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Politics 1 day ago
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Elite maneuvers put student movements at risk
Concerns are growing that political elites are trying to delegitimize student protests against President Prabowo Subianto's policies, with recent maneuvering threatening to undermine their credibility and shift focus away from the grievances that drove the demonstrations.
Archipelago 5 days ago
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Students rally to urge restoring civilian supremacy, stopping 'wasteful' spending
Topping the demands made by students across the archipelago are to stop the free meals and rural cooperatives programs, restore the TNI to its original defense function and to stabilize the national currency.
Politics 6 days ago
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Gibran’s outreach to student protesters prompts scrutiny over his political motives
Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka’s decision to engage with student protesters amid waves of demonstrations against President Prabowo Subianto’s flagship programs has raised questions about whether the move is aimed at increasing his political visibility and the possibility of a meaningful policy response.
Politics 1 week ago
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Student unions dissociate from BEM Bersatu after political ‘infiltration’ allegations
A rift seems to have appeared in the ongoing student movement against excessive budgetary spending and rising fuel prices after BEM Bersatu alleged that certain student unions may have been swayed by political influence, which elicited prompt denial from its peers as well as the PDI-P.
Politics 1 week ago
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More student protests against costly programs, fuel price hikes
Following protests on Friday, students swarmed streets in Central Jakarta to demand a halt to the government's costly flagship programs and a national strategy to improve the economy, including steps to curb the rise in prices of fuel and basic necessities.
Academia 2 weeks ago
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Reforming the free meals program: A hard choice between purpose and political specter
The crisis surrounding the government's flagship free meals program urges a fundamental rethink: restore the program's original focus as an anti-stunting intervention for vulnerable groups or maintain the current, unsustainable model of a universal feeding program that leaves it open to rent seeking.
Academia 2 months ago
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The bullying crisis: A wake-up call for society
The recent surge in violence at top Indonesian universities marks a critical erosion of the nation’s ethical fabric and a failure of institutional protection. By adopting the rigorous behavioral frameworks, Indonesia can transition from reactive outcry to a transformative, safe educational paradigm.
Jakarta 2 months ago
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Dozens of children hospitalized in East Jakarta after eating free school meals
At least 72 children from four different schools in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta have shown symptoms of food poisoning after consuming school lunches prepared under the government's free meals program last week, prompting the shutdown of the participating kitchen due to failure to meet food safety standards.
Academia 3 months ago
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Why we keep building innovation that never innovates
It is time to restructure the current system, which is set up to keep building one technology facility after another that produces everything but actual innovation, by addressing the incentives that make repetition more attractive than real change.
