protect its citizens and reform the police as well as a troubling pattern of impunity within the force, student groups have said.
2 hours agoBy prioritizing imports over domestic procurement, Agrinas runs counter to the government’s pledge to strengthen domestic industry.
3 hours agoUncertainty surrounds the rollout of the Red and White Cooperatives (KDMP) program as village cooperative managers grapple with changing regulations and unclear funding.
12 hours agoTwo officials have raised a plan to recruit 70,000 new forest rangers across the country to prevent illegal logging, forest encroachment and other forest crimes.
14 hours agoKial Garth Robinson was sentenced to 11 years, while Paul Ezra Wilkinson landed a term of nine years.
17 hours agoLast year, PT Tamaris Hidro acquired Batu Gajah hydroelectric power plant in Langkat regency, North Sumatra, which has a total installed capacity of 16 megawatts (MW) across three units.
17 hours agoLast year, online transportation aps determined the bonus based on driver activity, the number of completed orders, online hours and performance ratings.
18 hours agoJudges Jeremy Poon, Anthea Pang, and Derek Pang said in the judgement that they allowed the appeal from Lai, and another defendant in the case, to proceed, as a lower court judge had "erred".
18 hours agoThe United States is the only permanent member of the United Nations Security Council to have joined the board. The other council members are Russia, China, Britain and France.
19 hours agoNew data centers -- warehouse-like facilities that store online files and power AI tools from chatbots to image generators -- are mushrooming worldwide, and the sector is growing particularly fast in Asia.
19 hours agoIn companies that succeed, adoption is driven from the top down and reinforced from the bottom up, making digital tools integral to daily decision-making and execution.
20 hours agoForget policy aspirations, the ASEAN Power Grid is transforming into an "electricity supercycle" that represents Southeast Asia’s most consequential and investable infrastructure play of the decade.
21 hours agoThe US mission in Jerusalem said Tuesday that as part of an initiative to mark the 250th anniversary of US independence, it would provide Americans with "routine passport services in Efrat on Friday, February 27... for one day only".
22 hours agoThe impunity of the 1998 criminals is the overarching feature of almost all state-sponsored violence in Indonesia’s past and recent history.
22 hours agoAsian stocks advanced on Thursday after upbeat earnings from Nvidia soothed concerns over AI-driven disruption and rising costs, while the yen was in the doldrums, bogged down by a murky rate outlook in Japan.
23 hours agoNew coach sees Southeast Asia’s premier tournament as a proving ground for depth and belief, as Indonesia faces unexpected exclusion from the 2026 Asian Games.
23 hours agoThe US Supreme Court did the right thing by ruling that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act of 1977 (IEEPA) “does not authorize the President to impose tariffs.”
23 hours agoOther major trading partners like China, Japan, or South Korea, would have grounds to question whether Indonesia is granting discriminatory treatment inconsistent with MFN rules.
1 day agoThe raids were conducted following three separate explosions at houses producing firecrackers in the regencies of Grobogan, Kendal and Wonosobo, which resulted in five people being injured.
1 day agoRussian Ambassador Sergei Tolchenov defends Moscow’s Ukraine actions as lawful and security-driven, questions UN voting claims and says Russia prefers negotiations.
1 day agoIndonesia and Jordan pledged closer cooperation to address the escalating humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank during President Prabowo Subianto’s visit to Amman, following his attendance at the inaugural meeting of US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace meeting.
1 day agoAs Indonesia's corruption score falls to 34, the President suggests authoritarianism might help. His own fiscal policies prove otherwise.
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