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Politics premium

Academic fraud clouds free meals Nobel bid

A paper promoting President Prabowo Subianto’s free nutritious meals program for a Nobel Peace Prize nomination has become embroiled in an academic integrity scandal after its lead author allegedly fabricated her professorship and listed researchers as coauthors without their consent.

8 hours ago
Regulations premium

Destry named sole candidate for BI governor post

President Prabowo Subianto has nominated interim Bank Indonesia governor Destry Damayanti as the sole candidate for the central bank’s vacant governor seat. ...

15 hours ago
Society premium

MUI warns against men in dresses for Independence festivities

Amid a rising tide of anti-LGBTQ sentiment in Indonesia, the council said in a statement such behavior was "haram" or forbidden. ...

12 hours ago

The Latest

Economy premium

Official unemployment decline contrasts with rise in layoffs

Continued layoffs and a shift of work to the informal sector raises questions about the quality of jobs being created as official data shows that the unemployment rate edged down in May.

13 hours ago
Health

RSCM, HeartSpan successfully implant world’s smallest heart assist device

This successful procedure represents a major advancement in Indonesia's capability to provide world-class treatment for patients with end-stage heart failure.

14 hours ago
Regulations premium

Govt suspends social aid for 1.5 million families flagged for online gambling

The figure marks a sharp increase over the 2025 data-matching exercise, which identified approximately 600,000 beneficiary families with transactions linked to online gambling.

14 hours ago
Companies

Indosat launches Zankore by Indosat to serve Asia-Pacific’s AI demand

Blue-chip technology leaders join forces to build one of Southeast Asia's largest AI infrastructure platforms, targeting 1 gigawatt of NVIDIA DSX AI factory capacity.

16 hours ago
Academia

Data-center reality check could slam brakes on AI earnings boom

US corporate earnings are already running almost 60 percent above trend, with rapid growth still expected for years, mostly thanks to the AI boom. But the questionable economics of new AI data centers could pop this bubble.

17 hours ago
Markets

Dollar near two-month trough as US inflation data awaited

The US dollar hovered near a two-month low against major currencies on Monday as investors awaited this week's inflation data for clues on the Federal Reserve's rate path.

17 hours ago
Academia premium

AI psychosis: Could it happen in Indonesia?

While the country already has a regulation on digital child protection, the rapid advent of artificial intelligence and its growing integration in children's lives requires a shared effort by all stakeholders to instill safe and responsible use, especially among vulnerable individuals.

18 hours ago
Academia premium

Patriotism needs no permission

Amid the ongoing commotion regarding the draft law on citizenship, perhaps it is time to hearken back to the wisdom of Ibu Pertiwi, our national personification, in revising our policies so they welcome back all who claim Indonesian roots with open arms.

19 hours ago
Academia premium

Who should build the low-carbon economy?

The geographical diversification of technological innovation has remained more of a dream than a reality.

20 hours ago
Academia premium

In the age of AI, we need ancient intelligence

As the country rushes headlong into AI, what is being left behind is the age-old wisdom that has been a cornerstone of human civilization for millennia: When entering someone's home, we knock first to obtain their permission, and we don't barge in anyway if they turn us down.

21 hours ago
Middle East and Africa

Netanyahu rejects Gaza plan in new break from Trump

After more than a week of gradually escalating criticism of the plan, and despite receiving assurances that Israel would not need to start withdrawing in Gaza immediately, Netanyahu explicitly opposed the deal following pushback from his right-wing allies.

21 hours ago
Asia & Pacific premium

ASEAN secretary-general sounds alarm on climate risks to region

With extreme weather and natural disasters becoming more common across Southeast Asian nations, ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn has sounded the alarm over the “urgent” challenge posed by climate change, which he said threatened the region’s safety, food security and economic resilience.

21 hours ago
Sports premium

'Disappointing': Indonesia’s early exit from ASEAN Championship draws scrutiny

Despite winning big in earlier matches of the competition against Timor-Leste and Cambodia, Indonesia’s national men soccer team failed to advance to the ASEAN Championship 2026’s semifinals after losing to Vietnam and drawing against Singapore.

22 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Indonesia makes history by starting construction of Scorpene submarines

Indonesia ordered two Scorpene Evolved submarines from French shipbuilder Naval Group which are being constructed domestically in Surabaya. 

22 hours ago
Academia premium

The ‘londo ireng’ state: How Indonesia betrays its indigenous peoples

Modern colonialism no longer arrives in wooden warships or under foreign flags. It sits in executive offices, speaks the national language and cloaks itself in the slick rhetoric of "national development." 

22 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Prabowo’s approval rating 51 percent and falling

For most of his first two years in office, President Prabowo Subianto enjoyed a honeymoon that simply refused to end. Survey after survey showed him with approval numbers most world leaders can only dream of. That period has now ended. It was a long and genuinely good run, but the latest data from Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) confirm that political reality has caught up with him.

22 hours ago
Politics premium

Arrests over posts on Prabowo’s Iran remark raise free speech alarm

The two men were arrested over online comments about the President's controversial remark on Iran’s nuclear capability, which the police allege breach certain provisions on provocation and incitement in the ITE Law.

22 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Bromo forest fire spreads further as strong winds intensify

Authorities closed all four entrance gates to the iconic volcano in East Java as fires have ravaged 196 hectares of land.

22 hours ago
Politics premium

Eyes on education bill as free meals may seek funding lifeline

The revision to the education system law could pave the way for the multitrillion-rupiah free nutritious meal program to once again be financed through the education budget, teachers groups have warned, potentially reversing a court decision ruling out free meals as an education expense.

22 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Students arrested, expelled for sexual harassment

A student is being held at the Central Java Police's detention center while a student in Medan has been stripped of his academic and nonacademic privileges.  

22 hours ago
Archipelago premium

Authorities foil effort to smuggle hundreds of birds out of Bali

The birds were found in the luggage compartment of a bus at Gilimanuk Ferry Port in Jembrana regency, in the western part of the island. The birds were allegedly intended to be transported to Central Java.

23 hours ago
Editorial premium

A preventable disaster

Increased vigilance and prevention are the best defense in battling forest and land fires.

23 hours ago
Economy premium

Prabowo mulling 'many' names for BI governor amid Destry’s rise

Anonymous sources said last week Prabowo had his eyes on Destry to win the race and her nomination would be made formal, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Typhoon Dolphin set to hit China's east coast, triggering flood warnings

Typhoon Dolphin is set to make landfall on China's east coast overnight Sunday, bringing torrential rain and powerful winds, as authorities brace for flooding and landslides across a broad swathe of eastern China.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Accused Thai school shooter had watched violent content online, police say

The Thai teen behind a deadly school shooting outside Bangkok had an air gun confiscated by a teacher last year and had watched violent content online, police said on Sunday, as the government promised new safety protocols for schools.

1 day ago
Tech premium

BRIN pitches advancing nuclear, AI in meeting with Prabowo

During a meeting with the President on Aug. 6, the research agency presented its work in various fields to support the administration's development agenda, including a nuclear power ecosystem, AI technology including chip-making and potable water facilities.

1 day ago
Middle East and Africa

Iran says deal on Strait of Hormuz is close but not enough to open the waterway

Agreement between Iran and Oman over the strait, which separates the two countries, is seen as vital to a wider deal to end the war, which began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran on February 28 and led to Tehran establishing a chokehold over the major energy export route.

1 day ago

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Tue, August 11, 2026

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