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Where reading finds a home: Grassroots efforts lead Indonesia’s literacy revival

Now increasingly visible in Jakarta and other cities, independent libraries and reading communities have become new hubs for readers, taking the lead in promoting reading culture as government initiatives continue to fall short.

9 minutes ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Patrick Walujo exits as GoTo CEO, speeding up long-awaited Grab–GoTo merger

Patrick Walujo has stepped down as CEO of GoTo Gojek Tokopedia Tbk (GoTo), a move that appears to open the way for accelerated acquisition talks with Grab. Several major GoTo backers—including SoftBank, Provident, and Peak XV—were reported to have pushed for his removal, believing he had resisted the proposed takeover. The company has since announced its chief operating officer, Hans P...

39 minutes ago
Economy premium

Why cacao-rich Indonesia is not (yet) a global chocolate producer

Why cacao-rich Indonesia is not (yet) a global chocolate producer Building on its decades-old role as a major cacao producer, Indonesia wants to push into the global chocolate market with a comprehensive supply chain from plantations via processing facilities to factories, but some key hurdles lie in the way. ...

1 hour ago

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Archipelago premium

Police identify 290 North Sumatra disaster victims

Local and national police are continuing to search for at least 122 people still missing in the aftermath of the flooding and landslides that struck northern Sumatra on Nov. 26.

1 hour ago
Archipelago premium

Disease spreads among Sumatra flood victims

As fevers, typhoid and skin infections surge among survivors of last week’s deadly floods, authorities are stepping up medical outreach and disease-prevention efforts across Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra to contain outbreaks and protect vulnerable communities.

1 hour ago
Editorial premium

Turning the page

It is high time we throw out the misleading narrative that Indonesians lack reading interest; rather, the issue is more about whether the country has the systems and facilities in place to nurture reading.

1 hour ago
Books premium

‘The Palestine Laboratory’: How Israel turns occupation into export

Antony Loewenstein’s award-winning investigation, now in Indonesian, reveals how Israel’s technologies of control, perfected in occupied Palestine, have become profitable, “field-tested” exports shaping global surveillance and warfare.

10 hours ago
Regulations premium

Govt backtracks on early retirement of Cirebon-1 coal plant

Experts are now pressing the government to spell out which plants might replace Cirebon-1 in the retirement pipeline and the criteria guiding that selection.

11 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

One Indonesian missing as Hong Kong blaze death toll climbs

A total of 129 Indonesian citizens have been confirmed as survivors of the fire, according to the ministry’s latest data, with nine dead and one still receiving hospital treatment. 

13 hours ago
Politics

Military steps up relief efforts for flood-hit Sumatra; death toll above 860

The military has erected at least 10 portable bridges, called "Bailey bridges", in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra provinces to help with the distribution of food and aid supplies to isolated residents, Major General Freddy Ardianzah told reporters on Friday. 

13 hours ago
Americas

New Trump strategy says US to focus on Latin America

The national security paper, meant to flesh out Trump's norms-shattering "America First" worldview, signals a sharp reorientation from longstanding US calls to refocus on Asia, although it still identifies China as a top competitor.

14 hours ago
Science & Tech

Softbank's Son says super AI could make humans win Nobel Prize

Meeting South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Seoul, Son, whose SoftBank is a major backer of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, described a future in which an advanced AI surpasses humans by a magnitude of 10,000.

14 hours ago
Archipelago

Navy foils attempts to smuggle sports apparel, reptiles

In two recent operations, the Indonesian Navy has thwarted one smuggling attempt involving sports apparel worth around Rp 6.1 billion and another involving 133 reptiles from Papua.

14 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Aceh now experiencing a second tsunami, governor says

Nearly 200,000 people died in Aceh alone after a 9.1-magnitude quake off the northern province triggered the catastrophic Indian Ocean tsunami on December 26, 2004.

