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New ‘pesantren’ office gains support after deadly collapse at Sidoarjo school

Following the President's green light to set up a new directorate general dedicated to pesantren, experts have hailed the move as necessary to improve both governance and oversight, including for structural issues believed to have led to last month's fatal disaster at a school in Sidoarjo.

2 weeks ago
Academia premium

ASEAN’s new survival strategy: Transactional deals and hard economic realities

The region is shedding its illusions about predictable superpower diplomacy and is instead embracing a strategy that is intensely transactional and fiercely pragmatic. ...

2 weeks ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Pertamina corruption case expands, private sector dragged

Several private companies, including Garibaldi "Boy" Thohir's Adaro Energy, have been dragged into the spotlight after prosecutors charged PT Pertamina and its subsidiary, PT Pertamina Patra Niaga (PPN), with corruption that allegedly cost the state trillions of rupiah. The case centers on the underpricing of unsubsidized Solar and Biosolar, Pertamina's diesel and biodiesel fuel ...

2 weeks ago

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Society premium

Nearly 100 residents relocated from radioactive red zones in Serang

Nearly a hundred residents in Cikande district in Serang regency, Banten, have been evacuated from their homes as the decontamination process continues in the area following a radioactive leak that prompted national attention.

2 weeks ago
Society premium

Corrections ministry raises inmates' wages above poverty line

The ministry has instituted a new wage of Rp 700,000 for inmates participating in work and empowerment programs, just above the urban poverty rate and a massive increase compared to the previous rate of Rp 50,000-100,000.

2 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Prabowo cuts ASEAN trip short after whirlwind tour

President Prabowo Subianto has returned to Jakarta from Malaysia ahead of schedule, following a busy weekend at the ASEAN Summit, which saw Southeast Asian leaders sit down with United States President Donald Trump to hash out new deals, the United Nations chief call for an end to violence in Myanmar and the welcoming of the bloc's 11th member Timor-Leste after a 14-year wait.

2 weeks ago
Editorial premium

Indonesia’s vanity ride

A national car is back on the agenda, but what makes President Prabowo Subianto think that this iteration will fare better than similar projects in the past?

2 weeks ago
Quick Dispatch

Guinness Imported Draught, the world's best-selling stout, launches in Indonesia

Guinness, the world's No. 1 stout beer, strengthens its presence in Indonesia through the official launch of Guinness Imported Draught.

13 hours ago
Economy premium

RI tariff deal stuck as Malaysia secures agreement with US

Jakarta’s tariff deal with Washington remains stuck amid a shutdown of the United States government, yet some of Indonesia’s regional peers managed to secure agreements last weekend.

2 weeks ago
Regulations premium

Bank Indonesia to add incentives amid slow lending

Bank Indonesia (BI) plans to roll out additional macroprudential liquidity incentives (KLM) on Dec. 1 through new disbursement schemes to boost sluggish credit growth and expedite the pass-through of central bank rate cuts to commercial banking rates.

2 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

Trump in Japan as hopes grow for China trade deal

Speaking on Air Force One, Trump said he was hopeful of a deal when he sees Xi on Thursday in South Korea, while also indicating he was willing to extend his trip in order to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

2 weeks ago
Markets premium

Indonesia raises 6 billion yuan through first dim sum bond issuance

The five-year bond has a coupon of 2.5 percent, while the 10-year one offers 2.9 percent.

2 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

ASEAN not sending observers to Myanmar elections

Junta chief Min Aung Hlaing has billed the December 28 polls as a step towards reconciliation in the civil war unleashed by his 2021 coup.

2 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

China willing to give assistance to US after aircraft crash in South China Sea

A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet went down in the waters of the South China Sea on Sunday in two separate incidents, the US Pacific Fleet said on X. 

2 weeks ago
Americas

More than 8,000 US flights delayed as government shutdown drags on

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration experienced air traffic control staffing issues at 22 locations on Saturday, and added additional shortages were expected to lead to more flight delays and cancellations in the days ahead.

2 weeks ago
Regulations premium

Indonesia, Turkey ink deal to expand civil aviation cooperation

The new cooperation agreement expands flight frequencies, routes and destinations between the two countries and increases opportunities for codeshare arrangements, crew recruitment and maintenance partnerships.

2 weeks ago
Asia & Pacific

US Navy helicopter, jet crash into South China Sea

The first crash involved a MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, which "went down in the waters of the South China Sea while conducting routine operations from the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz," according to a statement from the US Navy's Pacific Fleet.

2 weeks ago
Economy

Lula says Trump 'guaranteed' trade deal with US

Lula said at a briefing on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Malaysia that his discussions with Trump had gone welland that an agreement would be reached "faster than anyone thinks."

2 weeks ago
Markets

Asia stocks surge on US-China trade deal breakthrough

Markets rallied after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the threat of the US president imposing an additional 100 percent tariff on Chinese goods was "effectively off the table".

2 weeks ago
Entertainment

Radiohead's Thom Yorke says would not now play in Israel

"Absolutely not. I wouldn't want to be 5,000 miles anywhere near the Netanyahu regime," he told The Sunday Times Magazine, referring to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government.

2 weeks ago
Academia premium

Finland’s happiness rests on international cooperation

We believe in co-creation: as a relatively small nation, we cannot produce everything on our own, and we need international trade.

2 weeks ago
Academia premium

Stopping the threat of organized cybercrime

We need to strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks around the world, provide training and equipment to enforcement agencies and promote cross-border cooperation.

2 weeks ago
Academia premium

Supply-chain economics beats tariff politics

Trump’s tariff-first trade policies fundamentally misunderstand 21st-century supply-chain economics.

2 weeks ago
Editorial premium

Modern education, old habits

If anything, such scrutiny is mandatory if the institution in question gets funding from the state or receives a permit from the government to run their operation. 

2 weeks ago
Academia premium

How high will Purbaya be allowed to fly?

Purbaya has dismantled several long-untouched practices and proved many observers wrong about the country’s fiscal stability.

2 weeks ago
Archipelago premium

Batam Customs foils attempt to smuggle hornbill beaks, bear teeth

Batam Customs intercepted the delivery of 10 rangkong gading (helmeted hornbill) beaks and 43 sun bear teeth from Bandar Lampung to Tanjung Pinang through Batam.

2 weeks ago
Society premium

Infrastructure, tech upgrades mark first year of education reform

Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu’ti has claimed his office has made several progress in pushing President Prabowo Subianto’s administration vision on improving the country’s education, which focuses on school renovation, education digitalization and teacher welfare improvement.

2 weeks ago
Archipelago premium

Bacteria found in MBG meals causing mass food poisoning in North Sumatra

The bacteria were identified as Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus and they caused 134 people to suffer from food poisoning in Toba regency.

2 weeks ago
Politics premium

History rewrite project to launch in December: Fadli Zon

The latest plan is to launch the new official Indonesian history books on Dec. 14, coinciding with the commemoration of the National History Day, according to Culture Minister Fadli Zon.

2 weeks ago
Academia premium

ASEAN turns geoeconomic turbulence into regional strategy

The summit is a chance to reaffirm ASEAN centrality in promoting open, inclusive regional economic integration amid rising protectionism.

2 weeks ago
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