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A Garuda Indonesia airplane is parked at Soekarno Hatta International Airport in Tangerang, Banten, on May 14.

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The emergence of equity financing for infrastructure development

SOEs may resort to an equity-financing scheme through the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA), a national sovereign-wealth fund.

3 years ago

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TNI’s role in counterterrorism: Between needs and politics

The existence of counterterrorism units within each of TNI service means the military still perceives counterterrorism as part of its regular duties. ...

3 years ago

Editorial

Palestine’s G20 message

Abbas’ UN mission is very clear, but the big question is how Palestine can apply for full UN membership if they remain unable to maintain national unity. ...

3 years ago

The Latest

Seeds of controversy: A worker weighs palm oil seeds at a plantation in Kutamakmur, Aceh, on May 12. The European Union is drafting a deforestation-free regulation that may ban imports of Indonesian palm oil.

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Why developing nations are fighting Europe’s deforestation-free regulation

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has named the EU one of the world’s biggest contributors to “imported deforestation”, second only to China and ahead of India and the United States.

3 years ago

Hindu religious leaders participate in a mass prayer event on Wednesday, wishing for the success of the Group of 20 Summit slated for Nov. 15-16, in Nusa Dua, Bali.

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Will R20 pave the way for religious diplomacy?

The 1945 Constitution mandates total diplomacy, which acknowledges the critical role of non-state actors, such as religious groups.

3 years ago

Let’s talk: Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn (third left) chairs the ASEAN Special Ministerial Meeting focusing on the Myanmar issue at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on Thursday. Also in attendance was Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi (right).

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ASEAN foreign ministers’ emergency meeting is disappointing

As soon as he begins his term as ASEAN chair on Jan. 1, 2023, Jokowi should directly talk to other leaders and secure their support for much tougher actions against the Myanmar junta.

3 years ago

A screen shows a message reading "Hacking detected" in this illustration image.

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Measuring state’s commitment to implementing PDP Law

It is clear that conflicts of interest could emerge, especially where complaints against state-linked institutions must be made to a regulator whose neutrality is contested.

3 years ago

Editorial

Indonesian youth, take charge!

Millennials and Gen-Zers, who will make up for more than 50 percent of voters, could change this in the 2024 elections if they play more active roles in politics to challenge the status quo.

3 years ago

Yiech Pur Biel of South Sudan is the first-ever refugee elected as an International Olympic Committee member.

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Anything is possible through sport

In Rio, we showed the world that, as refugees, we can do anything. Being a refugee is not the end. For me, with the IOC by my side, it was the start of a new journey.

3 years ago

In this file photo taken on August 5, 2022, a female polar bear bites her cub on the neck while trying to eat seaweed, which it was not allowed to do, along the shoreline of the Hudson Bay near Churchill.

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In fact, the world is getting better

Human life expectancy has doubled over the past century, from 36 years in 1920 to more than 72 years today.

3 years ago

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Indonesia’s strategy for riding the global economic slowdown

We can expect the rupiah to depreciate dramatically as US dollar liquidity dries up and global pandemonium spreads before rebounding somewhat, as seen after the initial shock of C0VID-19.

3 years ago

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Youth Pledge and internationalized Indonesian language

Indonesian students, especially those pursuing their studies in education and language, make up abundant human resources to teach Indonesian language and culture in primary schools and colleges.

3 years ago

Pakistani security personnel get into position outside an Agriculture Training Institute after an attack by Taliban militants in Peshawar on Dec. 1, 2017.

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Specter of the Taliban resurgence in Pakistan

The brutalities of the TTP rule have left deep imprints on the minds of the locals, who are not showing inordinate abhorrence toward the group.

3 years ago

Police officers visit a drug store to inspect medicines to children, following numerous child deaths from kidney injuries attributed to harmful substances in medicinal syrups, in Banda Aceh on Oct. 24, 2022.

Editorial

The BPOM, as the Ombudsman has so terrifyingly found, has no meaningful control to ensure safety, having relinquished medicinal testing to the pharmaceutical companies. This simply means the state has given up its authority.

3 years ago

China's President Xi Jinping (left) walks with (second left to right) Li Qiang, Li Xi, Zhao Leji, Ding Xuexiang, Wang Huning and Cai Qi, members of the Chinese Communist Party's new Politburo Standing Committee, the nation's top decision-making body, as they meet the media in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Oct. 23.

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Predicting Xi Jinping

Xi led the transformation from the peaceful rise of China that we saw in the first decade of the millennium to the more assertive rise of an empire with ever-expanding tentacles.

3 years ago

Singaporean activist Jolovan Wham arrives at the State Court in Singapore on Feb. 21, 2019 to face sentencing for allegedly organizing an illegal protest.

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Will 4G leadership bring in real changes to Singapore?

What Singapore needs is to discuss, debate but also to research what are considered taboo issues by the PAP.

