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Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is welcomed upon her arrival at Sungshan Airport in Taipei on Aug. 2.

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Pelosi's Taiwan junket was nothing but poison

Speaker Pelosi has been struggling in a quagmire of political difficulties in recent months. Her party is having trouble securing a House majority in the upcoming midterm election.

3 years ago

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Unintended pregnancies put women’s health and lives at risk

In the developing world, unsafe abortions cost an estimated US$553 million per year in treatment costs alone, the UNFPA says. ...

3 years ago

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Wooing millennials to invest in sustainable projects

A larger contribution by domestic investors will ensure that development financing is accessible and financial stability is easier to maintain in the face of global uncertainties. ...

3 years ago

The Latest

‘Feminist’ touch: Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi delivers a statement to the press after the Group of 20 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting wrapped up on July 8 in Nusa Dua, Bali.

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Indonesia's quiet feminist foreign policy: What next?

While Indonesia has been quietly pushing feminist diplomacy on the international stage, it has yet to come out and embrace the concept as its foreign policy approach.

3 years ago

Farmers harvest rice using a modern rice cutting machine near East Biara village in Tanah Jambo Aye district, North Aceh regency, on March 9, 2020.

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Psst, we are self-sufficient in rice

Per-capita consumption of rice has been declining in recent years, from 99.1 kilograms in 2016 to 94.4 kg in 2021, as people gradually diversify their diets.

3 years ago

Aerial view of Tanjung priok industrial port with container ships.

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Smart ways to decarbonize supply chain and logistics with AI

Intelligent logistics solutions allow delivery managers to configure and prioritize eco-friendly modes of transportation for short-distance deliveries.

3 years ago

Right to life: People display placards and lights during a vigil for Malaysian drug convict Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam at Speakers corner in Singapore, April 25, 2022.

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Abolishing death penalty is a long game to play

It is essential to create a critical mass, a larger audience of new generation Singaporeans who are ready and equipped to question the death penalty.

3 years ago

Hall of shame: 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. The KPK arrested them in Bandung on Aug. 19 in connection with alleged bribery in the state university’s student admission program.

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Corruption academies

The case comes on the heels of Nadiem’s much-vaunted vision of Kampus Merdeka (free campus), which is supposed to liberate higher education from not only the barriers to academic freedom but also corrupt practices.

3 years ago

High-school graduates take computer-based exams (UTBK) for university enrollment at the Jakarta State University campus in East Jakarta on July 5. The exam is being conducted in two phases with a total of 42,463 participants. JP/Wendra Ajistyatama

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How political, economic interests fail our universities

University officials are likely to build a close relationship with government officials, members of the political elite and people with strong social, cultural, political and economic resources to pursue their personal gains.

3 years ago

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu poses for a photo with a delegation of senior Indonesian journalists in a meeting in Jerusalem on March 28, 2016.

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Diplomatic ties with Israel unimaginable for Indonesian Muslims

Kalla may have government backing, although I am almost sure that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo will never accept the idea because it would be political suicide to say anything good about Israel.

3 years ago

Freedom fighter or terrorist is subjective, but the Arms Trade Treaty aims to prevent human rights abuses.

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Arms Trade Treaty at risk of irrelevance

If the Arms Trade Treaty’s many signatories reaffirm their commitment to the agreement’s aims, they could start to see real change.

3 years ago

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrating his 'military strong man' credentials by riding a motorbike.

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What jetskis, horses and gun-toting leaders have to do with international peace

Global leaders who style themselves as military strong men may weaken United Nations negotiations over the trade in arms.

3 years ago

President Joko Widodo addressed on the 74th anniversary of Bhayangkara at the State Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (1/7/2020). Commemoration of the 74th Bhayangkara Anniversary with the theme Conducive Kamtibmas Increasingly Productive Communities was carried out simply because of the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The ceremony was held virtually and was attended by a number of Polda and Polres across the archipelago.

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Analysis: Jokowi urges SOEs, INA to enter Masela gas block to jumpstart project

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has urged state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) to enter the huge but stalled Masela gas block in Maluku to jumpstart the US$20 billion project. Many, however, have questioned the motive behind the move.

3 years ago

People in need: Residents of the Cibeunying Kidul area of Bandung bring home social assistance packages from the President on May 4. The assistance was part of the social protection program to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sustaining social protection during fiscal consolidation

The social protection budget has been credited with reducing poverty and protecting the poor from economic shocks.

3 years ago

Subsidy addicts: Motorists line up for subsidized RON-90 Pertalite fuel at a gas station in Bogor city, West Java on Aug. 9. The government has begun discussions on whether to increase the price of Pertalite soon.

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A bad time for a good idea

Jokowi struck a cautious note on Tuesday when he said that an increase in the price of Pertalite should not hit people’s purchasing power and should not lead to a spike in inflation.

3 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (left) shakes hands with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during the welcome ceremony for the Belt and Road Forum, at the International Conference Center in Yanqi Lake, north of Beijing, on May 15, 2017.

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Lessons learned from the 1997 Asian financial crisis

The disappearance of the “iron curtain” or the harsh borders between socialist and capitalist economies raises the number participants in and the of fierceness of global competition.

