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Online abuse tops violence against women in Greater Jakarta

The Jakarta chapter of the Legal Aid Foundation of the Indonesian Women’s Association for Justice (LBH APIK Jakarta) received 1,212 reports of violence cases throughout 2025, a 60-percent increase compared to the previous year.

12 minutes ago
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Prabowo pushes for temporary housing in fourth visit to flood-hit Sumatra

President Prabowo Subianto has pledged to accelerate temporary housing construction and infrastructure repairs in West Sumatra during his fourth visit to disaster-hit regions in the northern part of Sumatra Island. ...

1 hour ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Energy subsidy reform set in motion as govt eyes budget efficiency

The administration of Prabowo Subianto is reforming the disbursement of fuel and electricity subsidies to improve state budget efficiency. These subsidies have long been criticized for disproportionately benefiting upper-middle-class households, who consume more energy, rather than the poor and vulnerable groups they are intended to support. As a result, the government now aims to better target su...

2 hours ago

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Musicians welcome court ruling on royalty payments

In its ruling, the Constitutional Court asserted the royalties for commercial live performances should be paid by the party organizing the performances, rather than the performers themselves, either through a rights management agency or directly to songwriters or rights holders.

2 hours ago
Politics premium

Pro-government parties open to scrapping direct regional elections

Members of the ruling coalition are open to President Prabowo Subianto’s suggestion of scrapping the prevailing direct elections for regional heads, despite strong opposition from pro-democracy advocates who warned that would undercut democratic accountability and risk reversing hard-won reforms.

3 hours ago
Editorial premium

Anti-Semitic terrorism

The Bondi Beach attack is a warning that Jewish around the world are becoming vulnerable with the rise of antisemitism.

3 hours ago
Regulations premium

Proposed minimum wage hike rattles employers, falls short for unions

Under the new formula, provincial minimum wages would rise by between 5.3 percent and 7.3 percent, an increase employers deem too steep.

12 hours ago
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Police break up two illegal logging rings in Riau

Police confiscated a total of 23 cubic meters of timber products from illegal logging activities in two separate cases in the regencies of Kuantan Singingi and Rokan Hulu, 

14 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

US approves $11.1 billion arms package for Taiwan, largest ever

The Taiwan arms sale announcement is the second under US President Donald Trump's current administration, and comes as Beijing ramps up its military and diplomatic pressure against Taiwan, whose government rejects Beijing's sovereignty claims.

16 hours ago
Economy

Investor Ray Dalio to help fund 'Trump accounts'

They join tech boss Michael Dell and his wife Susan in contributing to the so-called "Trump accounts," part of the "One Big Beautiful Bill" that the Republican president pushed through Congress in July.

17 hours ago
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IDX halts Toba Pulp Lestari trading after permit suspension

The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has temporarily suspended trading in the shares of pulp producer PT Toba Pulp Lestari (INRU) following a government-ordered halt to its operations. 

18 hours ago
Entertainment

CNN's future unclear as Trump applies pressure

WBD has urged shareholders to reject a hostile takeover bid from Paramount Skydance, in favor of a deal offered by streaming giant Netflix.

18 hours ago
Americas

China voices support Venezuela amid US blockade

Earlier this week, US President Donald Trump ordered a complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers attempting to leave Venezuelan waters, and those arriving, as Washington massed troops and warships in the region.

19 hours ago
Economy premium

Six downstream projects set for January groundbreaking: Danantara

Some of the projects set to commence include a US$24 billion aluminium smelter, refinery facilities for bio-aviation fuel in Central Java and a bioethanol facility in East Java.

20 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

Cambodia, Thailand agree to attend ASEAN meeting in Kuala Lumpur, says Anwar

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the aim of the meeting is to convince Thailand and Cambodia to stop escalating tensions along the disputed border

20 hours ago
Asia & Pacific

China says Philippines distorted facts about incident near disputed atoll

The Philippine coastguard said over the weekend that three Filipino fishermen were injured and two fishing vessels damaged when Chinese coastguard ships cut their anchor lines and fired water cannon near the Sabina Shoal on Friday, actions the Philippine defense secretary denounced as "dangerous" and "inhumane".

