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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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Workers prepare the foundation of shelters in Kampung Akuarium, North Jakarta on January 8, 2018. 107 shelters will be built for Kampung Akuarium residents who lost their house during an eviction in 2016.

Combating poverty

Indonesia’s poverty rate fell below 10 percent for the first time in March this year.

7 years ago

Transactional politics, although deemed common practice, are risky as they can sow seeds of corruption.

Toward graft-free democracy

Transactional politics, although deemed common practice, are risky as they can sow seeds of corruption.

7 years ago

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati

Budget credibility on the line

Macroeconomic assumptions have changed significantly.

7 years ago

State-owned mining holding company PT Indonesia Asahan Aluminium (Inalum) president director Budi Gunadi (third right), and Freeport McMoran CEO Richard Adkerson (third left) shake hands after signing an agreement on the divestment of PT Freeport Indonesia shares in Jakarta on Thursday witnessed by Energy and Mineral Resources minister Ignasius Jonan (left), Finace Minister Sri Mulyani (second left), Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar (right) and State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Rini Soemarno.

The tough deal with Freeport

This means that the hardest part of the process has been completed.

7 years ago

Asian Games 2018 Organizing Committee (INASGOC) head Erick Thohir poses with mascots of the multisport event to present Asian Games merchandise in Jakarta on Friday. Some 200 types of products produced by 20 local and international companies have been marketed.

Bring ’em to the stadium

When Jakarta celebrates the return of the Asian Games after 56 years, nobody in the city should be left behind. The provincial government’s plan to close schools during the Aug. 18 to Sept. 2 sporting event, for whatever reason, will only deprive our children of a golden opportunity to watch the continent’s best athletes perform and, more importantly, learn sportsmanship and all the good values it embodies.

7 years ago

Lalu Muhammad Zohri of Indonesia celebrates his victory.

Run Zohri, run

Young guns like Zohri will need support from the whole nation.

7 years ago

Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution (center) launches the Online Single Submission (OSS) licensing system along with other cabinet members as well as Financial Services Authority chairman Wimboh Santoso (third left) and Bank Indonesia Governor Perty Warjiyo (fourth left) in Jakarta on June 9.

One-day business licensing

Licensing process has long been prone to bribery and corruption.

7 years ago

There are around one billion smokers in the world, about a seventh of the global population, according to World Health Organization (WHO) and other estimates.

Coughing at WTO's ruling

According to the Health Ministry, in 2015, 650 people died per day of tobacco-related diseases.

7 years ago

US President Donald Trump welcoming Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago state in Palm Beach, Florida, US, on April 6, 2017.

Facing Trump's trade war

According to the US Trade Representative, the country suffered from a US$13.2 billion trade deficit in 2016.

7 years ago

Guilty: Former House of Representatives speaker Setya Novanto attends his e-ID graft hearing at the Jakarta Corruption Court in Jakarta on April 24.

Merciless KPU

Candidates with better track records would help consolidate our democracy.

7 years ago

The Jakarta administration recently opened the redesigned Kali Besar, the old town’s river. But the river, having been designed to resemble Cheonggyecheon, the restored river in the heart of Seoul, has been altered into a reservoir, instead of keeping its original function.

Kota Tua: Slowly lost in time

The failure of Jakarta’s Kota Tua to be recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site comes as no surprise. The original site of Batavia, a port area that became a major trading hub of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in the 17th and 18th centuries, has been left to decay after years of policy uncertainty and a lack of funding, despite an initial ambitious revitalization plan.

7 years ago

The wind power plant in Sidrap regency, South Sulawesi.

Harnessing wind power

The US$150 million plant really stands out as a great, confidence-building milestone.

7 years ago

Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigators arrested Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf during an operation in Aceh on Tuesday evening. He was flown to Jakarta for further questioning on Wednesday morning.

Aceh's great fall?

Irwandi is not the only leader who, despite his anticorruption stance, has fallen from grace.

7 years ago

Bank Indonesia Governor Perry Warjiyo

Rate hike surprise

The rate increase, the third in six weeks, also reinforced the central bank’s politically independent stance.

7 years ago

Typical thick vegetation in Kalimantan.

Tropical forest to the rescue

In the tropics, intact forests hold 40 percent of the aboveground forest carbon.

