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The renewed plan by the House of Representatives to revise the General Election Law has reignited debate over the legislative threshold, dividing political parties over whether it should be scrapped or strengthened.
6 days agoBoeing's proposed price for the fighter jets was deemed too high by the government and could not be followed through, the Defense Ministry said about the failed deal. ...
6 days agoToday the National Police are increasingly reminiscent of the military during the New Order era. ...
6 days agoStatistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that annual inflation reached 3.55 percent year-on-year (yoy) in January, citing a low base effect after the figure fell below its normal trend in January last year because of electricity tariff discounts.
1 week agoPacked classes and waiting lists suggest another fitness boom as Hyrox arrives in the capital, but is this a long-term shift or just the next checkbox to mark off?
1 week agoThe provincial administration eyes to woo more global-level movie production in the city after the recent filming of an international blockbuster starring K-pop stars and other Korean actors in Kota Tua, West Jakarta.
1 week agoUnder US President Donald Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan that ended a two-year war in the Palestinian territory, the PA's post-war role in Gaza was left unclear.
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1 week agoTrump's return to the White House has intensified a "downward spiral" on human rights that was already under pressure from Russia and China, the New York-based advocacy and research group said in its annual report.
1 week agoSaif al-Islam's office said in a statement on Tuesday that he had been killed during a "direct confrontation" with four unknown gunmen who broke into his home. Further details were not made public.
1 week agoPT Trimata Benua, a limited liability company and the holder of a coal mining concession under a Production Operation Mining License (IUP–OP) located in Bentayan, South Sumatra, has officially secured homologation approval from its creditors after obtaining consent from more than two-thirds of the voting creditors. The approval marks a significant milestone in the company’s corporate restructuring process.
1 day agoBill Clinton will appear on February 27, and Hillary Clinton will do so the day before, the chairman of the House Oversight Committee said.
1 week agoThe AFC is expected to confirm hosts for both the quadrennial continental showpieces at a single annual congress following a proposal by its President Sheikh Salman bin Ebrahim Al Khalifa.
1 week agoWithin MSCI’s methodology, a shift from emerging to frontier status is not merely symbolic; it reflects an assessment that a market has become less accessible or less safe for international capital.
1 week agoSuccessfully reforming the WTO is a matter of life and death for the organization, warns the facilitator of talks on revamping the global trade body.
1 week agoFinance Minister Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa says pushing the rupiah exchange rate back up to 15,000 per United States dollar should not be that difficult as the currency is undervalued when taking into account Indonesia’s economic fundamentals.
1 week agoIf ending occupation is not established as a non-negotiable prerequisite, then the destiny of Gaza and Palestine will not be shaped by the Palestinian people themselves, but by global geopolitical interests.
1 week agoNational Nutrition Agency (BGN) head Dadan Hindayana has apologized for recent food poisoning cases linked to the government’s free nutritious meals program, saying operations at all involved SPPGs have been suspended pending investigation.
1 week agoEleven workers were working with two heavy equipment when the landslide occurred, four others were able to escape.
1 week agoCivic space is narrowing in Indonesia, not through explicit bans, but through the routine presence of security forces across social life.
1 week agoWhy today’s adolescent conflicts feel sharper and how parents can respond without losing trust.
1 week agoA united middle-power alliance would have considerable leverage, as its members would each wield outsize influence over specific domains.
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1 week agoThe provincial administration has launched two phases of weather modification operations throughout January that, according to data from city’s disaster agency, helped to reduce more than 30 percent of rainfall intensity in Jakarta.
1 week agoThe current setup asks PLN to be planner, procurer and operator. That was useful in the past decades, but today it blurs incentives, slows competitive procurement and makes it hard for investors to price risk.
1 week agoIndonesia’s pursuit of "fast-tracked" priority programs risks breaking the moral contract at the heart of its bureaucracy. When new initiatives jump the queue, the state doesn't just bypass a backlog of honorary workers, it threatens to replace meritocracy with programmatic proximity.
1 week agoSince Jan. 20, the House of Representatives has been gathering input from academics and civil society groups regarding the proposed revision of the 2017 General Elections Law, formally submitted on Nov. 19, 2024. A central pillar of these discussions is the adoption of a "codification" approach, specifically, the consolidation of disparate election-related regulations into a single, unified political law package.
1 week agoThe contribution of renewable energy to the national energy mix, which refer to total electricity production, rose by only 1.1 percentage points to 15.75 percent in 2025.
1 week agoPresident Prabowo Subianto courts major Islamic organizations in an apparent attempt to ease opposition to Indonesia’s Board of Peace participation, amid doubts over Israel’s involvement and the initiative’s impact on Palestinian independence.
1 week agoHuman Rights Minister Natalius Pigai told lawmakers about a plan to grant more power to state bodies overseeing human rights issues, including the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
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