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President Joko Widodo (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk together on June 30, 2022 as they head to a joint press conference at the Kremlin in Moscow.

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Foreign policy was a nonissue in past elections. This could change in 2024

Early signs indicate that Indonesia's foreign policy stance will carry unprecedented weight among those vying for the presidency in 2024.

3 years ago

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Nobel Peace Prize, Belo, Xanana and sex abuse

In 2019, when the Vatican heard of these allegations committed by Belo in the 1990s (!), they imposed sanctions a year later. ...

3 years ago

Opinion

Analysis: New omnibus finance bill to allow politicians to govern BI

The House of Representatives concluded a plenary meeting on Sept. 20 establishing the omnibus bill on financial sector reform as a parliament-proposed bill. ...

3 years ago

The Latest

For the sake of your health – An immunization worker gives oral polio vaccines to an under five-year-old child participating in a 2016 National Immunization Week event at state-owned pharmaceutical company Bio Farma’s headquarters in Bandung, West Java.

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Childhood vaccination: Let’s pull together to reverse the decline

The success of a campaign like this is built around parents and caregivers feeling confident and convinced about the benefits of immunization.

3 years ago

University of Indonesia's Faculty of Economics and Business is named as the best business school in Indonesia by Eduniversal Business Schools Ranking agency.

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SDGs in business school curricula to address ‘colossal global dysfunction’

There is about a $4.3 trillion yearly gap in SDG financing, which means the investment ecosystems are failing to enable SDG-related investments at scale and/or corporate boards are not making investment decisions at sync with SDG ambitions.

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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All eyes on Indonesia’s Constitutional Court which could be on verge of making history

There are well documented cases of massacres, people being burned alive, executions of women who’d been raped and the killing of people who’d been used as human shields.

3 years ago

All eyes, all ears: Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech via video at the opening ceremony of the 17th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, in southern China's Guangxi province on Nov. 27, 2020.

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Mutual trust key in ASEAN-China comprehensive strategic partnership

A plethora of studies exist to explain the causes of the lack of trust in ASEAN-China relations, attributing it to China’s political influence and military might.

3 years ago

Human rights activists hold a rally in front of the State Palace in Jakarta, demanding justice for past human rights abuses in this undated photo.

Editorial

New human rights hopes

Ironically, in a more democratic post-Soeharto Indonesia, the House has been picking mostly tepid commission members.

3 years ago

Holy matrimony: The ring represents the sacred promise of eternal bond in marriage. (Clinovic/Nahla Faizah)

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Batak tradition blocks a loving couple's path to God’s altar

Some have even chosen to be more flexible about the tradition so far as tolerating marriage between men and women from the same marga.

3 years ago

Home schooling: Elementary school teacher Fransiscus Xaverius Fri Harna (right) teaches his student on May 20, 2020 at the student's home in Magelang, Central Java, after schools were closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Driving clean and green development to the last mile in Indonesia

Among the root causes of this inequality is the lack of access to reliable electricity ─ a key factor that, in turn, determines access to quality health and education.

3 years ago

Making improvement: President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo stands at Gate 12 at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java, following a stampede that killed at least 131 people in one of the deadliest disasters in the history of soccer, in this handout photo taken and released by the Presidential Palace on Oct. 5.

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Preventing stadium tragedy through policy improvement

The tragedy only mirrors the lack of seriousness of the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) and the Indonesian Soccer League administrator in effectuating competition management under FIFA regulations regarding stadium’s safety and security.

3 years ago

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

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One step forward, two steps back toward gender equality?

The world and the context of development have changed quite drastically, but challenges, especially in education, gender-based violence and political participation persist, especially for the most marginalized.

3 years ago

Arema FC soccer players and officials leave flowers on a monument outside Kanjuruhan Stadium in Malang, East Java, on Oct. 3 as they pay respects to the victims of the stampede that followed the Oct. 1 match between Arema and Persebaya FC.

Editorial

Transforming soccer

The transformation of the sport is long overdue, and a plurality of voices is key. It is essential that the government bring both experts and supporters into the effort to achieve real and lasting stadium safety.

3 years ago

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto during the Indonesia onward cabinet annoucement by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday, October 23, 2019. The lineup of Jokowi's second-term Cabinet, a mixture of old and new faces, professionals and politicians — including Jokowi’s erstwhile rival in April’s presidential election.

Opinion

Analysis: CSIS survey shows young voters want change, not Prabowo

Young people aged between 17 and 39, who will make up 54 percent of voters in 2024, want a president who can make significant changes and they don’t think 70-year Prabowo Subianto, despite his huge popularity, is their man.

3 years ago

Financial Transaction Report and Analysis Center (PPATK) head Ivan Yustiavandana attends a session with lawmakers at the House of Representatives on Jan. 31.

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Illegal investment alerts Indonesia’s antimoney laundering enforcement

Uncertainty in Indonesia's current financial service regime and enforcement makes it fertile ground for fraudsters.

