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Health workers walk on Nov. 13, 2022 near a residential area placed under lockdown to contain the transmission of COVID-19 in Beijing.

Editorial

Awaiting China’s full recovery

While China’s COVID-19 policies have negatively impacted the world, they have also had positive impacts, especially in saving millions of lives in the developing world through sharing the vaccines it had developed.

2 years ago

Academia

Equalize! Unite to end the inequalities holding back the end of AIDS for women, children.

Harmful gender and social norms as well as legal barriers greatly hamper the HIV response, as fear of discrimination and criminalization makes key populations avoid accessing services. ...

2 years ago

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Will the US maritime surveillance drone program matter to Indonesia?

The deep involvement of the US and the money it has poured into Maritime Security Board (Bakamla) could lead to an assumption, if not allegation, that the Indonesian institution is totally in the US’ pocket. ...

2 years ago

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As high as the sky: BCA Tower stands out on Jakarta’s thoroughfare Jl. Thamrin just near Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Dec. 18, 2016. Djarum Group, the cigarette giant belonging to the Hartono family, acquired BCA, the country’s largest private bank, in 2002 through Farindo Investments Ltd.

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Indonesian family offices: Untapped and unknown

According to a survey of more than 3,200 high-net-worth families conducted by Williams Group Wealth Consultancy, around 70 percent of wealthy families lose their fortune by the second generation, and 90 percent by the third.

2 years ago

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo speaks at an event on May 15, 2015 organized “Relawan Jokowi” at Cibubur camping ground in East Jakarta. The group, whose volunteers supported Jokowi in the 2014 election, expressed its support for Jokowi’s government during the event.

Editorial

Democratic legacy

Jokowi’s electoral muscle could easily be interpreted as a challenge not just to his own political party, the PDI-P, but also to the whole party system as a key democratic institution.

2 years ago

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Indonesia builds downstream metals industry to escape middle-income trap, says Bahlil

As Indonesia continues to build downstream industries, it faces multiple challenges in becoming a developed country. Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia spoke to The Jakarta Post about investment prospects in 2023 and how the country has proven naysayers wrong along the way.

2 years ago

Politician of the National Awakening Party Ida Fauziah visited the Presidential Palace, Jakarta, Tuesday, October 22, 2019.

Opinion

Analysis: Govt changes minimum wage calculation formula to please unions

The government has changed the formula to calculate the minimum wage for 2023 to please labor unions supporting the government but disappoint businesspeople.

2 years ago

Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (center) reacts at the end of a press conference in Kuala Lumpur on November 20, 2022.

Academia

Challenges of Pakatan Harapan-led unity government

The GE15 electoral results have shown the racial and religious fault lines in the country after years of intense politicization.

2 years ago

Academia

Despite global turmoil, the stars are aligning for Indonesia’s digital economy

Clearly, the nation is not just surviving, but thriving on multiple fronts, supported by increased digitization efforts.

2 years ago

Search and rescue: Rescue workers evacuate on Nov. 29, 2022 the remains of a local resident who was buried in a landslide that followed an earthquake in Cijedil village, Cianjur, West Java last week. The death toll from the disaster has reached 325.

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Co-creation approach to promote disaster risk management

In terms of overlapping roles, many government bodies have created similar programs such as the alert village program by the Social Affairs Ministry, and community-based disaster alerts by the Indonesian Red Cross.

2 years ago

The coal-fired Suralaya power station in Banten.

Editorial

The cost of renewables

Given that these deals could sound too good to be true, experts have reminded the country of the prudent use of the funds for early coal plant retirement and new investments in renewables.

2 years ago

Central Java Deputy Governor Taj Yasin Maimoen (third left) and participants beat tambourines to mark the opening of the second Indonesian Women Ulema Congress (KUPI II) and the International Women Ulema Conference at Walisongo State Islamic University in Semarang on Nov. 23. The congress was held at Hasyim Asy'ari Islamic boarding school in Jepara, Central Java.

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KUPI II: Women ulema spearhead movement for just, egalitarian society

In order to protect all citizens, both the state and civil society have to promote religious moderation and an Islam that is friendly, tolerant and peaceful..

2 years ago

Lampung University rector Karomani (center), his deputy Heryandi (right) and another suspect Andi Desfian head to the press conference room at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) office on Aug. 21, 2022.

Academia

To change corrupt behaviour, change the message

Telling people not to do something because everybody's doing it will often backfire.

2 years ago

A person walks near a mockup depicting the Earth globe at a booth in the deserted hall at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name near the end of the COP27 climate conference on Nov. 19, 2022.

Academia

Can Asia and the Pacific get on track to net zero?

The past two years has been a grim reminder that conflicts in one continent create hunger in another, and that emissions somewhere push sea levels higher everywhere.

2 years ago

Newly appointed Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim takes the oath of office on Nov. 24, 2022 during his swearing-in ceremony at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur.

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Does Malaysia's unity government really lack Malay support?

Regardless of the skewed figures that seem to indicate that Anwar's new government is hobbled before it even starts forming a Cabinet, it was clearly stated that Malaysian voters across all races and creeds want the incoming government to tackle the rising cost of living and corruption.

2 years ago

Dollar haven: A teller counts United States dollar banknotes at a money changer in Jakarta on Oct. 4. As of October, the rupiah had depreciated 8 percent against the US dollar.

