TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Academia
premium
Commons over quotas: Refocusing the housing policy from the periphery to the core
As it stands, the government's housing policy is essentially displacement masquerading as development, and needs a complete overhaul by shifting the focus to low-income residents and their communities as agents, equal partners and coproducers of housing solutions, not mere beneficiaries.
1 day ago
Academia
premium
Outrage over Raja Ampat nickel mining: Between virality and solidarity
Sharing posts about Raja Ampat becomes a way to show that one is environmentally conscious, politically aware or simply follows the current controversy.
1 day ago
Academia
premium
Discouraging dissent for love of the nation?
Prabowo's free meals program comes packaged in the state rhetoric of love for the nation and if this is truly so, perhaps accountability should also be a key ingredient.
1 day agoThe Latest
View more
Opinion
premium
Analysis: Govt rolls out stimulus package to bolster consumption
The Prabowo Subianto administration on May 23, 2025, launched a stimulus package aimed at sustaining household consumption and maintaining economic growth momentum amid rising global uncertainties. The package consists of five short-term measures set to be implemented from June to July 2025—one fewer than initially planned after the government scrapped a proposed electricity price discount. While the consumer-focused stimulus was introduced amid ongoing fiscal tightening, it was deemed necessary following a slowdown in household consumption and overall economic growth in the first quarter of 2025.
1 day ago
Academia
How Indonesia’s ‘kader’ are cutting childhood stunting
With the right support, community health workers can help Indonesia turn the tide on stunting and set an example for the world.
1 day ago
Editorial
Early school a new burden
Several studies in developed countries such as Singapore and England have shown that delaying school start times actually improves students’ well-being and academic performance.
1 day ago
Academia
premium
Insurers must promote the blue economy
Insurance firms have a wide role to play in bringing climate and economic imperatives into closer alignment, adapting the tools at their disposal to safeguard both ocean health and the blue economy as a sustainable, interdependent ecosystem.
2 days ago
Academia
‘Gotong royong’ that binds Australia and Indonesia
Australia haa its very own form of gotong royong, a social value characterized by mutual cooperation and collective effort.
2 days agoPopular
- The greenwashing of destruction: Legal action as Raja Ampat’s last hope
- US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman cancelled
- Planned MRT extension to South Tangerang to cost $1.25b
- Jakarta floats stricter rules on smoking in public
- Why This Indonesian Educator Chose Singapore for Her Postgraduate Study
- President Prabowo receives call from Trump ahead of Russia visit
- Early school a new burden
- Rosatom, CNNC to lead consortiums to build nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan
- Govt eyes Bali, Labuan Bajo to develop medical tourism industry
- Marines deploy in LA ahead of mass anti-Trump protests
interview
Driving growth: Diageo Indonesia's vision for responsible business and sustainable impacts
Rajesh said Diageo not only wanted to be the best performing company, but also the most trusted and most respected company to achieve sustainable growth.
5 months ago
insight
Insight: Securing a healthier future: The importance of Indonesia's plasma fractionation facility
The global health crisis brought on by COVID-19 tested healthcare systems worldwide, and Indonesia was no exception. As one of the world’s most populous nations, the nation faced immense challenges yet demonstrated resilience and adaptability in navigating the pandemic.
5 months ago
insight
Insight: Understanding sovereign wealth funds and their application in Indonesia
Toward the end of 2020, amid a world grappling with unprecedented challenges, Indonesia took a bold step in securing its economic future: establishing its first sovereign wealth fund (SWF), the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA).
9 months ago
premium
premium
editorial
Early school a new burden
Several studies in developed countries such as Singapore and England have shown that delaying school start times actually improves students’ well-being and academic performance.
1 day ago
editorial
Mining and tourism don’t mix
Someone issued licenses for mining in a prime tourism region. What were they thinking?
2 days ago
editorial
Demonizing CSOs
President Prabowo's communication style, while a key part of his nationalist branding, reflects populism, which tends to divide society between "the people" and "others", who are often framed as a common enemy threatening the nation.
3 days ago
editorial
Stunting policy gets stunted
More than half of the targeted 82 million children probably do not need free meals at school and would not appreciate it as much since they get better and more nutritious food at home.
4 days ago
editorial
Ailing hospitality industry
People are unlikely to plan vacations when the economy is weak and the administration fails to create jobs, the primary driver of spending power and disposable income.
5 days ago
editorial
Economic gunboat diplomacy
We must avoid premature concessions, because the US trade policy remains in flux, with legal challenges ongoing.
6 days ago
editorial
Prabowo’s S. Korean approach
The bilateral ties between Asia’s fourth and fifth-largest economies are too significant to fail.
6 days ago
Popular
- The greenwashing of destruction: Legal action as Raja Ampat’s last hope
- US-Iran nuclear talks in Oman cancelled
- Planned MRT extension to South Tangerang to cost $1.25b
- Jakarta floats stricter rules on smoking in public
- Why This Indonesian Educator Chose Singapore for Her Postgraduate Study
- President Prabowo receives call from Trump ahead of Russia visit
- Early school a new burden
- Rosatom, CNNC to lead consortiums to build nuclear power plants in Kazakhstan
- Govt eyes Bali, Labuan Bajo to develop medical tourism industry
- Marines deploy in LA ahead of mass anti-Trump protests
