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Workers walk along the marina near the Katara Towers in the Qatari coastal city of Lusail on Oct. 23, 2022, ahead of the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Editorial

World Cup dream

It is not an exaggeration to call the World Cup an ideal pause for those in conflict to lay down arms and return to the negotiating table.

2 years ago

Academia

G20 scientists urge pandemic preparedness and climate action after Bali summit

Indonesia’s role in this year’s G20 events provides strategic momentum for the country, along with G20 member states and the global scientific community, to continue and intensify efforts for pandemic preparedness and climate crisis. ...

2 years ago

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After the US midterms, optimism among Democrats

Biden, surprisingly, avoided the large rallies that are normally an integral part of election campaigns and relied entirely on the media coverage of his “accomplishments”. ...

2 years ago

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Residents look for their belongings in the ruins of their house, which was destroyed by a landslide in Oebufu subdistrict, Oebobo district, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara on April 17, 2021. Hundreds of people were killed after flash floods and landslides triggered by the Seroja tropical cyclone swept through East Nusa Tenggara on April 5 of that year.

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Our toilet and sanitation system needs to be climate resilient

The impacts of climate change on the water, sanitation and health sector are rarely addressed within Indonesia’s policies.

2 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (right) and his Timor Leste counterpart Jose Ramos-Horta (left), attend a joint press conference after their meeting at Bogor Palace. This handout picture was taken and released on July 19 by the State Palace.

Academia

Timor Leste’s ASEAN membership: RI’s lifelong debt

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was among ASEAN leaders who had consistently convinced fellow regional leaders to accept Timor Leste as part of the group.

2 years ago

Ominous: A cloud of tear gas rises over the stands at Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, after the match between home team Arema FC and rival Persebaya Surabaya on Oct. 1.

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We must ban tear gas use in sports stadiums, for good

Police crowd control tactics affect countless victims worldwide every year.

2 years ago

Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (third right) walks with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr (left), Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (third left), Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (fourth left), the Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah (fifth left), King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni (fifth right), Prime Minister Hun Sen (fourth right), Laos Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh (second right), Malaysia's Lower House Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun (right) at the ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh on Nov. 10 during a courtesy call to Cambodia’s king.

Editorial

ASEAN’s 11th member

The membership will pave the way for Timor Leste, Indonesia’s former colony, to accelerate its economic development and boost its international credentials as a member of one of the world’s most successful regional organizations.

2 years ago

Cambodia's Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (left) speaks next to Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (center) and Brunei Second Minister of Foreign Affairs Erywan Yusof (right) at a meeting with the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) representatives during the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Phnom Penh on August 2, 2022.

Academia

Time to strengthen human rights protections for ASEAN

The ASEAN human rights declaration, as it stands, is not perfect – notably omitting reference to a number of fundamental rights, such as freedom of association.

2 years ago

Election time: A customer at a restaurant watches a live broadcast of Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announcing dissolution of the Parliament in Kuala Lumpur on Oct. 10. The general election is slated for Nov. 19.

Academia

The Malay-Muslim politics and Malaysia’s GE15

This time around, both PN and BN are wracked with major issues but UMNO is seen to have more potential to improve its number of seats in the state despite PAS’ association with Bersatu.

2 years ago

A woman walks on a railroad track running by a slum in Kampung Bandan, Central Jakarta, on Oct. 14. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reported that Jakarta’s poverty rate in March had increased since September 2021 by 3,750 to reach 502,040 people, or 4.69 percent of the city’s population.

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More extensive indicators of poverty line needed to better measure poverty incidence

It is time for Indonesia to adopt a multidimensional-poverty measurement officially as Malaysia has done since 2015 to complement its income-based poverty measurement.

2 years ago

Under cover: Terrorist Putri Munawaroh (left) is guarded by a plainclothed policewoman as she enters a court room in Jakarta on July 29, 2010. Munawaroh was sentenced to three years in jail for sheltering and assisting terrorists involved in suicide bomb attacks on two Jakarta hotels the previous year.

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Gender and a shift in the narrative of violence

The narrative of “maidens with beautiful eyes” envisioned by men must be seen as equivalent to the narrative that offers “entering heaven as a family” as desired by women.

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, during the closing ceremony of the 2022 G20 Bali Leaders’ Summit in Nusa Dua.

Editorial

Mission accomplished

The successful conclusion to the G20 Bali Summit on Wednesday and the issuance of the Bali Leaders' Declaration are testament to the Indonesian brand of diplomacy in bringing parties together. Now, it must use its weight to drive the implementation of commitments achieved during its 2022 G20 presidency.

2 years ago

Editorial

Fostering progressive Islam

The stakes are high, considering the experience we had in the past two national elections, in which nationalist and Islamist rhetoric were both used to exclude others, paving the way for the rise of both hyper-nationalism and Islamic populism.

2 years ago

G20 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 meeting in Nusa Dua, on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on November 16, 2022.

Academia

Southeast Asia can leverage its geopolitical to become key global trade player

The APEC and G20 meetings would be perfect venues for global leaders to recommit to the principles of free trade and multilateralism that have delivered astonishing improvements in standards of living in developed economies.

2 years ago

Loud and clear: Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest outside the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.

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Focus on rural realities – A climate change appeal from Ambon to Egypt

As young people, we are worried about a crisis that we did not create but one that we have to live with.

2 years ago

Meeting in session: Delegations listen as President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo speaks during the Group of 20 Leaders' Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali on Nov. 15.

