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Asia & Pacific

14 missing, 23 rescued after migrant boat sinks off Malaysia

A boat carrying 37 undocumented migrants believed to be from Indonesia sank off Pangkor island on Malaysia's west coast, leaving 14 people still missing, maritime authorities said.

21 hours ago
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Police detain 44 people in Surabaya scam ring, mostly foreigners

The scamming syndicate also held two Japanese captives, who were forced to work as scam operators. ...

21 hours ago
Markets

Japan, US affirm close cooperation on currency moves

Japan and the US reaffirmed their close cooperation in dealing with exchange rate moves, including on currency intervention, Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama told reporters after a meeting in Tokyo with her US counterpart, Scott Bessent, on Tuesday. ...

21 hours ago

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Europe is losing the energy security battle to China

China is currently leading the energy transition in terms of competitive advantage as the Middle East crisis exposes the deep divide between petrostates and electrostates, and although Europe has begun to strategize its shift to clean power, sustained financing remains a crux.

22 hours ago
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When democracy tires, movements fade and a generation holds back

When political systems neither collapse nor improve, they enter a state of fatigue that erodes the very possibility of reform. Indonesia has transitioned from the explosive ruptures of 1998 to a modern era of managed stagnation, leaving a generation to navigate a democracy that functions as a procedure but fails as a promise.

23 hours ago
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Jakarta raid on foreign nationals raises questions over gambling ring financiers

Questions are mounting over the key figure behind the sponsorship of a Jakarta-based online gambling network, following last week’s raid that uncovered hundreds of foreigners operating across 75 domains and gambling websites from an office building in the heart of a business district in West Jakarta.

1 day ago
Politics premium

NU leadership race takes shape ahead of upcoming congress

Competition for the chairmanship of the country’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), has begun to take shape ahead of the upcoming congress, with fresh possible contenders emerging to challenge incumbent Yahya Cholil Staquf.

1 day ago
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Takeaways from the ASEAN Summit: Tightening the bonds, building up resilience

Prabowo’s speech is direct and simple about the key elements that ASEAN must retain to keep the organization relevant now and in the future. 

1 day ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Labor now part of Prabowo’s big coalition government

With little fanfare, Indonesia’s labor movement has joined President Prabowo Subianto’s big coalition government, giving it an inside track in the corridors of power to fight for its interests. Although some might argue that it has been co-opted to blunt the movement.

1 day ago
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Prisons, inmates assigned to cook free meals for schoolchildren

The Immigration and Corrections Ministry said it is currently building around 70 kitchens across prisons and detention centers nationwide, with about 36 expected to be operational by the end of the month.

1 day ago
Quick Dispatch

Pertamina, LanzaTech join hands to advance technology-based clean energy investment

Pertamina and LanzaTech signed a memorandum of understanding to develop technology-based low-carbon energy solutions during the recent Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, the United States.

22 hours ago
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Defending rights defenders

By attempting to screen who qualifies for protection, the government risks transforming itself from a guardian of liberty into a gatekeeper for rights violators.

1 day ago
Quick Dispatch

Pertamina elevates upstream energy sector, in alliance with Halliburton

PT Pertamina (Persero) reaffirms its alignment with Halliburton following a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in February between the two parties focusing on priority areas of cooperation and the development of a more concrete implementation pathway.

1 day ago
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Event industry shrinks by 60%, East Java’s creative sector faces mass layoffs

A wave of job cuts could hit as early as the second quarter of 2026 without immediate policy intervention or stimulus, industry players warn.

1 day ago
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Nationwide screenings uncover early signs of hypertension in children

Around 663,000 schoolchildren screened this year in the government’s free health check program were found to have high blood pressure, raising concern over underlying conditions such as kidney damage linked to unhealthy lifestyles and increasing consumption of ultra-processed foods.

1 day ago
Regulations premium

Steel industry squeezed between low demand, tight competition

The closure of steelmaker PT Krakatau Osaka Steel (KOS) has sparked fears that Indonesia’s steel industry crisis is deepening, undermining the government’s self-sufficiency push in the strategic sector.

1 day ago
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Govt postpones mining royalty hike

The government believes that climbing commodity prices have created windfall profits for mining companies, requiring an adjustment to the state's revenue share.

1 day ago
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RI sees drop in tourists from Middle East, US, Europe amid war

Visitors from the Middle East, Europe and the US typically spend more and stay longer in Indonesia compared with tourists from other regions, Tourism Minister said.

1 day ago
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No tax amnesty while I'm minister, insists Purbaya

Indonesia has held two tax amnesties, in 2016 and 2022, the first of which was initiated on the fallout from the Panama Papers leak that revealed data on individuals holding assets offshore, many in tax haven countries.

1 day ago
Asia & Pacific

Australia to quarantine six people from hantavirus ship

The passengers -- four Australian citizens, one permanent resident in Australia and a New Zealander -- are to be kept at Western Australia's 500-bed Bullsbrook center, originally built for the Covid-19 pandemic.

1 day ago
Academia

Cities are getting hotter – and bigger

Today’s emissions choices will determine how many more may face dangerous heatwaves this century.

1 day ago
Regulations

Ensuring quality education in the 3T regions

In Barma Baru village, Meyado district, Teluk Bintuni regency, West Papua, change is evident. TK Negeri Barma Baru, a kindergarten that for years had to endure a cramped, plywood-partitioned space, now stands in a more suitable building with much more adequate facilities.

1 day ago
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Indonesia’s Latin American pivot strengthens South-South cooperation

Cooperation between Southeast Asia and Latin America matters, as both regions face similar pressures related to sustainable development, biodiversity protection and green industrialization.

1 day ago
Markets

Share futures wobble, dollar gains as Iran talks teeter

The dollar climbed in Asia on Monday on signs that talks between the United States and Iran were deadlocked, leaving the vital Strait of Hormuz all but shut and sending oil prices higher.

1 day ago
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Why Indonesia’s emissions trading system needs revision

Indonesia has built a sophisticated carbon market on paper, but without a tighter cap and a real price floor, it remains a system for recording emissions rather than reducing them.

1 day ago
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The K-pattern and governance asymmetry, an uneven distribution of state capacity

While Indonesia’s macroeconomic indicators signal stability, a deepening governance asymmetry risks turning a temporary K-shaped recovery into a permanent structural divide.

1 day ago
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Slums in Jakarta reduced by half in past decade

The Jakarta administration, under the leadership of Governor Pramono, is aiming to upgrade all low-income neighborhoods and build adequate public facilities and supporting infrastructures by 2027.

2 days ago
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Police warn transnational cybercrime hubs shift to Indonesia in light of recent raids

Indonesia is emerging as a new operational hub for transnational online gambling and cyber scam syndicates, said the National Police, following recent raids on cybercrime dens across the country that allegedly involved hundreds of foreign nationals.

2 days ago
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Indonesia’s businesses face a new human rights era

We offer a paradigm shift: from managing conflict to preventing conflict through shared prosperity models. 

2 days ago
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Govt to evaluate ASEAN visa-free travel after 210 scammers nabbed in Batam

Most of the foreigners detained are Chinese and Vietnamese nationals and entered Indonesia using the visa-free visit program (BVK) and visa-on-arrival (VoA).

2 days ago

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