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Gen Z‑led uprisings across Asia: Strengths and limitations of youth protest
Academia 2 weeks ago

Gen Z‑led uprisings across Asia: Strengths and limitations of youth protest

Youth-led protest movements across Asia have exposed underlying anger at corruption and blocked opportunity. But so far, only Nepal has managed to convert that anger into a transfer of governing power.
How Vietnam’s Gen Z is holding power to account
Academia 2 weeks ago

How Vietnam’s Gen Z is holding power to account

What started with the death of young woman in a traffic accident has escalated into a general protest about a lack of accountability for the powerful.
Aceh’s peace anniversary turmoil: The gap between generations
Academia 3 weeks ago

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Aceh’s peace anniversary turmoil: The gap between generations

For those born after the Helsinki agreement, peace is not something remembered as being won through intense political negotiation and sacrifice. It is simply the default baseline of existence.
Adulthood, in installments: The hidden cost of keeping things together
Warm Takes 3 weeks ago

Adulthood, in installments: The hidden cost of keeping things together

Nobody warned us that grown-up life would have to be held together by a stack of small monthly charges.
Venting to the machine
Editorial 1 month ago

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Venting to the machine

With the fear of being judged, especially by your closest families and friends, AI chatbots emerge to fill those gaps felt by most Indonesians who are struggling to march on with their lives.
Gen-Zers turn to AI for mental health support despite validity, privacy risks
Society 1 month ago

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Gen-Zers turn to AI for mental health support despite validity, privacy risks

Six of 10 surveyed Generation-Zers in Indonesia said they have used artificial intelligence platforms to confide about personal issues and discuss sensitive topics such as mental health, a recent survey has found.
Making democracies work for the betterment of youth
Academia 2 months ago

Making democracies work for the betterment of youth

As the leaders of the world's largest and third-largest democracies meet in Jakarta, the ultimate success of the Prabowo-Modi summit hinges not on traditional diplomacy, but on how effectively they can unlock the economic powerhouse of their combined 485 million youth.
Making it work: What it costs to be single in Jakarta
Wealth 3 months ago

Making it work: What it costs to be single in Jakarta

Wages haven't kept up, the middle class is shrinking and the city gets more expensive every year. Three young Jakartans in their mid-20s explain how they've made it work anyway.
When the side gig was supposed to be the fun part
Work It Right 3 months ago

When the side gig was supposed to be the fun part

At first, it was just for fun; then came the pressure to monetize and optimize.
When democracy tires, movements fade and a generation holds back
Academia 4 months 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.

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