21 hours ago
Tech

How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips

In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has spent years trying to prevent: a prototype of a machine capable of producing the cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and weapons central to Western military dominance.

22 hours ago
Companies

New perspectives on power: NUS launches master in South Asian geopolitics

With the world’s attention turning increasingly toward South Asia, the National University of Singapore (NUS) has launched a new master’s programme that studies a region at the centre of global conversation.

22 hours ago
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Riau’s viral humpback dolphin found dead in local river

A coastal dolphin species that went viral after its unusual appearance in the Batang Lubuh River in Rokan Hulu regency has been found dead a little over a week after it was first spotted.

23 hours ago
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'Lupa Daratan': Life of a misunderstood actor

Indonesian comic-turned-filmmaker Ernest Prakasa returns to the director’s chair with a comedy that peels back the humor and humanity behind one of the most glamorous, and misunderstood, professions.

23 hours ago
Markets

Tech jitters dent stocks before central banks take center stage

Asian shares fell on Thursday as the tech sector took a beating on renewed angst about AI spending, while investors braced for a wave of central bank meetings set to underscore policy divergence worldwide.

23 hours ago
Americas

US House defeats bids to rein in Trump Venezuela campaign

US troops have carried out more than 20 strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific since early September, killing more than 80 people as Trump escalates a military buildup against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government.

23 hours ago
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Lack of classrooms, teachers put Batam’s special-needs students at risk

Lagat Paroha Siadari, head of the Riau Islands Ombudsman, said the agency’s investigation found that 30 special-needs children in Batam could not be admitted to public special-needs schools this year because the city’s only such school, Sekolah Luar Biasa Negeri (SLBN) Batam, lacks capacity.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Bandung legacy key to global decolonization process: Forum

Indonesia needs to be more active in promoting values or legacies of the 1955 Bandung Conference to advance the global decolonization process in today’s more fractured world, international law experts have said.

1 day ago
Politics premium

Prosecutors indict four activists for inciting August unrest

Prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have charged four activists arrested after the August unrest, accusing them of spreading social media content deemed inciting hostility toward the government and encouraging students to take part in riots.

1 day ago
Politics premium

Palm oil expansion in Papua raises eyebrow

President Prabowo Subianto’s aspiration to expand palm oil plantations in Papua for biofuel production has drawn strong backlash from environmentalists, who warn the policy risks repeating the ecological disasters already unfolding in Sumatra. 

1 day ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Sumatra's flood aftermath and the consequences of fiscal neglect

Grief has engulfed Sumatra. Flash floods and landslides have devastated the provinces of Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, leaving behind not only the ruins of homes and infrastructure but also the deepening realities of hunger, displacement and profound uncertainty. Yet the government's decision to slash disaster funding to its lowest level in years is now testing its ability to help the affected rebuild their lives.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

From hospital beds, Cambodian soldiers describe 'toxic gas'

From their hospital beds in Banteay Meanchey province in northwest Cambodia, several soldiers and police described experiencing respiratory problems after Thai aircraft dropped what they said was "poisonous water".

1 day ago
Markets premium

TOD push lifts retail prospects along Jakarta's MRT corridors

A continued push for transit-oriented development (TOD) is reshaping Jakarta’s property landscape, helping retail outlets along MRT corridors and producing new growth hot spots.

1 day ago
Politics premium

Regions ask for more state funds for disaster recovery

To fund recovery and reconstruction after the cyclone-induced floods and landslides, the administrations of Aceh and West Sumatra are requesting the central government to not cut the regional transfer fund (TKD) for 2026.

1 day ago

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Fri, December 19, 2025

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