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Economy

How one factory in China learned to live with tariffs and turmoil

US President Donald Trump's tariffs sought to hurt Chinese manufacturing, but for one electronics maker, a turbulent 2025 ended with a belief that China is a location that is difficult to replicate – as long as things don't change too drastically.

1 month ago
Science & Tech

Artemis mission approaches lunar loop for first flyby since 1972

The Orion capsule will now whip around the Moon, setting the crew up to travel farther from our home planet than any human before. ...

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa

Iran and mediators make push for 45-day ceasefire

Reuters could not immediately verify the report. The White House and the US State Department did not immediately respond to Reuters' requests for comment.  ...

1 month ago

The Latest

Academia premium

A friend in need: Reclaiming solidarity for humanity

True diplomacy is more than a calculation of interests. It is a commitment to stand together when the world is at its most fragile.

1 month ago
Academia premium

Why Indonesia must act now against the Rohingya genocide

The criminal complaint filed in Jakarta has a solid factual basis, presenting clear evidence of genocidal acts against the Rohingya people, corroborated with reports from the United Nations.

1 month ago
Academia premium

Reading Easter through the lens of disruptive innovation

The message of Easter isn't just a story of ancient ritual; it is the ultimate example of disruptive innovation: The resurrection broke a closed system of access to create a new, radical architecture of grace and public consequence.

1 month ago
Markets

US crude benchmark opens over $113, Brent above $110

Crude oil prices opened higher on Monday, with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate up 1.86 percent to US$113.62 a barrel, as the war in the Middle East continues to squeeze global energy supplies.

1 month ago
Academia premium

When fools go to war: How miscalculation drives conflict and chaos

Both Trump and Putin miscalculated how the conflict would play out, and each is now struggling to devise some face-saving way to escape the hole he has dug for himself.

1 month ago
Quick Dispatch

‘Endek catri’ fabric: Protector of Bali’s cultural identity or tourist souvenir?

Amid Bali’s booming tourist sector, academics from Warmadewa University have called for greater protection of the island’s communal cultural intellectual property, particularly the endek catri fabric from Klungkung.

18 hours ago
Academia premium

Prabowo’s East Asia outreach: Gains, but missed time

Prabowo’s visit to these two nations was overdue. Fortunately, he was still able to reap concrete economic benefits from these East Asian nations, although I believe he could have secured even more had Indonesia not taken them for granted.

1 month ago
Jakarta premium

East Jakartans bemoan trash pileup at Kramat Jati market

The 6-meter trash pile near Kramat Jati market in East Jakarta was not the only one to be observed across the city, which has its waste management disrupted by the Idul Fitri holiday and the fatal landslide at Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java in early March.

1 month ago
Quick Dispatch

Success of SCOPEX 2026 signals more sustainable agribusiness sector

PT Socfin Indonesia successfully held the Socfindo Conference on Practical Application & Exhibition 2026 (SCOPEX 2026) with the theme "Practical and Sustainable Innovations in Palm Oil." The event served as a strategic opportunity for the company to strengthen its active role in developing applicable, collaborative and relevant innovations for the palm oil industry.

22 hours ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Crisis, what crisis? Indonesia banks on minimum response

The government has beaten speculators and hoarders by announcing that it will not increase domestic gasoline prices, a move that has made Indonesia a regional outlier when neighboring countries have hiked theirs in response to soaring global oil prices.

1 month ago
Quick Dispatch

The edible film revolution: Packaging you can eat, protecting what you eat

Growing concern over global warming and plastic waste is accelerating research into environmentally friendly packaging for food and beverages. As consumers become more aware of sustainability issues, demand is rising for packaging that is biodegradable, renewable, safe and affordable.

1 day ago
Archipelago premium

Worshippers celebrate Easter in solemn, joyous atmosphere

Easter celebrations took place in Batam while pilgrims flocked to Larantuka in East Nusa Tenggara to participate in the Semana Santa procession, a 500-year-old tradition dating back to the era of Portuguese rule.

1 month ago
Society premium

State-led projects drive soaring forest loss in Indonesia, watchdog finds

An environmental watchdog has found that over 430,000 hectares of forest areas were cut down last year, primarily for realizing President Prabowo Subianto’s food and energy self-sufficiency agenda.

1 month ago
Archipelago premium

North Sumatra church fraud fugitive detained after fleeing abroad

Suspect Andi Hakim Febriansyah and his wife Camelia Rosa were arrested upon arrival from Malaysia by immigration officers.

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa premium

TNI considers possible reduction of peacekeepers

The Indonesian Military (TNI) is open to the possibility of reducing the number of peacekeepers deployed to Lebanon next month, as more Indonesian blue helmets were injured in the southern part of the country amid the escalating conflict in the Middle East.

1 month ago
Archipelago premium

Five Batam immigration officials reassigned after extortion cases

The replacements are part of the fallout of the alleged extortion of foreign tourists at Batam Center International Ferry Terminal, which has gone viral in the past few months.

1 month ago
Editorial premium

Jakarta’s irresistible pull

Is the Jakarta government truly prepared to manage the consequences?

1 month ago
Economy premium

RI turns to Africa, India for naphtha as Middle East supply tightens

Indonesia remains heavily dependent on imported naphtha, a key feedstock for plastic resins, with 70 percent of its supply coming from the Middle East.

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa

Iran military says US airman rescue operation 'completely foiled'

The statement came after US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the officer had been rescued in a search and rescue operation and was "SAFE and SOUND".

1 month ago
Politics

Indonesia lays to rest peacekeepers killed in Lebanon

Peacekeeper Corp. Farizal Rhomadhon, 28, died when a projectile exploded on March 29 in southern Lebanon, where Israel and Hezbollah have been fighting since Lebanon was drawn into the Middle East war.

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa

Easter in Jerusalem disrupted by war and restrictions at Holy Sepulchre

Inside the Holy Sepulchre, the celebrations were being held behind closed doors in front of a very small congregation, a far cry from the crowds that usually gather.

1 month ago
Economy premium

2014 JKN rollout dented private insurance uptake, ANU study finds

New research findings presented on Wednesday suggest that private health insurance has been losing out to the national scheme over the last dozen years and may require intervention to avoid stagnation.

1 month ago
Health

In the online 'maxxing' era, what's the deal with fiber and protein?

According to London's GlobalData, 40 percent of Gen Z and 45 percent of Millennials reported they're trying to improve their gut health.

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa

Israeli forces destroy 17 UN peacekeeper cameras in south Lebanon: UN official

Since the start of the Israel-Hezbollah war on March 2, the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has been caught in the crossfire in the country's south, with Hezbollah launching attacks on Israel and its troops, and Israeli forces pushing into border towns.

1 month ago
Middle East and Africa

Iran targets Israel, Kuwait after Trump gives deadline for deal

Kuwait and Israel said their air defences were responding to the latest attacks from Iran, part of the war that erupted more than a month ago with US-Israeli strikes that triggered retaliation by Tehran.

1 month ago
Economy

Five EU countries call for windfall tax on energy companies

The finance ministers of Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Austria pointed to a similar emergency tax in 2022 to address high energy prices.

1 month ago
Science & Tech

Artemis astronauts preparing for historic lunar flyby

"Morale is high on board," commander Reid Wiseman told Houston's Mission Control center as the space crew's work day began.

1 month ago
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