15 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Xi woos Macron with sightseeing trip, but little in the way of deals

Even when US President Donald Trump made a landmark visit to China early during his first term in 2017, and Xi lavished him with a private dinner within Beijing's Forbidden City, the trip was confined to the Chinese capital. 

15 hours ago
Companies

MR.D.I.Y. Indonesia and Rekosistem quintuple store coverage of Recycle Dropbox program

As part of ongoing efforts to increase public awareness of environmental responsibility, particularly in household waste management, PT Daya Intiguna Yasa (“MDIY” or “MR.D.I.Y. Indonesia”) is expanding its Recycle Dropbox program to 52 stores across Greater Jakarta, Serang and Bandung.

16 hours ago
Markets premium

Conglomerate stocks drive IDX to fresh historic high

Bank Mandiri chief economist Andry Asmoro wrote in a market analysis on Thursday that the trend was driven by “improving expectations” for an interest rate cut by the Fed in December.

17 hours ago
Regulations premium

Minister threatens to revoke firms' permits over Sumatra flooding

The Environment Ministry has launched an investigation into several firms suspected of contributing to the devastating disaster across northern Sumatra, while the minister has vowed not to spare any local administrations whose policies led to environmental degradation.

17 hours ago
Culture and Entertainment

I wasn’t into nationalist orchestras, then Satoe Indonesia surprised me

What started as a rainy-night obligation turned into a nostalgic reminder that the songs of our childhood never really leave us.

17 hours ago
Tech

EU hits Meta with antitrust probe over plans to block AI rivals from WhatsApp

EU regulators launched an antitrust investigation into Meta Platforms on Thursday and may even temporarily halt its rollout of artificial intelligence features in its WhatsApp messenger that would block rivals, hardening Europe's already tough stance on Big Tech.

18 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Aceh scrambles to restore connection to regions cut-off by floods, landslides

Joint authorities in Aceh are working around the clock to open alternative land routes and flying in fuel to support road repairs as several regions across the province are still cut-off and hindered from receiving aid.

19 hours ago
Academia premium

Beyond the theories: What Indonesian classrooms need

Indonesia possesses the capacity not merely to catch up with the West, but to forge its own distinctive path forward.

19 hours ago
Academia

Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods

Governments and experts need to consider both the frequency and size of floods to better prepare for future ones.

20 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Aceh evacuees battle hunger, illness amid aid delays

Many evacuees have been forced to take shelter along the roadside, enduring scorching heat by day and cold temperatures at night due to a lack of temporary shelters. Residents are resorting to filtering water from puddles left by the flood to meet their basic drinking needs.

20 hours ago
Academia premium

When sovereignty turns into a service

How much control can a state truly exercise over its digital space when the core architecture of the internet is owned and operated by foreign private corporations?

21 hours ago
Markets

Japan's Nikkei skids in subdued Asia as bets of rate hike grow

Japan's Nikkei skidded on Friday, wiping out this week's gains amid an otherwise subdued Asian session, after weaker-than-expected spending data underscored the scourge of inflation as bets grew that the Bank of Japan would hike interest rates.

22 hours ago
Academia premium

Seeing global change without the Western lens

Simultaneous disruptions offer a once-in-a-generation opportunity for the deep transformation of global institutions and ideas.

22 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Dangerous levels of toxic chemicals found in blood of Indonesia’s waste workers

An analysis conducted at WIOEH’s Green Hospital Laboratory in South Korea detected 23 hazardous plastic-related chemicals in all samples, with the waste workers showing significantly higher concentrations than the control group.

22 hours ago
Academia premium

Sumatra’s floods are not just nature’s fury, Indonesia must act together

To prevent similar disasters in the future, regular audits of plantation, mining, and logging permits, especially in upstream watersheds, are needed to ensure that land-use decisions support ecological protection.

23 hours ago
Society premium

Calls for better HIV education grow amid rising cases

As Indonesia commemorated World AIDS Day, some regions in the country recorded thousands of HIV cases, prompting renewed calls for stronger HIV education in schools and families.

23 hours ago

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