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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

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Newly appointed state-owned oil and gas holding company Pertamina Director Nicke Widyawati

Another shake-up in Pertamina

Pertamina’s board of directors has always been vulnerable to the short-term political interests of the incumbent government.

7 years ago

New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison takes part in an oath-taking ceremony to become the nation's new leader at Government House in Canberra on August 24, 2018. Scott Morrison was sworn in as Australia's seventh prime minister in 11 years on August 24 after a stunning party revolt against Malcolm Turnbull, which the new leader admitted had left the government

Welcome, neighbor Morrison

Hopefully, PM Morrison will finally be the Australian leader to sign the IA-CEPA.

7 years ago

This file photo taken on June 16, 2012 shows Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi delivering her Nobel speech during the Nobel ceremony at Oslo's City Hall.

Losing faith in Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi had failed to use her “moral authority” to prevent violence against the Rohingya minority.

7 years ago

The government is also exploring the option of reducing crude oil imports by assigning state oil company Pertamina to buy all the crude oil produced by oil-mining contractors within the country.

Curbing imports to cut deficit

The rupiah has been among the worst performers in Asia.

7 years ago

The 2018 Logistics Performance Index (LPI) of the World Bank ranks Indonesia as the third-best performer among the lower-middle income group, after Vietnam and India.

Logistics performance improves

The LPI ranks Indonesia as the third-best performer among the lower-middle income group, after Vietnam and India.

7 years ago

MRT, finally?

Intensive trials are ongoing for the capital’s MRT after almost two decades of onagain-off-again planning and changes in the consortium’s funding, designing and construction of the railway, trains, stations and related components.

7 years ago

MUI's growing clout

The Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) is more powerful than ever today.

7 years ago

Playing on home soil can give an athlete a much-needed second wind. In many cases, it can help an athlete achieve the unthinkable.

Keep fighting Indonesia!

The 2018 Asian Games have been running for less than a week, but for the home crowd celebrations can never come too early, as evinced by the full support they have given their sporting heroes and heroines who are fighting for the nation’s pride.

7 years ago

An elderly citizen looks at the red-and-white flag.

A legacy of 73 years

Time and again diversity has always proven to be our strength, rather than a weakness.

7 years ago

A woman waits in line at a money changer in Jakarta on Feb. 28.

Contagion and politics

On the positive side, the economy would likely get a boost from spending during the nearly 200 days of the campaign period.

7 years ago

We are the champions: Players from the Indonesian Under-16 soccer team celebrate winning the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) U-16 Championship at Delta Sports Stadium in Sidoarjo, East Java, on Saturday. Indonesia beat Thailand 4-3 in a penalty shootout.

Living up to the dream

PSSI was intent on grooming the junior squad for the 2024 Olympics and 2034 World Cup.

7 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and running mate Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma'ruf Amin register their ticket for the 2019 presidential election on Friday at the General Elections Commission (KPU).

Another exhausting year

A lengthy campaign session may not bode well for our young democracy.

7 years ago

In an apparent attempt to win the hearts of Muslim voters and to preempt political attacks questioning his credentials as a Muslim leader, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right) has chosen Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma’ruf Amin (left) as his vice-presidential candidate.

Jokowi’s extreme pragmatism

On Thursday, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the incumbent President, backed by nine political parties controlling 60 percent of the seats at the House of Representatives, took pragmatism to the extreme. By picking Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) chairman Ma’ruf Amin as his running mate, Jokowi went the extra mile to secure his chance for reelection, going farther to the right, way past his opponent Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto, who tapped Jakarta Deputy Governor Sandiaga Uno as his running mate. Sandiaga, prior to his current position, was known for his business acumen rather than his Muslim credentials.

7 years ago

Panic: People hurry across a bridge after a powerful aftershock struck North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, on Thursday.

Spontaneous solidarity

Communities and individuals take a long time to recover, years after the headlines shift to other issues and other tragedies.

7 years ago

Bird eye view daily life the commercial activities at morning in the street market in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.

When Indonesia loses WTO appeal

The government should have made the necessary corrective measures to remove the non-tariff barriers.

7 years ago

Marching in: People take part in the ASEAN 50 Parade on Jl. MH Thamrin in Central Jakarta. The parade displayed national and traditional cultures from ASEAN member countries.

