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Economy 4 months ago
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Weak rupiah puts pressure on strategic projects
The rupiah’s depreciation has raised the costs for Indonesia’s National Strategic Projects, with contractors warning of squeezed margins, cash flow strain and potential construction delays for import-heavy infrastructure works.
Academia 4 months ago
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Deconstructing conflict in Papua: A land beyond vacancy
As the government intensifies its food estate ambitions in Papua, a staggering 58-to-1 military-to-insurgent ratio reveals a development strategy that prioritizes industrial expansion over the basic human rights and ancestral lands of the indigenous population.
Society 5 months ago
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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.
Academia 10 months ago
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COP30 and the legitimate rights of indigenous peoples
Any climate agenda must involve indigenous peoples, who play a vital role in tacking global warning through the traditional wisdoms they have applied to managing their customary forests and lands, long before "climate change" entered the global lexicon.
Opinion 11 months ago
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Analysis: ‘3 million homes’ program in limbo after losing PSN status
Faith in the implementation of President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship “3 million homes” program has waned after it was recently excluded from the list of National Strategic Projects (PSN) as outlined in the Coordinating Economy Minister’s Regulation No. 16/2025. The setback comes following the annulment of the 2016 Public Housing Savings (Tapera) Law, which was expected to serve as a cornerstone of the government’s affordable housing drive by providing a sustainable funding source for the housing finance liquidity facility (FLPP), which provides low-interest mortgages for low-income households (MBR) under a subsidy scheme.
Politics 1 year ago
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Authoritarianism rising in Indonesia: Amnesty report
Amnesty International annual human rights report raises a red flag on a decline in freedom of expression and the press as well as an increase in oppression by security forces against government critics, sounding an alarm against the rise of authoritarianism in Indonesia.
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