Editorial

G20: Hope and deliverables

Judging the two-day Group of 20 Leaders’ Summit mainly from the contents of their declaration we may misunderstand the dynamics, potential and limitations of the multilateral forum.

2 years ago

Fruit of work: Trucks carrying oil palm fresh fruit bunches line up for unloading at a processing facility belonging to PT Karya Tanah Subur in Padang Sikabu village, in West Aceh regency, Aceh, on May 17.

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Oil palm smallholder farmers and EU deforestation regulation

The EU’s refusal to recognize existing sustainability schemes means the duplication of costs and sustainability regulation for palm oil businesses.

2 years ago

This handout photo released by the host broadcast, ASEAN Summit 2021, on Oct. 26, 2021 shows Chinese Premier Li Keqiang (center) taking part in the ASEAN-China Summit on the sidelines of the 2021 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summits held online on a live video conference in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

Academia

China, ASEAN send strong message of East Asian cooperation

ASEAN is a high priority in China’s neighborhood diplomacy, and also a comprehensive strategic partner sharing the same future with China.

2 years ago

Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) shakes hands with President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo as he arrives for the G20 leaders' summit in Nusa Dua, Bali on Nov. 15, 2022.

Academia

China’s prominent role in ASEAN and the G20

Chinese vaccines helped many countries to recover from the COVID-19 crisis and now many of them, especially those in ASEAN, have reopened their borders.

2 years ago

A technician repairs an analog television in Kebayoran Lama, South Jakarta, on Tuesday, November 3. 2020. The newly enacted Job Creation Law stipulates the migration from analog TV to digital TV for the next two years as stated in Article 60A, paragraph 2 of the law.

Opinion

Analysis: Seven years late, TV analog switches off on Nov. 2, yet three TV groups disagree

The government finally migrated on Nov. 2 analog free-to-air TV to digital broadcasts through the analog switch off (ASO) program for almost half of 514 regions in Indonesia, including the Greater Jakarta area, after seven years of delay.

2 years ago

Unsung hero: Social Affairs Minister Tri Rismaharini (second right) and her staff pray near the grave of an unidentified hero at Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in South Jakarta on Nov. 10. Indonesia commemorates Heroes Day every Nov. 10.

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Women heroes are the currency of the world!

The fact that the gallery of heroes in Indonesia is so male-dominated is shocking, but hardly surprising, given how patriarchal Indonesian society has been, and still is.

2 years ago

United States President Joe Biden (right) and China’s President Xi Jinping shake hands as they meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Summit in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Nov. 14, 2022.

Editorial

Xi-Biden, beyond the photo op

When the two most powerful countries on Earth collaborate, the rest of the world can take comfort and even profit from the peace and stability that this generates

2 years ago

Herd immunity: A medical worker administers a booster COVID-19 vaccine dose at Qbig shopping mall in Pagedangan, Tangerang, Banten, on Sept. 18. The government aims to accelerate the booster shot rollout and has set a coverage target of 100 million by early 2023.

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G20, global collaboration and primary-health care

There should be a clear mechanism to strengthen regional and multilateral cooperation and solidarity in the battle against future pandemics.

2 years ago

Being addicted to sugar leads to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes and weight gain.

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To protect tomorrow, diabetes education is key

Diabetes disproportionately affects middle-income countries like Indonesia, where the health expenditure will add another burden to the already-overstretched health system.

2 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo delivers his closing speech during the Business 20 (B20) Summit as part of the Group of 20 dialogue, in Nusa Dua, Bali on Nov. 14.

Academia

Don’t let the world fall into another cold war

If the war does not end, it will be difficult for us to take responsibility for the future of the current generation and future generations.

2 years ago

Hear our voice: Speaking in front of G20 leaders, the representatives of Y20 voice the pressing matters related to youth employment. (Courtesy of Angelo Wijaya)

Academia

A G20 answer to youth unemployment

Far too many students graduate without the requisite skills for gainful employment because of an unfocused curriculum with no hands-on job exposure.

2 years ago

The price of war: A man walks past the ruins of a building destroyed in the course of the Russia-Ukraine war in Mariupol, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on Nov. 9, 2022. The war has lasted over eight months now, with no end in sight.

Academia

The conflict in Ukraine: cushioning the global impact

The agreement brokered in July by the UN and Turkey to facilitate safe passage of grain and fertilizer through the Black Sea was critical and must continue without hindrance.

2 years ago

Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi delivers a statement to the press after the Group of Twenty (G20) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting wrapped up on July 8, 2022 in Nusa Dua, Bali.

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Sustained engagement, collective duty key to successful G20 Summit

The Jakarta Post's Tama Salim and Yvette Tanamal recently sat down with Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi, co-convenor of the Group of Twenty (G20) Sherpa track, to find out what Indonesia expects from the G20 Summit.

2 years ago

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‘Kita Boleh’ has resulted In Malaysians' first victory with more to come

The ruling parties BN, UMNO splitter Bersatu and conservative Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) are all aware that the emotions of the people across the races are running high.

2 years ago

United States President Joe Biden (left) speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping (on screen) from the White House in Washington, DC, on March 18.

Academia

Can the Island of the Gods pacify Xi and Biden?

The rivalry between China and the United States has increased dramatically in the past year, threatening global peace in far more ways than the tension between Washington and Moscow.

2 years ago

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