Strengthening ASEAN

Happy birthday, ASEAN!

7 years ago

A farmer of Balerante village carries a sack of grass with Mount Merapi in the background.

Vehicle to empower farmers

The modernization of farming technology cannot be avoided.

7 years ago

Fighting corruption: President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (left), accompanied by Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto (second left) and Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly (third left), meets with Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Agus Rahardjo (third right) and KPK commissioners Laode M Syarif (fourth right), Saut Situmorang (fifth right), Basaria Panjaitan (second right) and Alexander Marwata at the Bogor Palace on July 4.

New hope in graft fight

KPK would join the government in its policy planning stages as well as in the coordination of a wide array of anticorruption measures.

7 years ago

The Rokan Block’s oil production amounts to about 210,000 barrels per day (bpd), or 25 percent of total output, and depends primarily on enhanced oil recovery (EOR) technology.

Fear of resource nationalism

The same lack of transparency was evident in 2015, when the government granted Pertamina the Mahakam Block.

7 years ago

Indonesian rupiah bills.

Building trust in rupiah

Exporters cannot be forced to immediately convert all their forex earnings into rupiah.

7 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right) is talking to Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan in the Becakayu toll road sections 1B and 1C, Jakarta, Nov. 3, 2017.

Living under two suns

Jakarta citizens are starting to feel the brunt of living under matahari kembar (twin suns).

7 years ago

Mount Rinjani in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Rinjani, the second-tallest volcano in the country, is a popular destination for hikers, both from Indonesia and overseas.

Saving people, tourism

All-out efforts of the government in rescuing hundreds of hikers trapped on Mount Rinjani, West Nusa Tenggara, are not without strong reason.

7 years ago

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati gives a press statement on the performance of the 2018 State Budget at the Finance Ministry's office in Jakarta on May 17.

New law on non-tax receipts

PNBP accounts for more than 15 percent of total state revenue.

7 years ago

Over seven years, the subsidiary of state-owned train firm PT Kereta Api Indonesia has conducted major reforms, making it among the largest public transportation systems in the country. Starting with only 400,000 passengers, today about 1 million people in Greater Jakarta commute daily on the metro system.

KCI: Commuting behemoth

A ticketing chaos that struck the Greater Jakarta commuter line earlier this week added to the long line of glitches the metro system has experienced in the past few years. Even small operational errors cause long delays due to the overcrowded network.

7 years ago

An Ahmadiyah follower says Friday prayers on the street in Bukit Duri Tanjakan, South Jakarta, on Friday, June 12, 2015, while several local people look on. Later the local people forced the Ahmadiyah practitioners to disperse from the area.

Blasphemy Law's victory

This was the third attempt to annul the law.

7 years ago

Central Statistics Agency recorded 8.13 million construction workers, but only about 7 percent or 581,000 of them were properly certified.

Skill gap in construction

BPS recorded 8.13 million construction workers, but only about 7 percent were properly certified.

7 years ago

The story that came out of Sukamiskin Penitentiary last week was more like Beckett’s absurdist humor than the guilt-ridden tale of Crime and Punishment.

Crime and (no) punishment

We again found evidence that the country’s prison system is corrupt.

7 years ago

Existing 2014 government regulation legalizes abortion for rape victims and as a life-saving measure.

Treat rape victim as victim

The Jambi case is not the only one where the state and society treat a rape victim not as a victim, but as a perpetrator.

7 years ago

Children exposed to cigarette smoke at home are at increased risk of stunting.

Smoking rots young brains

Health Ministry discovered an 8.8 percent increase in the number of young smokers aged 10 to 18.

7 years ago

People walk along a sidewalk on Jl. Jatibaru Raya in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, on Monday. The sidewalk of the street, which was controversially closed to public traffic, has remained busy with street vendors and visitors amid the dispute between the Jakarta administration and parties opposed to the policy.

Pedestrians not pariahs

To avoid ill health, as the doctor says, walk at least 30 minutes daily, preferably in the morning, to ensure strong joints and an ample supply of vitamin D from our blessed tropical sunshine. But lazybones repeat the perfect excuse: walk where?

7 years ago

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