7 years ago

To break the glass ceiling in corporations, bureaucracy and the workplace, women need meritocracy as well as affirmative action.

Breaking the glass ceiling

To break the glass ceiling in corporations, bureaucracy and the workplace, women need meritocracy as well as affirmative action.

7 years ago

The odd-even license plate policy is part of the effort to ease traffic congestion during the Asian Games, which Jakarta and Palembang in South Sumatra will host from Aug. 18 to Sept. 2.

Not that odd policy

Jakartans, be prepared for worsening traffic madness en route to your workplaces from Monday onwards as the expansion of the odd-even license plate policy will be put on trial. The test run will last until the end of July before the new regulation comes into effect on Aug. 1. More streets will be affected and for a longer period, 15 hours a day every day, according to the plan.

7 years ago

Malaysia's newly-elected Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad addresses civil servants from the Prime Minister's office during his first assembly in Putrajaya on May 21, 2018.

Welcoming Dr. M

Mahathir is a leader from a generation that did not question authoritarian governments.

7 years ago

A voter shows off his inked pinkie after casting his vote in the Bali gubernatorial election in East Denpasar on Wednesday, June 27, 2018.

Democracy that works

Voters are more or less familiar with candidates’ track records ahead of voting day. Congratulations to democracy.

7 years ago

Exports to China and the US, Indonesia’s main trading partners, which remained high.

Good signs from exports

Exports to China and the US, Indonesia’s main trading partners, which remained high.

7 years ago

President of Turkey and the leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the AK Party's parliamentary group meeting at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (TBMM) in Ankara on May 8, 2018.

Erdogan: A strong leader in need?

Many people are simply fed up with leaders who champion democracy but who hardly satisfy their needs.

7 years ago

More than half the country’s population with 152,066,685 registered voters will choose the new executive heads for 17 provinces, 115 regencies and 39 cities.

The ultimate prize

There have also been multiple reports that regional elections are bad for the environment.

8 years ago

Central attraction: People crowd National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta to celebrate the 2018 New Year.

Maturing Jakarta

At 491 years old, Jakarta is home to 10.37 million people, with population growth of 1.06 percent, according to Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data in 2017.

8 years ago

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto ride horses at the latter's house in Hambalang, Bogor, West Java on Oct. 31, 2016.

We deserve more choices

As a big nation, Indonesia deserves more than two or three candidates.

8 years ago

A woman cries as she finds out her family is one of missing passengers at Lake Toba ferry port in the province of North Sumatra, after a boat overturned. Search and rescue teams are racing against time to search for 65 people after a boat capsized in Indonesia, an official from the disaster agency said.

Tourism's fatal warning

A much higher awareness of these aspects is urgent among those involved in the industry, if we indeed care about our visitors, and not just their expected cash.

8 years ago

Garuda Indonesia aircraft

Great boon to airline industry

With a population of over 260 million and a rising middle class, Indonesians are becoming more eager than ever to fly.

8 years ago

The officers of taxation Directorate general serve the tax payers in Jakarta.

Intensifying tax audits

Less than 66 percent of the estimated 16.5 million registered personal (individual) taxpayers had filed their 2017 tax returns by the March 31 deadline.

8 years ago

Vehicles queue along Salatiga-Kartasura toll road in Central Java on June 10 due to mass exodus as Muslims traveled to their hometowns to celebrate the Idul Fitri Holiday.

Idul Fitri that unites

In a country where most people measure happiness with a strong sense of community, traveling home for Idul Fitri is a very big deal.

8 years ago

A picture shows the official 2018 FIFA World Cup football ahead of a friendly football match between Spain and Argentina at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium in Madrid on March 27, 2018.

From Russia with glory

The opening match between host Russia and Saudi Arabia will enliven Idul Fitri eve, and the merriment will continue for one full month.

8 years ago

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC), meets about the ongoing Ukrainian-Russian conflict on August 28, 2014 in New York City. Russia continues to move troops and men into Ukraine to arm Ukrainian separatists.

Global stage for Indonesia

This will be the fourth time that Indonesia has joined the Security Council, having served in the 1970s, 1990s, and the last time in 2007-2008.

8 years ago

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