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This handout image provided by Nournews agency shows the Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council of Iran Ali Shamkhani (right) shaking hands with the Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party Wang Yi (center) during a meeting with Saudi Arabia's National Security adviser and Minister of State Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban (left) in Beijing on March 10, 2023. Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore ties and to reopen respective diplomatic missions after talks in China, state media in both countries reported on March 10, 2023, seven years after relations were severed.

China the peacemaker?

In the same week that the US financial authorities had again to fend off a potential crisis from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and reports that tension has risen between President Biden and Ukraine's President Volodymir Zelensky, especially over the sabotage of the Nord Stream II pipeline, China scored a massive political victory in the Middle East.

3 years ago

Combatting money laundering

The Finance Ministry’s inspectorate general and tax intelligence division hardly played a part in the disclosure of corruption cases involving ministry officials so far. ...

3 years ago

Welcoming Israeli soccer team

The upcoming arrival of Israel has ignited a furor in the country, but as a good host Indonesia should not mix sports with politics. ...

3 years ago

The Latest

Batam at sunset.

Ending dualism in Batam

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, seemingly frustrated by the long issue of legal uncertainty in Batam near Singapore, decided last Wednesday to end the 17-year-long dualism of authorities on that island.

7 years ago

Heavy clouds are seen in the sky above Jakarta. The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG) is monitoring and analyzing rainfall across Indonesia. It said in its latest report that rain had hit various parts of Java over the last several weeks, causing flooding and landslides.

Preparing for very bad floods

Urban legend has it that Jakarta gets very bad floods once every five or six years as the city has had them in 1996, 2002, 2007 and 2013.

7 years ago

Indonesian soccer has never been free from match-fixing scams.

Fixing match fixing

Indonesian soccer has never been free from match-fixing scams.

7 years ago

Industrial port of Tanjung Priok with stacks of containers.

Connected to global value chains

The benefits of foreign investments in port development extend beyond simply bringing in capital.

7 years ago

Children hold e-ID cards that are found in a sack on a paddy field in Pondok Kopi, East Jakarta on Dec. 12, 2018.

Another e-ID card saga

The recent findings of thousands of discarded e-ID cards, deliberately or not, in several areas across the country should give us cause for concern.

7 years ago

Human rights activists hold a rally in front of the State Palace in Jakarta, demanding justice for past human rights abuses. The rally, also known as Kamisan, has been held routinely every Thursday for more than 10 years.

Consistency in basic rights

Barely 20 years ago, Indonesia’s amendments of the 1945 Constitution finally incorporated universal basic rights.

7 years ago

Government revenues this year are to most likely exceed the target set in the budget, perhaps for the first time in two decades.

Low deficits and fiscal prudence

Under Sri Mulyani’s leadership the government has indeed been quite disciplined in upholding the fiscal rules of limiting the cumulative budget deficit at a maximum of 3 percent of GDP and government debt at a maximum of 60 percent of GDP.

7 years ago

Indonesian flag 'Merah Putih' waves across the blue sky.

Ending the culture war

For the past decade, Indonesia has been fighting its own culture war. And just like any war, its consequences could be dire. Lives could be lost, kids separated from their parents, men and women end up languishing in jail while politicians look for the cheapest and easiest way to exploit it.

7 years ago

Night view: The city center of Katowice is lit up during the Conference of the Parties (COP) 24 of the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2018 in Katowice, Poland, on Wednesday evening.

Change for climate

COP24 is undoubtedly the most important summit since the Paris conference in 2015.

7 years ago

Lawmakers attend an almost empty plenary session at the House of Representatives in Senayan, Jakarta.

Tax reform for inclusive growth

For more than two decades, government tax receipts reached less than 11 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), far below the 15 percent threshold needed to stimulate inclusive growth.

7 years ago

Far-flung terrain: Public Works and Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono displays a map of Papua during a news conference in Jakarta after at least 24 construction workers building a bridge in a remote district in Papua province were reportedly killed by a separatist group on Tuesday.

Papua, land of violence

With the transfer of special autonomy funds to Papua ending in 2021, security problems may escalate.

7 years ago

Big turnout: Participants in the so-called reunion of the 212 alumni pack the National Monument (Monas) in Central Jakarta on Sunday. The gathering was named after the massive rally held on Dec. 2, 2016 that called for the prosecution of then-Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama for blasphemy.

Playing the Islamic card, again?

Poor law enforcement adds to doubts that the nation will remain secure, especially for minorities.

7 years ago

Bank Indonesia (BI) has announced that its 2019 monetary policy will continue to focus on stability.

Bracing for tight liquidity

Bank Indonesia (BI) has announced that its 2019 monetary policy will continue to focus on stability.

7 years ago

Students play Chinese jump rope at Outdoor Classroom Day (OCDay) at SMA 2 state high school in South Tangerang, Banten.

Tangsel's 'Berlin' walls

It is in the hands of the Tangsel administration to depend less on the private sector and to deliver good public services to all its 1.65 million inhabitants, inside or outside the walls.

