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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

Solidarity: Gadjah Mada University (UGM) students write names on a large piece of fabric to pressure university leaders to take action on sexual violence as part of a movement initiated by a group called #kitaagni (We Are Agni). Agni is the pseudonym of a student who was allegedly assaulted by a fellow student during a community service assignment in Maluku last year.

Campuses, safe haven no more

Brave survivors of sexual assault are a bright light in the dark.

7 years ago

Heavy metal: Visitors look at the P2-KM armored reconnaissance vehicle, which was produced by a private Indonesian company, at the 2018 Indo Defense Expo and Forum in Jakarta on Friday. The defense forum, hosted by the Defense Ministry, lasts until Saturday and showcases Indonesian defense products to the global market.

Guns and butter

Building a strong and sustainable defense industry would not only protect the nation from threats but also strengthen its economy and improve people’s welfare.

7 years ago

Voters cast ballots at a polling station in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 6, 2018. Americans started voting Tuesday in critical midterm elections that mark the first major voter test of US President Donald Trump's controversial presidency, with control of Congress at stake.

More fire and fury

Former United States president Barack Obama said “it was the most important election of our lifetimes,” while President Donald Trump considered it a referendum on his administration.

7 years ago

Creative Economy Agency (Bekraf) head Triawan Munaf (third left), accompanied by the deputy head for institutional relations’ Endah Wahyu Sulistianti (second left), inspects the Creative Village booth at the World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE) in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Tuesday. The world’s first conference on the creative economy will run from Nov. 6 to 8 with about 2,000 participants from 50 countries.

The added value of creativity

As the first global forum held to discuss the prospects and challenges of creative industries, the three-day World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE), which opened in Bali on Tuesday, is strategic because these industries by nature meet all the basic requirements for socially, economically and environmentally sustainable development.

7 years ago

Hard times: Students of state vocational school SMK Negeri 2 Serang attend the 2018 computer-based national exam on April 2.

Mismatch between skills, jobs

Studies by the World Bank and Asian Development Bank on employment have concluded that what is acutely lacking in Indonesia is well-targeted vocational education.

7 years ago

Jakarta deputy governor Sandiaga Salahudin Uno submits his resignation letter to Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan on Friday, August 10, 2018. He will run alongside Prabowo Subianto in the 2019 presidential election.

Welcoming new deputy governor

Gerindra’s Jakarta chairman, Muhammad Taufik, said it had agreed to hand over the post to the PKS.

7 years ago

As people abandon agricultural work in rural areas for jobs in the manufacturing and service sectors in cities, they earn more money and spend it on food and live a sedentary lifestyle.

New health report

While massive efforts are underway to improve the health of infants and prevent diseases through immunization, the adult population also faces risks owing to their dietary habits.

7 years ago

House hunting: People apply for the resident housing solution (Samawa) program, which allows for houses in designated housing developments to be purchased with zero down payment, at the city’s Public Housing Agency office in Jakarta on Thursday.

Holistic housing policy

While the financial scheme can work and help many people, Jakartans need a holistic housing policy to have their rights fulfilled.

7 years ago

A group of activists stage on Thursday a rally in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in Kuningan, South Jakarta, 500 days after an acid attack against KPK investigator Novel Baswedan.

KPK the disrupter

Indonesia is a unique case, where an intervening variable works alongside an electoral system to deliver a verdict on which political parties survive the tough political environment.

7 years ago

Tuti Tursilawati

Hollow cries

Amid all the grieving with each report of an execution, we sense helplessness on Indonesia’s part.

7 years ago

Shattered hope: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (second right), accompanied by Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi (second left), National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) head M. Syaugi (right) and Navy Western Fleet chief Rear Adm. Yudo Margono, inspects the debris collected from the crash of Lion Air flight JT 610 at Tanjung Priok Port in Jakarta on Tuesday.

Making people fly — safely

A number of once prominent flag carriers could not survive the tough competition, but low-cost carriers continued to thrive.

7 years ago

Dynamic duo: Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (right) and Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti speak to the audience during the opening of the fifth Our Ocean Conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Monday. The event will run until Tuesday.

Save our oceans

While we depend on the world’s oceans for our livelihood, food and transportation, they have also become major dustbins.

7 years ago

Police blockade part of Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat, Central Jakarta, on May Day last year.

Fair wage increase

Employers in particular cannot defy their responsibility to raise their workers’ minimum wage by citing their low productivity.

7 years ago

Several garbage trucks pass in the Bantar Gebang landfill in Bekasi, West Java carrying waste from Jakarta on Oct. 19, 2018.

Dealing with Jakarta's own stink

Millions of Jakartans want to have a clean city so they dump their garbage on Bekasi.

7 years ago

The opening ceremony of the 2018 Ubud Writers and Readers Festival (UWRF)

Eat Pray Love Write

The Bali setting may be the reason why the Ubud festival has been so successful.

