TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Jakarta Post

LOG IN / REGISTER

LOG IN

Don’t have an account? Register here Give your organization full access to The Jakarta Post. Register here

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (center) walks with United States President Joe Biden (left), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (center) and other leaders through the Taman Hutan Raya Ngurah Rai Mangrove Forest on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Nov. 16.

Good year for diplomacy

A combination of perseverance, wisdom and ingenuity allowed the President and his core team to marshal G20 leaders to unanimously issue, against all odds, the Leaders’ Declaration from their summit in Bali.

2 years ago

Academia premium

National data collaboration key to addressing SDG indicators data gap

BPS is the backbone of data provision for SDGs monitoring in Indonesia; it is the custodian for 39 percent of the national SDG indicators. ...

2 years ago

Academia premium

Biodiversity and climate, ASEAN’s next challenge

Indonesia's 2023 ASEAN chairmanship presents an opportunity to tweak the bloc's institutional structure to mainstream policies and actions on biodiversity preservation and climate change across all three ASEAN communities ...

2 years ago

The Latest

Laboratory research illustration.

Indonesian research access: quantity over quality?

Prestige drove Indonesian universities to open their research to the world. Now they need to tidy their files.

2 years ago

Students researching illustration.

India-wide subscription to research journals paves path for Global South

With rising fees for research journals, India is pressing ahead with a nation-wide subscription to allow more people to access science.

2 years ago

Financial barriers posed by global publishing houses have inspired African scholars to find new ways of sharing information.

How Africa is overcoming ‘knowledge colonialism’

Attempts to more fairly share scientific knowledge have had the opposite effect in Africa. But a new initiative is bringing true equity.

2 years ago

Women weave handbags on Aug. 23, 2022 during the Love Indonesian Products exhibition for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs), held at the Cenderawasih Sports Hall in Papua with the support of Bank Indonesia.

Academia premium

Women's financial literacy key to post-pandemic economic recovery

Women have proven their resilience in running businesses and managing household finances as the primary breadwinner during the pandemic, and with added support to increase their financial literacy, they will be the key to economic recovery after the pandemic.

2 years ago

Safe haven: Community figure Kolinus Beanal (center) and people of Banti hamlet in Tembagapura district, Papua, gather near their shelter in Timika on Oct. 29, 2020. About 1,800 residents of Banti, Kimbeli and Opitawak hamlets sought refuge in Timika in March 2020 to evade armed conflict between security forces and rebel groups.

Academia premium

Selective welfare and the impromptu humanitarian pause in Papua

The majority of indigenous Papuans live in highlands and mountainous areas and barely reap the benefits of economic growth.

2 years ago

Leader in waiting: A local resident walks past a mural on the 2024 presidential election in Kedung Halang, Bogor, West Java, on June 13. Indonesia will hold its simultaneous legislative and presidential elections on Feb. 14, 2024.

To vote for change

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), formerly the Indonesian Democratic Party, and the Golkar Party, the fruits of Soeharto’s simplification of the political party system, have won all the post-New Order elections, except in 2009.

2 years ago

King Willem-Alexander looks on during a visit at the hydrogen cluster at Industriepark Kleefse Waard, in Arnhem, on November 16, 2022. The visit focused on the growing hydrogen economy and the important role that hydrogen plays in the energy transition.

Academia premium

Dutch PM’s apology will only open old wounds, unnecessarily

The Dutch should not shift their burden to others, especially on nations who endured their horrific colonization in the past.

2 years ago

A Tengger tribe resident casts her ballots at polling station 03 in Ranupani village, Lumajang, East Java in April 2019.

Analysis: Java key to winning the 2024 presidential race

Former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan will win in West Java, Banten and Jakarta; Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo will win in Central and East Java; and Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto will come second or third in all these five provinces on the island of Java.

2 years ago

One of the efforts to develop new renewable energy is through the use of solar panels in Pertamina’s operational areas, here seen at the refinery in Cilacap, Central Java.

