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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 agoThe region is shedding its illusions about predictable superpower diplomacy and is instead embracing a strategy that is intensely transactional and fiercely pragmatic. ...
2 weeks agoSeveral 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 agoNearly 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 agoThe 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 agoPresident 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 agoA 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 agoGuinness, the world's No. 1 stout beer, strengthens its presence in Indonesia through the official launch of Guinness Imported Draught.
13 hours agoJakarta’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 agoBank 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 agoSpeaking 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 agoThe five-year bond has a coupon of 2.5 percent, while the 10-year one offers 2.9 percent.
2 weeks agoJunta 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 agoA 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 agoUS 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 agoThe 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 agoThe 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 agoLula 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 agoMarkets 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"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 agoWe believe in co-creation: as a relatively small nation, we cannot produce everything on our own, and we need international trade.
2 weeks agoWe need to strengthen legal and regulatory frameworks around the world, provide training and equipment to enforcement agencies and promote cross-border cooperation.
2 weeks agoTrump’s tariff-first trade policies fundamentally misunderstand 21st-century supply-chain economics.
2 weeks agoIf 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 agoPurbaya has dismantled several long-untouched practices and proved many observers wrong about the country’s fiscal stability.
2 weeks agoBatam 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 agoElementary 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 agoThe bacteria were identified as Bacillus cereus and Staphylococcus aureus and they caused 134 people to suffer from food poisoning in Toba regency.
2 weeks agoThe 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 agoThe summit is a chance to reaffirm ASEAN centrality in promoting open, inclusive regional economic integration amid rising protectionism.
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