The benchmarking system will be set up, palm oil producers, notably Indonesia, the world’s largest producer with an annual output of over 50 million tonnes, will most likely be classified as a high-risk country of origin or supplier. 

Rice prices have been increasing lately as traders and the State Logistics Agency (Bulog) reported depleting rice stocks.

With Indonesia’s ambitious policies in electrifying cars, scooters, stoves, as well as larger vessels and the maritime sector, we will surely also see a rising demand here.

Health leaders have a unique opportunity to strengthen patient safety, capitalizing on the unprecedented momentum catalyzed by the COVID-19 response.

In return for mobilizing both his vast volunteers and governmental networks to support his chosen candidate, Jokowi will be able to secure for himself a key position that would strengthen, if not preserve, his political influence and standing in post-2024 Indonesia.

Investors would be the ones who lost the most money when the market crashed, not the crypto influencer or crypto platform.

As if kowtowing to the pressures of the conservative groups was not enough, the lawmakers have also chosen to incorporate illiberal provisions that turn the clock back on our democratic achievements. 

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and transsexual (LGBT+) individuals in Indonesia have been affected during the COVID-19 pandemic by multi-layered discrimination and intolerance.

Albeit the PRI, the "official" principles for ESG, is supported by the UN to promote more-sustainable investment and business operation, there is no binding agreement that can hold all entities to adopt the ESG framework.

The last time Jokowi signaled his endorsement of Ganjar came on Nov. 26, when he said the next president of Indonesia should have white hair and a wrinkled face because it was proof that the person had worked very hard for the people. White hair is the trademark of 54-year-old Ganjar, a two-time Central Java governor.

As the recipient country, Indonesia should actively participate in grant design and implementation rather than leave the details to donors and implementing agencies.

Rather than driving the country's progress toward our independence centennary, the latest RKUHP seems to indicate that we still haven’t gained our freedom from our colonial legacy.

The recent WTO decision favoring the EU in the dispute over Indonesia's ban on nickel exports shows that the organization still has work to do to embrace multilateralism and truly be a ladder of development for all.

Many cases show that the existence of civil society organisations in the context of authoritarian politics do not necessarily introduce a regime change and in a democratic context they face many limitations in advancing a liberal political order. Indeed, the global trend of authoritarianism affirms the failure of civil society in defending democratic institutions from being hijacked by reactionary populist politics. 

Our study observes that although these Twitter users were ostensibly unconnected, their posts and profiles strongly suggest that a single entity was directing all these accounts.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has proposed Navy chief of staff Admiral Yudo Margono as the new commander of the Indonesian Military (TNI).

One of the reasons behind the country’s success in drastically lowering COVID-19 infection is its mass-vaccination program, which has now reached its fourth phase. 

While the WTO's Appellate Body is paralyzed, an alternative pathway is still open to its members to settle their trade disagreements.

In our diverse country, this nationwide uprising has created unprecedented cooperation among people of all ethnicities, religions, political persuasions and economic backgrounds. 

Host countries have used the Olympics not only as platform to prove their advance feats in sports, but also to display accomplishments in economic development. 

Heru chose to return to the normalization program, as he believes this is one of the best ways to deal with flooding in the capital.

With their creativity and idealism, our art cinema talents have changed the direction of our local film industry. But sadly, outside awards nights, their movies have yet to receive significant attention in the country.

Diligent lobbying of the women ulema and their persuasive arguments have earned them frequent audiences with decisionmakers, energizing Indonesia’s civil society movement with their mastery of Islam in the face of authorities and loud conservative voices.

When China’s growth continues to slow down, it will be much more difficult for other countries to survive.

With mounting debts and little fiscal room, emerging countries may face risks of being unable to pay off their debts and suffering from devastating economic shocks.

In dismissing Justice Aswanto, the House has turned a blind eye to the law it has made, thereby showing that legislative power is not bound by law and sits above applicable law, or simply paralyzes constitutionalism.

The free market system is a theory, not reality, because the real world is mostly a messy eco-system of different forms of government and markets.