Renewable energy bill: An ambitious attempt at energy transition

Supporting state-owned power companies in purchasing green energy is especially relevant because Indonesia’s green energy prices are around 10 percent to 65 percent higher than other Asian countries.

2 years ago

One man, one vote: A voter casts his ballot in a polling station in Penarungan village, Badung, Bali, during the simultaneous legislative and presidential election on April 17, 2019.

Academia premium

Safeguarding the integrity of Indonesia’s electoral system

Indonesia’s political parties have been left with a free hand to raise as much money as they can from whomever they wish, with little fear of sanctions and with no requirement to ever publicly disclose those funds.

2 years ago

President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo walks on a red carpet during the ASEAN-EU 45th year Summit in Brussels, on Dec. 14, 2022.

Academia premium

Indonesian’s strong foreign and international trade policy for EU

Jokowi's assertiveness in reacting to the EU’s deforestation policy has been mainly shaped by his frustration over the EU’s sense of dominance in global trade and dictating of sustainability standards.

2 years ago

Two girls sit in a pushcart as they ask for alms from passersby along a street in Jakarta on Sept. 23, 2021.

Recover, but truly together

The relaxation of mobility restrictions since late last year has helped bring down the poverty rate in Indonesia, but that has done nothing to improve income inequality.

2 years ago

At a click: Online marketplaces and food delivery services have become a lifeline for making additional incomes during the pandemic. (Unsplash/Edi Kurniawan)

Academia premium

Protecting consumer rights in the digital epoch

The government must employ a two-prolonged strategy of regulatory enforcement and financial education to ensure the protection of consumer rights.

2 years ago

Argentina's forward #10 Lionel Messi receives the World Cup trophy from FIFA President Gianni Infantino as Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani looks on during the Qatar 2022 World Cup trophy ceremony after the football final match between Argentina and France at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, north of Doha, on Dec. 18. Argentina won in the penalty shoot-out.

Messi’s moment

The first World Cup set in the Arab and Muslim world offered not only pieces of history, but also displayed a more-level playing field.

2 years ago

The Cremer Kuli statue inaugurated in 1928 in front of the Deli Planters Vereeniging office, now the Putri Hijau Military Hospital in Medan.

The dark history of slavery in Indonesia during the Dutch colonial period

Protesters are not only denouncing racism but also condemning slavery in the colonial era by bringing down colonialist statues and slave traders.

2 years ago

Various prominent women in government and nongovernment sectors pose in this screen grab from the online-based G20 Women's Empowerment kick-off meeting held on Dec. 22, 2021.

Academia premium

Empowerment is what women make of it

Admirable as it may sound, this seemingly praiseworthy idea of positioning women as “ibu bangsa” has been widely criticized especially by feminist scholars.

2 years ago

People walk past Christmas trees decorating a shopping mall in Jakarta on Dec. 30, 2021.

Good tidings

This Christmas season has brought especially good news to the country’s Christians, both Protestant and Catholic, because for the first time since COVID-19 cases were discovered in Indonesia in 2020 they will enjoy full freedom to attend Christmas services in person.

2 years ago

Mayor Ridwan Kamil delivers his speech at a Christmas celebration at Sabuga building in Bandung, West Java.on Dec. 24, 2016.

Academia premium

A Muslim way of congratulating Christmas

People of the same national identity should ideally preserve the brotherly bonds irrespective of their differences in faiths and religious beliefs.

2 years ago

Christmas decorations are seen at a shopping mall in Jakarta on Dec. 22, 2021.

Academia premium

Implementing the Christmas spirit in daily life

As citizens of the nation, Christians must always walk together in order to overcome various challenges and difficulties.

2 years ago

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte (right) delivers a speech on Dec. 19, 2022 at the National Archives in The Hague. Rutte officially apologized for the Netherlands’ 250 years of involvement in slavery, calling it a crime against humanity.

