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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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South Sulawesi Police confiscate fake gold bars from a victim of Dimas Kanjeng Taat Pribadi, a suspect for fraud in Makassar.

EDITORIAL: Preventing investment fraud

In the first nine months of this year alone, the OJK’s financial education and financial consumer protection division closed down 48 illegal financial service/investment companies before they hit a large number of victims.

8 years ago

Disgraced: Tegal mayor Siti Masitha Soeparno (left) responds journalists' queries after she attended a questioning at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Aug.30.

EDITORIAL: Making corrupt leaders pay

As the number of autonomous regions has climbed to 546, Home Ministry records show 343 regents/ mayors and 18 governors have been investigated for corruption within that period.

8 years ago

Screengrabs from the Islamic State video purportedly showing a child soldier.

EDITORIAL: Too young to die

Hatf Saiful Rasul, who was killed in an airstrike at the age of 12, might be just the tip of an iceberg of the phenomenon of Indonesian child soldiers, or at least those who have been groomed and trained to become future terrorists.

8 years ago

According to the Tourism Ministry, around 8 million Indonesians last year travelled overseas, notably to freetrade areas in Singapore and Hong Kong, and they had a high propensity to shop either for souvenirs for relatives and members of their extended families back home or luxury fashion goods. But these goods are mostly for personal use.

EDITORIAL: Reassessing import tax ceiling

The current ceiling, set in 2010, no longer makes sense, given the nation’s economic achievements over the past seven years.

8 years ago

A Mobile Brigade truck arrives at the scene of mob attack at the vicinity of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) office in Central Jakarta on Monday morning, Sept. 18, 2017.

EDITORIAL: Death of free speech

We condemn the police for failing to protect our hardwon freedom of speech, with lame excuses that the situation posed a dilemma for them.

8 years ago

Money laundering is believed to still be a rampant practice in the country, as evidenced by the large number of US and Singapore dollar banknotes seized by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) from graft suspects during stings.

EDITORIAL: Fighting money laundering

Bank Indonesia’s (BI) latest regulation to strengthen the monitoring and oversight of financial technology (fintech) operators and money changers should be welcomed as another boost to the concerted campaign against money laundering.

8 years ago

Jakarta traffic at night.

EDITORIAL: Unfriending private vehicles

The Presidential Advisory Board (Wantimpres) advised the administration to call off the plan as multiple infrastructure projects have resulted in limited public transportation alternatives in the area.

8 years ago

Anticorruption activists rally in front of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) headquarters in Jakarta on Sept. 7. They called for the KPK to immediately detain Setya Novanto, the House speaker and Golkar Party chairman who has been named a suspect in the e-ID card case.

EDITORIAL: Support for KPK unwavering

Despite a barrage of attacks, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has displayed its fortitude, thanks, in part, to public support.

8 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo walks during the annual state of the nation address on August 16.

EDITORIAL: Jokowi riding high

Jokowi’s popularity is higher compared to the first poll results of 2015 and last year, despite controversial policies.

8 years ago

A worker collect rubber latex from a plantation in Batam.

EDITORIAL: Rubber farmers cry for help

The prices in the country are half of what rubber growers in Thailand and Malaysia have enjoyed.

8 years ago

Healthcare card: Health insurance firm PT Askes’ director Sri Endang Tidarwati shows a health insurance card in Jakarta, in this file photo.

EDITORIAL: Ensuring emergency health care

The private hospital chain says it is in the process of joining the JKN program, which lists only 89 partners among 189 hospitals in Jakarta.

8 years ago

Green playground: Children play in a field where farmers plant 3S, a pest-resistant paddy variety developed by the Bogor Agricultural University (IPB).

EDITORIAL: Revitalizing the agricultural sector

Agriculture is still a very important source of livelihood for people in rural areas who account for around 40 percent of the total population.

8 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong speak at a joint press conference after their meeting at the Istana in Singapore on Thursday.

EDITORIAL: The mighty red dot

How is it that Singapore, once mocked as a mere “red dot” state by then president BJ Habibie, became the largest foreign investor, and sent the largest number of tourists to a much more “gigantic” Indonesia in 2016?

8 years ago

The antigraft body is confronting the coalescing of interests seeking its demise.