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Indonesia’s goldilocks moment in the changing global economy

The eventual reopening of the Chinese economy would increase demand and prices for its staple exports e.g. crude palm oil, iron ores and some grades of coal, driving export growth.

2 years ago

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un (center right, front) and his daughter (center left, front) pose with soldiers who contributed to the test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile at an unknown location in North Korea, in this undated picture released on Nov. 27. The country has conducted a record-breaking blitz of missile launches in recent weeks and fears have grown that it is building up to a seventh nuclear test, its first since 2017.

Editorial

North Korea’s nuclear terror

When assuming the ASEAN chairmanship in January next year, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo needs to take a diplomatic offensive to complement international efforts to deescalate tension in East Asia.

2 years ago

A villager looks at damaged houses following a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that killed at least 162 people, with hundreds injured and others missing in Cianjur, West Java, on Nov. 22, 2022.

Academia

Why are shallow earthquakes more destructive? The West Java disaster is an example

At magnitude 5.6, this earthquake was much smaller than many other earthquakes that have caused death and destruction in Indonesia over the past few decades.

2 years ago

President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo (left) and NasDem Party chairman Surya Paloh talk during a meeting on Nov. 22, 2018.

Opinion

Analysis: NasDem’s election gambit with Anies nomination

The NasDem Party has made its opening election gambit by declaring former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan its chosen candidate for the 2024 presidential race.

2 years ago

Then-Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (center) leaves after meeting with Malaysia's king at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 22.

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PM Anwar Ibrahim, welcome to ASEAN’s elderly leaders' club

Anwar’s most daunting challenge will be to convince the country’s Malay majority and Chinese and Indian minorities that the multi-ethnic nation will be much more prosperous and more modern when they work together on equal footing.

2 years ago

Group of 20 leaders raise their garden hoes for a group photo during a tree planting event at the Taman Hutan Raya Ngurah Rai Mangrove Forest, on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali on Nov. 16.

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Indonesia’s diplomacy and the G20 presidency: Debunking the skeptics

In today’s context, empowering bilateral diplomacy also represents the desire of domestic constituents to see more tangible outcomes or concrete projects from diplomatic missions overseas.

2 years ago

President Joko Widodo (right) gestures as US President Joe Biden (front left), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (back left), Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (back center) and other leaders walk together during a tree planting event at the Taman Hutan Raya Ngurah Rai Mangrove Forest, on the sidelines of the G20 summit meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali on November 16, 2022.

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G20 mandated to address global inflation

To manage the demand side, the Group of 20 central banks will continue to precisely calibrate the pace of monetary policy tightening in a data-dependent and clearly communicated manner.

2 years ago

Witnesses of war: Residents of Vyshhorod, a town near Kyiv, stand in front of their apartment building after it was destroyed by a Russian missile attack on Nov. 24, 2022.

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Ukraine, right-wing nationalism and the crisis of democracy (Part 2)

The crux, in other words, is that the liberal third wave of democracy has step-by-step nourished an authoritarian reaction due to its connection to global neoliberalism, continued elitism and corruption.

2 years ago

Malaysia's newly appointed Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim offers prayers after taking the oath during the swearing-in ceremony at the National Palace in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 24.

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Best of luck, Dato’ Anwar

Under Anwar, our relationship should blossom beyond the common Malay heritage based on our shared values for democracy, freedom, human rights and dignity.

2 years ago

This aerial view taken on Nov. 17 shows the site where a missile strike on Nov. 15 killed two men in the eastern Poland village of Przewodow, near the border with war-ravaged Ukraine.

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Ukraine, right-wing nationalism and the crisis of democracy

Right-wing nationalism is largely a reaction to the downsides of neoliberal globalization, combined with the shortcomings of the third wave of rights and democracy.

2 years ago

Editorial

Knock, knock: Are you okay?

While many communities came together to reach out a helping hand to their neighbors during pandemic lockdowns, we should also do so as a matter of course.

2 years ago

President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo speaks during the Group of 20 Summit in Bali, on Nov. 16.

Academia

Jokowi’s foreign policy comes late, but internationally impactful

Indonesia’s turns at the presidency of the Group of 20 this year and ASEAN chairmanship next year have forced Jokowi to devote much of his time and energy to foreign affairs.

2 years ago

Street fashion: Participants strut on the runway during the Citayam Fashion Week outside Dukuh Atas commuter train station in Central Jakarta on July 22, 2022.

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What TikTokers teach us about the pressing need for inclusive digital policy

The class consciousness during the heyday of CFW often led to a false assumption that the more privileged people are, the less vulnerable they are in pursuing their cultural tastes and navigating digital life.

2 years ago

President Joko Widodo (right) symbolically transfers the Group of 20 presidency by handing over the gavel to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Nov. 16, 2022, during the closing ceremony of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali.

Academia

The 2022 Bali G20 declaration: did success really stem from Indonesia’s diplomacy?

To what degree, though, can Indonesian diplomacy lay claim to having delivered the success?

2 years ago

Money, money, money: Debt collectors have their own concerns, from welfare to security. (Unsplash/Mufid Majnun)

Academia

From daunting to digital: How technology makes debt collections better

One of the reasons why it is difficult to obtain debt repayment in Indonesia is that collections have traditionally been a manual and labor-intensive activity.

2 years ago

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