'Meneer', what took you so long?

The Netherlands has finally issued a formal apology for its past involvement in the slave trade, but it will take much longer for the country and its people to come to terms with their collective guilt.

2 years ago

Rescue teams conduct a search for miners buried by a landslide at an illegal gold-mining operation in the village of Buranga in Parigi Moutong regency, Central Sulawesi on Feb. 25, 2021.

Academia premium

Illegal mining must stop, but how

Those practicing illegal mining, having no mining business permits (IUPs), have no responsibility to pay taxes, or to prepare and carry out community development and social empowerment.

2 years ago

No access: Rohingya refugees in Makassar haven’t been able to access their health or primary needs support for over three years. (Courtesy of Shofiqul Islam)

Academia premium

Gender based violence: Disaster within disaster

Even though it is difficult to prepare infrastructure that is safe and comfortable for women and children in an emergency, it is imperative that we do provide it for their own safety.

2 years ago

Bali's Besakih Temple holds a public ceremony without COVID-19 restrictions in April 2022. (Courtesy of Velina Sita Devani)

Academia premium

Will 2023 see the end of COVID-19 pandemic?

It is still too early to celebrate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic, no matter how much we might wish for it, and we must remain vigilant throughout the coming year and stay on the alert against new threats in the years to come.

2 years ago

Wonder women: Women of the Air Force carry their parachutes during a military drill at Iskandar Muda air base in Blang Bintang, Banda Aceh, Aceh on Feb. 8, 2019.

Academia premium

'Mother's Day' demeans Indonesia's historic women’s movement

Hari Ibu started to lose its real meaning after Soeharto, an Army general, took power in 1966 and strengthened the patriarchal system.

2 years ago

Farmers planting trees at Jagoi Heritage Forest in Bau, Kuching, Sarawak. The Indigenous peoples' traditional response to improve the condition of the forest in their catchment area is by planting more trees such as timber trees, bamboo, rattan and wild fruit trees.

Indigenous farming knowledge is science, not superstition

The Indigenous people's respect for the land and their traditional agricultural practices can teach us to adapt to extreme weather conditions.

2 years ago

Good, clean, deep water is becoming less accessible in many remote parts of the Northern Territory, Australia.

Connection to Country has role in climate adaptation

Building resilience by sharing Indigenous knowledge on climate change strategies can benefit all Australians.

2 years ago

Most villages in north Pentecost have traditional buildings known as 'gamali' with thatch roofs that extend to the ground and are less likely to fly off in high winds.

One size does not fit all in Pacific climate adaptation

Indigenous knowledge has helped guide Pacific Islanders’ resilience and adaptation to changing climates for centuries, but it is still often overlooked.

2 years ago

Page: 12

Popular

Popular

Today's ePost

Thu, July 13, 2023

Deepdive Highlights

Legacy, landscapes and lives: The tales of Nusantara

Legacy, landscapes and lives: The tales of Nusantara

Black and White of RI Fiesta of Democracy

Black and White of RI Fiesta of Democracy

Silent, invisible danger on Cirebon coast

Silent, invisible danger on Cirebon coast

Halls of Time

Community

Preparing for launch: Can e-mobility take to the air in Indonesia?

Preparing for launch: Can e-mobility take to the air in Indonesia?

By Nicolas Meyer and Andrey Berdichevskiy (Boston Consulting Group)

Work It Right: Finding your 'third space' in 2023

Work It Right: Finding your 'third space' in 2023

By Aninditta Savitry

Getting a life at the office

Getting a life at the office

By Aninditta Savitry

The imaginary ceiling

The imaginary ceiling

By Aninditta Savitry

Rethinking Career Path

Rethinking Career Path

By Aninditta Savitry

Your Opinion Matters

Share your experiences, suggestions, and any issues you've encountered on The Jakarta Post. We're here to listen.

Let us know what you think:

Enter at least 30 characters

0 / 30

Thank You

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate your feedback.