3 years ago

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Data protection officer: Challenges for new profession

If a policy or a product of the company is in violation of the PDPL, the company cannot force the DPO to approve.

3 years ago

After being introduced in 2015, child-friendly video sharing platform YouTube Kids is now accessible in Indonesia.

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Kidfluencers vs children’s well-being

Critics mainly suspect that kidfluencers are projections of their parent’s ambition, or worse, the cash cows of their respective families.

3 years ago

Outrage: An activist takes part in a rally outside the United Nations University in Tokyo on July 26, 2022 to protest against the Myanmar junta’s execution of four prisoners, including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party.

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Indonesia’s choice to stand on the right side of history in Myanmar

Indonesia’s long-standing commitment to non-interference and ASEAN centrality can be strong assets and effective tools in resolving the Myanmar crisis.

3 years ago

Constitutional Court justices Aswanto (left) and Wahiduddin Adams take an oath during their inauguration ceremony at the State Palace in Central Jakarta on March 26, 2019. They were reelected by members of the House of Representatives for the 2019-2024 period.

Editorial

Legislative overreach?

Speculation is rife that Jokowi is part of the whole attempt to unseat Aswanto as he is seen as having sought legal leeway to stay in power.

3 years ago

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Fairness and equality for all in forest management certification

The General Assembly of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), to be held in Bali on Oct. 9-14, is an opportunity for the FSC to ensure fairness and equality for stakeholders around the world, especially in encouraging improvements in forest governance, as well as the expansion of forest rehabilitation and restoration.

3 years ago

This picture taken on Oct. 1 shows tear gas released by police among people crowded in the stands after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java.

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Soccer as the opium of the masses: The case of stadium tragedy

In a country where the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, you can expect that most of those fans in the bleachers are from the working class.

3 years ago

Paying the price: Packages of bacon are displayed in a supermarket in McLean, Virginia, on Jun. 10. Wall Street stocks fell following fresh data showing surging consumer prices, quashing hopes that inflation would quickly abate.

Editorial

High inflation episode

If BI is too aggressive in money tightening to check inflation, that measure may sabotage the post-pandemic recovery and put pressure on income because economic growth is primarily driven by private consumer spending.

3 years ago

Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar (center) and Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide (left), alongside Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi, pose with a new memorandum of understanding between Indonesia and Norway on Indonesia’s greenhouse gas reduction efforts during a signing ceremony on Sept. 12, 2022 in Jakarta.

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New start for Indonesia's development aid sector?

In the most extreme case, the donor's pledged funds could flow back to the donor's home country to cover the overhead costs of the donor's own implementing agency and technical experts.

3 years ago

Clad in traditional costume, Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob delivers the national statement at the United Nations General Assembly in New York in Malaysia’s national language on Sept. 24.

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PM Ismail internationalizes Myanmar crisis at UNGA

ASEAN has made it very clear it wants the international community, especially the UNSC, to do more to end the rampant crimes against humanity in Myanmar.

3 years ago

Waruno Mahdi speaks in the seminar titled Digital Disruption in Asia in Leiden, the Netherlands, on May 24, 2016.

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‘Indonesia no longer my home’: Confession of a political exile

In Indonesia, past human rights violations are still covered up and even hailed as heroic deeds by some.

3 years ago

Still in charge: Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha delivers a speech as part of the 27th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo on May 26, 2022. The country’s Constitutional Court has allowed the prime minister to stay in power until 2025.

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Thailand’s declining role in ASEAN’s Myanmar policy-making

Unwavering support for the Myanmar junta will cost Thailand its traditionally strong influence in the regional grouping.

3 years ago

Familiar faces: West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil (left), Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan (center) and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo (right) pose for a photo session on Feb. 19, 2020. The three governors will end their terms this year or next year and be replaced by acting governors.

Editorial

Know your candidates

For a political party that controls a little over 9 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives, what the NasDem Party did at the start of the week was bold.

3 years ago

Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) CEO Ridha Wirakusumah (center) introduces the wealth fund's board of directors at the State Palace in Jakarta on Feb. 16, 2021.

Editorial

Let INA be sovereign

If the INA hopes to attract massive amounts of foreign direct investment (FDI), its projects must be attractive in themselves,

3 years ago

This picture taken on October 1, 2022 shows tear gas let off by police amongst people crowded in the stands after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java.

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An expert explains what led to the soccer stampede at Kanjuruhan stadium

The disaster happened on Saturday night at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java. Up to 3,000 fans reportedly streamed onto the pitch following a Premier League game in which Persebaya Surabaya defeated Javanese club Arema 3-2.

3 years ago

On par: A US$100 bill lies on top of euro bills in Bogota on July 12. The euro struck parity with the dollar for the first time in nearly 20 years on that day.

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BI’s lessons from the Fed’s mistakes

We expect BI will raise its policy rate up to 5 or 5.25 percent by the end of the year to make rupiah-denominated assets still attractive to foreign portfolio investors.

3 years ago

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