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View all search resultsMichael J. Sandel’s The Tyranny of Merit: What's Become of the Common Good? is resonating in Indonesia, where many already sense that the meritocracy system is broken.
5 days agoPolice raided seven buildings in the northern port city of Hamburg, where the Muslim Interaktiv group was based, as the ban was announced. ...
5 days agoAgriculture Minister Andi Amran Sulaiman estimated that the free nutritious meal program would require an additional 700,000 tonnes of eggs and 1.1 million tonnes of chicken meat to meet demand. ...
5 days agoThe Chinese government has issued guidance requiring new data center projects that have received any state funds to only use domestically made artificial intelligence chips, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
5 days agoBandung’s heritage warehouses light up as artists explore the space between shadow and illumination.
5 days agoJunkichi Yoshida, the newly appointed global president, representative director and CEO of Seiko Epson Corporation (SEC), has revealed plans to expand the company’s business across emerging markets in Southeast Asia, identifying Indonesia as a key contributor to Epson’s global growth.
5 days agoThe company also confirmed that the restructuring was permanent, with no conversion to contract-based positions or relocation to other units.
5 days agoFlames from the crash, which occurred shortly before sundown, ignited a string of fires on the ground in an industrial corridor adjacent to the airport, forcing authorities to halt airport operations through the night, according to officials.
5 days agoThe purchase is widely seen as another example of Orban's business allies buying media outlets, with expectations that it will be turned into another pro-ruling party organ.
5 days agoMODENA and Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison have entered a strategic partnership to deliver new telecommunications services that will be part of Seamless, an integrated ecosystem built by MODENA to support an end-to-end smart lifestyle through the synergy of electronic devices, connectivity and digital services.
20 hours agoPresident Prabowo Subianto has said the Air Force’s newly arrived Airbus A400M heavy transport aircraft could be deployed for humanitarian missions, including possible evacuations of wounded civilians from war-torn Gaza.
5 days agoThe death toll from Typhoon Kalmaegi in the Philippines climbed to 66 on Wednesday as residents of hardest-hit Cebu province began picking through homes and businesses devastated by the worst flooding in recent memory.
5 days agoNational economic growth remained above the 5 percent mark in the third quarter thanks to strong growth in exports.
5 days agoIn New York City, Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, won the mayoral race, capping a meteoric and unlikely rise from an anonymous state lawmaker to one of the country's most visible Democratic figures. And in Virginia and New Jersey, moderate Democrats Abigail Spanberger, 46, and Mikie Sherill, 53, won their elections for governor with commanding leads, respectively.
5 days agoThe United States has drafted a United Nations resolution that approves a two-year mandate for a Gaza transitional governance body and an international stabilization force in the Palestinian enclave, according to the text seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
5 days agoEU climate ministers struck a tentative deal on a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, a draft EU document showed, as they raced to clinch the deal before the UN COP30 summit in Brazil.
5 days agoBetter ways of financing development are becoming more available.
5 days agoTech companies led a sharp sell-off across Asia on Wednesday as investors grow increasingly worried about an AI bubble following a rally this year that has seen valuations hit record highs.
5 days agoTrue equity in education is about relevance: whether what students learn connects to the lives they will lead, the work they will do and the future they will shape.
5 days agoAround 10,000 Indonesians have been ensnared in scam and human trafficking networks across Southeast Asia since 2020, according to a figure from the Foreign Ministry.
5 days agoIn Indonesia, a country where nearly a third of harvested food spoils before reaching consumers, keeping food fresh longer is not simply a safety matter, it is an economic necessity.
5 days agoA volunteer-driven photojournalism class offers children in Cilincing a chance to tell their stories while viewing their world through a new lens.
5 days agoResidents of an East Jakarta housing complex have renewed their protests against the Rorotan RDF plant after a second trial run, saying the malodorous emissions it produced was affecting their children's health.
5 days agoAt around 3:30 a.m. on Friday, a 57-year-old local resident living near the mosque, reportedly confronted Arjuna and told him he was not allowed to sleep there. When Arjuna refused to leave, the man allegedly became agitated and called four of his friends to the mosque.
6 days agoWe recommend more targeted and context-specific strategies to accelerate malaria elimination in Papua, with a focus on culturally responsive communication, active community engagement and integration into existing health services.
6 days agoDoubts are growing that five suspended lawmakers, whose alleged arrogance about their perks angered the public amid economic inequality and which sparked August’s demonstrations, will face any real consequences, as the ongoing House of Representatives ethics probe appears to focus on misinformation rather than their alleged misconduct.
6 days agoThe construction of legislative and judicial office buildings has officially begun in Nusantara, as President Prabowo Subianto’s administration again stressed its commitment to the country’s future capital city after international media raised fresh doubts over the project’s long-term prospects.
6 days agoBarring any last-minute political twists, President Prabowo Subianto's administration appears poised to crown Indonesia's second president and Prabowo's former father-in-law Soeharto as a national hero. The move would mark a dramatic turn in the country's reckoning with its authoritarian past, as no previous president had dared to officially honor the man whose 32-year rule was synonymous with repression, corruption, and nepotism.
6 days agoReconciliation between Palestinian militant group Hamas and its rival West Bank-based Palestinian Authroity will bear fruit as soon as possible, as inter-Palestinian unity would strengthen Palestine's representation in the international community, said Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan after a meeting of Muslim nations top diplomats in Istanbul.
6 days agoThe President also instructed that the high-speed railway project be extended to Banyuwangi, East Java, broadening the expansion plan that was initially intended to reach only Surabaya.
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