7 years ago

Farmers harvest rice in Tegalgondo village, Malang, East Java, on Jan. 4. The price of unhulled rice increased from Rp 5,000 (37.3 US cents) to Rp 6,600 per kilogram. The price increase was due to heavy rain that made it hard for farmers to dry their rice.

Credible rice data matters

Importation of basic commodities, including rice, is a lucrative business and a number of officials and politicians have been jailed for abusing their power in this sector.

7 years ago

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, together with State Secretary Pratikno and Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi

Better to reform the system

This mental revolution is the key to changing the mindset of the people, especially civil servants in the bureaucracy, so that they can rid themselves of the values inherited from the New Order.

7 years ago

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo

Better or worse under Jokowi?

Life is neither better nor worse under Jokowi than in the past, and voters will keep this record in mind when casting their ballots next April.

7 years ago

Give peace a chance: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (center), who is running for a second term, and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin (second left), along with presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (second right) and his running mate Sandiaga Uno (right), release pigeons during a peace declaration for the 2019 election campaign at the National Monument in Jakarta on Sunday. With the declaration, the campaign
period for the presidential election, scheduled for April next year, offi cially kicked off , pitting Jokowi once more against his opponent in the 2014 election.

Centered on economy

The advantage of the incumbent candidate is that as the ruling government, Jokowi’s camp is practically campaigning every day.

7 years ago

A car passes a poster informing on the trial run for the odd-even traffic policy in Cibubur, East Jakarta on April 10.

Extend odd-even policy

Data compiled during the Asian Games from Aug. 18 to Oct. 2 showed that the average speed of vehicles increased by 44 percent and CO2 emissions decreased by 20.3 percent in the city.

7 years ago

A Palestinian Bedouin school child walks in the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday. The village of roughly 200 people is at risk of being demolished at any time, despite fierce criticism from key European nations.

Meddling in Australia's Jerusalem plan

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi reportedly used stern words in her WhatsApp message to her counterpart, Marise Payne.

7 years ago

Unwavering support: Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Agus Rahardjo (left) accepts a token of support from a coalition of civil society groups that initiated a petition against the inclusion of articles on corruption in the Criminal Code (KUHP) bill.

Bounties for whistleblowers

Tips from the general public have greatly helped the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) mount sting operations to uncover graft.

7 years ago

National Police Chief Gen.Tito Karnavian

For the sake of integrity

More regretful are the denial and hostility that follow the report, rather than commitment to investigation into the high-profile bribery case.

7 years ago

DKI Jakarta governor, Anies Baswedan gives his statement during the interview with The Jakarta Post on Wednesday, March 14. 2018.

A year of Anies Baswedan

Many describe Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan’s victory last year as the result of him riding the Islamist wave.

7 years ago

A clerk counts rupiah banknotes at a money changer.

The warning signs get stronger

The International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group Annual Meetings in Bali ended on Saturday with stronger warnings of a new financial crisis.

7 years ago

Good start: Indonesian badminton players celebrate their victory at the 2018 Asian Para Games during the men’s badminton team final at the Istora Senayan on Sunday. Indonesia won its first gold medal by beating Malaysia 2-1.

Thank you Para athletes

Indonesia’s athletes emulated the success of their compatriots who competed in the Asian Games, collecting 30 golds, 41 silvers and 46 bronzes to finish sixth overall.

7 years ago

A survivor walks past the Arqam Baburahman Mosque at Talise Beach in Palu on Friday, October 5, 2018. The mosque was badly damaged in the quake and tsunami.

Treating honored guests

A few foreign aid workers have expressed frustration that they had resources and skills at their fingertips to aid survivors, only to feel they were not wanted and told to go home.

7 years ago

The Taxation Directorate General’s latest data shows that less than 66 percent of approximately 16.50 million registered individual taxpayers had filed their 2017 tax returns by the March deadline.

Indonesia's low tax-to-GDP ratio

Indonesia’s tax-to-GDP ratio is less than 11 percent — way below the 15 percent threshold needed to stimulate growth.

7 years ago

Give peace a chance: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (center), who is running for a second term, and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin (second left), along with presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (second right) and his running mate Sandiaga Uno (right), release pigeons during a peace declaration for the 2019 election campaign at the National Monument in Jakarta on Sunday. With the declaration, the campaign
period for the presidential election, scheduled for April next year, offi cially kicked off , pitting Jokowi once more against his opponent in the 2014 election.

Downside risks to economy

Indonesia lacks “political space” for a new round of painful reforms until the general elections on April 17, 2019.

7 years ago

The war on hoaxes

The Ratna case is a blessing in disguise that reminds us as a nation to build a defense mechanism against hoaxes.

7 years ago

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