7 years ago

Huge task: The turbine of downed flight JT610 is unloaded from the KRI Banda Aceh onto Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT) 2 in Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta. The turbine is being analyzed by the National Transportation Safety Commission (KNKT).

Questioning oversight

Safety is too valuable to compromise, or else our airline industry would lose international credibility and suffer.

7 years ago

According to the latest survey by Google and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings, Indonesia’s digital economy is projected to triple to US$100 billion by 2025 from $27 billion this year, given the mushrooming of the country’s online marketplaces.

Tapping into digital economy

Despite the bright prospects, however, Indonesia still lags behind Asian neighbors in providing an effective legal framework to support innovation.

7 years ago

Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto

We need meaningful debates

But we are still waiting for meaningful debate on economic and social issues, the public’s greatest concerns.

7 years ago

Despite their feminine mannerisms, waria are still perceived as biological males by authorities, and hence could be outlawed under charges of homosexual misconduct.

Election campaigning victims

Transgender people, locally known as waria, have always been a group vulnerable to violence and discrimination. However, they have long been part of local culture as well, accepted though frequently looked down upon.

7 years ago

Under investigation: Non-active Jambi Governor Zumi Zola (right) gets prepared to undergo a questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on April 26.

Corruption Inc.

With hundreds of politicians and regional heads having been arrested over the years, there is a culture of corruption within the bureaucracy, as politicians know the mandarins largely expect bribes.

7 years ago

Children of state elementary school SDN 3 Menteng cast their ballots in a simulation to elect a classroom leader at the General Elections Commission (KPU). The simulation aims to promote civic education and democratic values at an early age.

Ban child marriage

Must another child die as a result of violence in her purportedly safe home to wake us up?

7 years ago

An Afghan policeman stands guard outside a hall where a suicide bomb attack happened in Kabul, Afghanistan November 21, 2018.

Editorial: Kabul bombing

While considerable gaps may exist between Kabul and the Taliban, these need to be bridged as IS is a common enemy.

7 years ago

Vehicles pass an intersection on Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta on Monday. The Jakarta Police’s Traffic Directorate has installed four traffic cameras on Jl. Sudirman-Thamrin and begun a month trial run for electronic Traffic Law Enforcement starting Monday.

Reading the wrong gauge

Like previous traffic law enforcement campaigns, this year’s nationwide Operation Zebra, which took place from Oct. 30 to Nov. 11, still faced the same old predicament — motorists’ lawlessness.

7 years ago

Overseas-bound: Coir is loaded onto a container for a maiden overseas shipment in Gorontalo, Sulawesi.

Repatriating export earnings

Exporters are required only to repatriate their export earnings and put them into special accounts at domestic banks.

7 years ago

Nice to meet you: China’s President Xi Jinping (right) talks with International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, on Sunday. United States President Donald Trump said he may not impose more tariffs on Chinese goods. During the APEC forum, Lagarde told leaders that a trade conflict could reduce world GDP by an estimated 0.8 percent.

Make APEC boring again

If an anodyne forum like APEC could be weaponized, what’s next?

7 years ago

Garuda Indonesia aircraft

Garuda bolsters operations

With a population of over 265 million and with a steadily rising middle class, Indonesia badly needs adequate air transportation.

7 years ago

Winds of change: The wind power plant that was inaugurated by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in Sidrap regency, South Sulawesi, on Monday, July 2, 2018. JP/Andi Hajramurni

A low-carbon archipelago

Poor and unsustainable business practices that lead to deforestation and forest fires are known to contribute to the rise in emission levels.

7 years ago

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo attends the 21st ASEAN-China Summit in Suntec Convention Center in Singapore on Nov. 14

Jokowi’s surprise for Korea

Advice from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for South Korean President Moon Jae-in to invite North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to the 30th commemorative ASEAN-South Korea summit next year represents auspicious encouragement for Moon’s tireless efforts to end the decades-long nuclear tension on the peninsula.

7 years ago

China's Premier Li Keqiang (L) listens to Indonesia's President Joko Widodo (R) at the presidential palace in Bogor on May 7, 2018.

Opening up and reform

The government’s plan to open more sectors to foreign investors by revising the 2016 Negative Investment List (DNI) is indeed a bold measure in the run-up to the presidential and legislative elections next April, since electoral campaigns tend to raise the ugly head of inordinately strong nationalistic sentiment.

7 years ago

Catching up with the neighbors: The leaders of ASEAN member states, (from left) Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Myanmar’s State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, the Philippine’s President Rodrigo Duterte, Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen, Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo and Laos’ Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith, pose for a group photo at the opening ceremony of the 33rd ASEAN summit in Singapore on Tuesday.

ASEAN’s priority: China

Chinese Premier Li Leqiang’s presence at the summits of ASEAN leaders and their meetings with their trading partners in Singapore this week will have a decisive and direct impact on the outcomes of their annual gatherings.

7 years ago

Tanjung Kelayang Beach in Bangka Belitung Islands.

Special tourism zones

Travel-related businesses such as hotels, restaurants, transportation, handicrafts and cultural shows are all labor intensive, the very kind of businesses needed to absorb the huge pool of job seekers.

7 years ago

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