EDITORIAL: KPK's lonely battle

The antigraft body is confronting the coalescing of interests seeking its demise.

8 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo speaks at an event to convince investors seeking investment permits about improved, faster services for businesspeople in Indonesia.

EDITORIAL: Redesigning business licensing

We hope that the 16 reform packages will enable the Jokowi administration to establish a single-submission system for all kinds of business and investment permits under one roof before the end of its term in October 2019.

8 years ago

Opposing rights violations: Supporters and sympathizers of the National Mandate Party's (PAN) youth wing Barisan Muda PAN stage a rally to protest the state-sponsored persecution of the Rohingya people in front of the Myanmar Embassy in Jakarta on Sept.4.

EDITORIAL: Brokering peace in Myanmar

Many may perceive Indonesia’s diplomacy in Myanmar as pointless given the gravity of the conflict.

8 years ago

Freeport McMoRan CEO Richard Adkerson (left), Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati (center) and Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Ignasius Jonan confer during a joint press conference on Aug. 29 in Jakarta.

EDITORIAL: Shaky deal with Freeport

Freeport’s commitment to divest is a pledge to no longer play games with Indonesian law.

8 years ago

Idul Adha is inseparably connected to the annual haj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the fifth pillar of Islamic teaching and worship

EDITORIAL: Haj system overhaul

Idul Adha is inseparably connected to the annual haj pilgrimage to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the fifth pillar of Islamic teaching and worship

8 years ago

Indonesia tops the list of nine countries in the region ranked on the “tobacco-interference index” issued by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance of health activists.

EDITORIAL: Liberally puffing away

Indonesia tops the list of nine countries in the region ranked on the “tobacco-interference index” issued by the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance of health activists.

8 years ago

In a political contestation, a single click of fake news targeting a certain candidate can sway the vote toward his or her rival.

EDITORIAL: Monetizing fake news

In a political contestation, a single click of fake news targeting a certain candidate can sway the vote toward his or her rival.

8 years ago

Bank Indonesia building is shown in this picture dated November 2015.

EDITORIAL: BI helps stimulate growth

We expect a much faster pace of government spending in the second half.

8 years ago

An online ride-hailing driver navigates his car to drop his customer off in West Jakarta on July 3.

EDITORIAL: Passenger protection first

What the government can do is to provide a level playing field for all.

8 years ago

Each diaspora gathering has included extraordinary sharing by members of their experiences, aspirations and ideas for the country according to their varied interests and professions.

EDITORIAL: Diaspora hopes

Indonesians abroad have reiterated that they do not want to be merely seen as remittance senders.

8 years ago

The flag blunder shows that first and foremost we have failed to show our maturity.

EDITORIAL: Strangers of the same race

Malaysian people are strangers to Indonesia, despite their similar origin — and perhaps vice versa.

8 years ago

Guest of honor: President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right) shakes hands with former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono before a flag hoisting ceremony to commemorate Independence Day at State Palace in Jakarta on Aug. 17.

EDITORIAL: Gesture of unity

In the post-New Order era, where politics has become an “open season,” politics has become personal.

8 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (second left) and Vice President Jusuf Kalla (second right) pose for photograph with leaders of the House of Representatives and the Regional Representatives Council after attending the House plenary meeting in Jakarta on Aug. 16.

EDITORIAL: Boring, yet realistic budget

We don’t see within the budget allocations any short-sighted populist programs to gain voter support.

8 years ago

At 72, Indonesia is behaving more like a restless 17-year-old in search of an identity than an old grandpa.

EDITORIAL: Forever young Indonesia

At 72, Indonesia is behaving more like a restless 17-year-old in search of an identity than an old grandpa.

8 years ago

Photo of a crime scene.

EDITORIAL: Unprotected key witnesses

The demise of a key witness in the mega case has left many questions.

8 years ago

Consumer spending remained the largest driver of the country’s growth in the second quarter of the year.

EDITORIAL: Worrying economic signs

Consumer spending remained the largest driver of the country’s growth in the second quarter of the year.

8 years ago

Residents try to extinguish forest fires in Pekanbaru, Riau. Fires razed the area in mid- January.

EDITORIAL: Desperately fighting fires

Even after so many years our approach to combating forest and peatland fires has barely changed.

8 years ago

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