3 years ago

Reach for the moon: Buddhist devotees visit Shwedagon pagoda to mark the full moon of the Thadingyut festival in Yangon, Myanmar on Oct. 9, 2022. Some of the attendees offered prayers for their country that has plunged into turmoil following last year's coup.

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ASEAN foreign ministers should engage rights body to deal with Myanmar

The AICHR can be assigned to establish a platform to hear grievances from the people of Myanmar and collect information by visiting the country’s neighbors.

3 years ago

General view of the ASEAN Leaders' Meeting at the bloc's secretariat building in Jakarta on April 24, 2021.

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ASEAN stewardship in an uncertain world

Various ASEAN instruments continue to guide regional integration and community building, from the ASEAN Charter to the successive ASEAN Community Visions and the corresponding blueprints.

3 years ago

This handout photo released by the host broadcast, ASEAN Summit 2021, on October 27, 2021 shows Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) taking part in the ASEAN-Australia Summit on the sidelines of the 2021 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, held online on a live video conference in Brunei's capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

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The ASEAN-Australia comprehensive strategic partnership – a year of progress

For Australia, the ASEAN-Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership is an important step forward, demonstrating our commitment to ASEAN and its central role in the Indo-Pacific.

3 years ago

A roadside food vendor makes 'pecel lele', a traditional dish of deep-fried catfish served with fresh vegetables and sambal (chili paste), in Cipadu, South Tangerang, Banten, on July 15, 2022.

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Obese and malnourished: the food future we face

Our world is not suffering from a lack of calories, but a lack of good nutrition which can sustain us. Science might just have the answers.

3 years ago

Spilt water: Officers of region-owned tapwater company PDAM observe leakage of a pipe in Cibubur, East Jakarta on Aug. 3, 2022. A bridge-construction project was said to cause the leakage.

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Think global, act local to transform cities and our planet

The blueprint for linking local to global urban sustainability lies in three ways: through knowledge, solutions, and partnerships.

3 years ago

A family wades through a flood hit area following heavy monsoon rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on August 29, 2022.

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There are no ‘natural disasters’

A weather-related disaster doesn’t need to be. By addressing the vulnerability of a society, the worst of it can be avoided.

3 years ago

Several heavy equipment owned by PT Berau Coal are conducting coal mining activities at the East Kalimantan mine operation Binungan site, Friday (03/04). The increase in world oil prices due to political conflict in Libya caused the coal price index to rise.

Opinion

Analysis: Bakrie’s coal-mining unit BUMI alive again after Salim’s entrance

Long dumped and shunned by investors, publicly listed coal miner PT Bumi Resources Tbk (BUMI), one of the largest mining companies associated with politically connected the Bakrie Group, is once again becoming a target of investors in the stock market following the entrance of the country’s premier conglomerate the Salim Group.

3 years ago

Latest schedule: The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on launch pad 39B at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Sept. 6.

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A spaceport in Indonesia’s new capital?

Since 1985, the government, through the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), has been conducting preliminary studies for the construction of a spaceport on a 100-hectare plot in Saukobye village, Biak Numfor, Papua.

3 years ago

China's President Xi Jinping (right) applauds beside Premier Li Keqiang (center) and Politburo Standing Committee member Wang Yang during the closing ceremony of the 20th Chinese Communist Party's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, on Oct. 22.

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China’s new chapter, world’s new opportunity

China has become a major trading partner for more than 130 countries and regions, with its import and export of goods accounting for 13.5 percent of the world's total in 2021.

3 years ago

Coveted prize: Secretary-general of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Hans Ellegren (center) and members of the Economics Nobel Prize committee Tore Ellingsen (left) and John Hassler announce the winners of the 2022 Nobel Economic Prize at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, on Oct. 10, 2022..

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Lesson from the 2022 Nobel laureates on financial crisis

Today, financial regulatory and supervisory frameworks are improving, but vulnerabilities can erupt from monetary policy swings.

3 years ago

People with disabilities wait for their turn to be vaccinated at Grab Vaccine Center Yogyakarta.

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Indonesia’s G20 presidency paves the way for global health security

For too long, the approach to pandemics has been one of panic and neglect: throwing resources at the problem when a serious outbreak occurs, then neglecting the existing protocols and plans when the news continues to make headlines.

3 years ago

Hand in hand: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken (fifth left) shakes hands the leaders of ASEAN on Aug. 4 2022 in Phnom Penh.

Editorial

Invite Suu Kyi’s representative

Now it is time for the regional grouping to go to the next level by inviting the official representative of Suu Kyi’s government.

3 years ago

Lawmakers attend a House of Representatives plenary session in Jakarta on March 8, 2021.

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How Indonesia’s female candidates have used social media in political campaigns

Many political candidates in Indonesia have been taking advantage of social media to design campaigns that promote piety. Female political candidates in particular have started to utilise social media to bring about social change and encourage women to become politicaly engaged.

3 years ago