3 years ago

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Unraveling the untamed tangle of fuel issues

Fuel subsidies and management pose a two-pronged challenge for the government to solve in light of ever-increasing domestic demand, declining supplies and ongoing global uncertainty.

3 years ago

Pandemic boom: A phone screen displays the popular word game 'Wordle'. Indonesians have recently been playing the web-based game and sharing their results on social media.

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Charting pathways for Indonesia’s personal data protection ecosystem

The wait-and-see approach of some of the private ESPs to registering with the Online Single Submission (OSS) was understandable as they would have to comply with some problematic provisions in the regulation related to data governance, content moderation and access to their systems.

3 years ago

The poverty data of Statistics Indonesia (BPS) might provide us with information on the main determinants of consumption-based poverty in the provinces. Yet, when it comes to the non-monetary dimensions of poverty, we remain clueless.

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Lessons learned from the 1997 Asian financial crisis

In terms of Human Development Index (HDI) China ranks 85th in the world, Indonesia and the Philippines at 107th place and Vietnam at 117th, though these countries have done well in terms of improvement throughout the period of 2010 and 2019.

3 years ago

Motorists fill up on May 11, 2022 at a gas station in Malang, East Java. The government has continued to maintain its fuel subsidy despite skyrocketing global oil prices.

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'Jokowinomics' buys political stability for $33.5 billion

The government's penchant for maintaining the fuel subsidy in spite of high global prices and sage economic advice is linked to its ingrained fear of political instability, but the opportunity cost may be much higher in the long term.

3 years ago

Studying can’t wait: Rohingya refugees study together at a refugee camp in the village of Munasah Mee in Lhokseumawe, Aceh on Jan. 18.

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Who will champion the Rohingya? Draconian refugee policies must end now

Across the region, Rohingya are treated as illegals and exploited by those who seek to benefit from their precarious status.

3 years ago

A group of police detain a demonstrator during a protest against the government's proposed labor reforms in the controversial omnibus bill on job creation.

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Reforming the police

The dissolution of the task force itself, however, has already shown something, if not many things, went wrong with the elite group.

3 years ago

Communications and Information Minister Johnny G. Plate (center) during a press conference on Wednesday, 29 September 2021 in Jakarta.

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Indonesia’s ‘Super Apps’: Will they be another waste of state budget?

The Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Information’s (Kominfo) plan to merge around 24,000 government apps into just eight apps, which they call ‘Super Apps’, is worth closer scrutiny.

3 years ago

A police car is parked near a row of shop houses in Pamulang, South Tangerang, in this file photograph dated March 10, 2010.

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Policing monopoly: Serving and protecting whom?

Most good drivers yield to a police car speeding its way along the country's roads, lights blazing and siren blaring, and even to nonofficial vehicles with a police escort. But are they really serving and protecting the public?

3 years ago

Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto attended the inaugural working meeting with the DPR's Commission I at the Senayan Parliament Complex, Jakarta, Monday (11/11/2019). A working meeting between the DPR and the Ministry of Defense (Kemhan) discussed the 2020 Ministry of Defense work plan and its budget support.

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Analysis: Third time lucky? Prabowo to contest presidential race again

Prabowo Subianto officially confirmed his bid to run for president in 2024 at the Gerindra Party’s national leadership meeting (Rapimnas) last weekend.

3 years ago

The police's General Supervision Inspectorate chief Comr. Gen. Agung Budi Maryoto (center) makes an announcement about the alleged premeditated murder of former internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo’s aide-de-camp Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat on Aug. 19.

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Police need urgent organizational overhaul, like the military did

A senior minister said the police’s concealment lasted almost one month because Ferdy was “very powerful” even to higher-ups in the police.

3 years ago

Revealing the truth – Catherine Pandjaitan, the daughter of Donald Isaac Pandjaitan, one of six military generals murdered on Sept. 30, 1965, speaks to journalists on the sidelines of a symposium on the 1965 anti-communism purge reconciliation in Jakarta on Monday.

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Truth, reconciliation and justice

Many serious cases of human rights violations have lingered in the wild with no real prospect of resolution.

3 years ago

President Joko Widodo breaks ground on a pilot coal gasification plant in Muara Enim, South Sumatra, on Jan. 24, 2022.

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Small firms, big impacts: Green transition must embrace SMEs

SMEs must be an integral part of the green transition and related policies, as they play an immense role in fostering innovation and building economic resilience.

3 years ago

Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin opening the the G20's Health Working Group meeting in Yogayakarta, March 28.

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Build up equitable vaccination practices before the next pandemic

We cannot afford a repeat of trade barriers stopping the lion’s share of vaccines produced in India from reaching Africans.

3 years ago

Indonesian Under-16 national soccer team players celebrate with the trophy after defeating Vietnam 1-0 in a final match to win the 2022 AFF U-16 Championship at Maguwoharjo Stadium in Sleman, Yogyakarta, on Aug. 12.

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Future for Young Garudas

The country waits for the Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) to pick up the pace in developing players as they aim to represent Indonesia in the senior level.

3 years ago

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