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ASEAN community can no longer tolerate Myanmar junta

The recent executions are a full-blown rebuff of the five-point consensus, indicating that the ASEAN consensus has neither a normative nor a deterrent effect on the junta. ...

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BI's turn now to act

We are lucky that though we depend mainly on fuel imports, the government can afford to cushion the impact of rising international oil prices to protect the purchasing power of the people.

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G20 Youth: Give us a seat at G20 Bali Summit

Around 100 members of the Group of 20 youth delegation gathered last week in Jakarta and Bandung for the Y20 Summit 2022.

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Indonesia needs more sustainable electricity sources to provide health services across its vast archipelago. (,

AI provides a jolt of energy for Indonesian medical research

Indonesia’s growth as a medical research hub will only go as far as its capacity to power its public health facilities. AI could speed up the process.

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AI could help the pharma industry improve drugs.

AI in the pharmaceutical industry promises cheaper, faster, better drugs

Finding potential new drugs is becoming faster and cheaper, thanks to artificial intelligence, but challenges remain.

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Muslims take part in a demonstration denouncing a ban on hijabs at certain educational institutes in Chennai, India, on Feb. 14.

Muslim headcover conundrum: When covering up actually exposes

Now Wahhabism has become more mainstream in Indonesia, especially in politicized contexts and as the 2024 presidential elections approach.

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Protesters show the three-finger salute during a demonstration against the Myanmar military junta's execution of four prisoners, outside the Myanmar Embassy in Bangkok on July 26. Myanmar's junta executed four prisoners including a former lawmaker from Aung San Suu Kyi's party, state media said on July 25, in the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.

How Indonesia can lead ASEAN in ending the Myanmar crisis

Indonesia needs to indicate its readiness to lead ASEAN to revamp the five-point consensus, making it clearer with specific operationalization to work according to what ASEAN, not the Myanmar junta, wants.

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

Time for the world to react to the junta's brutal force

ASEAN lacks strategic pressure to convince the junta to undertake meaningful steps toward the proposed peace plan.

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A cartoon depicts the process of revising the Criminal Code (KUHP).

Equality before the law: Are some more equal than others?

The latest draft of the Criminal Code (KUHP) sounds a deep and visceral warning that passing it as is will lead to the return of an authoritarian regime in Indonesia.

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Soldiers of People's Liberation Army (PLA) march in formation past Tiananmen Square during the military parade marking the 70th founding anniversary of People's Republic of China in Beijing, Oct. 1, 2019.

PLA in the new era: Firmly safeguard world peace and development

Humanitarian-relief cooperation has become a highlight of military cooperation between China and Indonesia.

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United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (fourth right) appears with members of her delegation in a handout photograph taken upon their arrival at Taipei Songshan Airport and released by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Aug. 2, 2022.

Pelosi is playing with fire

All fires start with a spark, and it might still not be too late for Biden to put out the one that the US has lit in our neighborhood by allowing Pelosi's Taiwan visit.

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Machine learning could be used to help support government programs.

Machine learning to help predict future dengue fever outbreaks

Indonesia’s dengue fever outbreaks are increasingly frequent. Artificial Intelligence can help to predict where the next hotspot will be.

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Scientists are using artificial intelligence to improve our understanding of COVID-19 mutations.

AI helps scientists keep up in COVID-19 mutation race

Artificial intelligence can help predict mutations in COVID-19. Some have achieved a perfect strike rate.

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The body of Bharatu (Posthumous) Doni Priyanto, 24, a member of the Mobile Brigade who was killed on Saturday (02/28/2020) in a shootout with armed groups in Papua, arrived at the Heroes Cemetery in Trenggalek, East Java, Sunday (1/3/2020) ). Doni, a resident of Karangrejo, Kampak Subdistrict, Trenggalek Regency, is a member of the Mobile Brigade who was sent during the Nemangkawi 2020 operation.

Opinion

Analysis: Hopes for peace dim as Papuan armed group step up attacks

Violence in Papua has taken a new twist after chilling video footage showing members of a Papuan armed group beheading a man in Bintang Mountains regency circulated on July 19.

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Field check: Newly installed Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan visits Klender traditional market in East Jakarta on June 22 to check the prices of basic commodities, especially cooking oil.

Cooking oil debacle ends but price volatility still looms

But since cooking oil is a basic staple food, the government should intervene to shield low-income groups and micro and small enterprises from the inflationary impact during the boom cycle.

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An employee fans out US$100 banknotes on March 19, 2020 at a foreign exchange outlet in Jakarta.

Can a BI 'preemptive strike' stop the rupiah depreciation?

The ongoing weakening of the rupiah is an anomalous occurrence, and the central bank might want to consider expanding its market operation as a "preemptive strike" to bolster the currency.

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Apples are stacked for display and sale as people shop at a grocery store in Monterey Park, California, on April 12, 2022. Americans paid more for gasoline, food and other essentials last month amid an ongoing wave of record inflation made worse by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Making the case against bad profits via shrinkflation

In much of Asia, inflation seems to be under control, largely due to steadier food prices.

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Internet freedom: Protesters rally outside the Communications and Information Ministry office in Jakarta on Aug. 23, 2019, demanding the government unblock internet access in Papua and West Papua.

The state cannot on its own govern the entire internet

The memories of the public and civil society are filled with the government’s draconian digital history of internet blockages and blackouts.

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Writing a new chapter in East Asia cooperation

The ongoing meeting between the foreign ministers of ASEAN member states and China poses a significant opportunity for the two sides to accelerate development along mutual interests.

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US Commanding General for the 7th Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Stephen G. Smith, speaks during a news conference ahead of the Super Garuda Shield 2022 joint exercise at the US embassy in Jakarta on July 29.

Garuda Shield expanded

Some may suspect that Super Garuda Shield is just another trick to contain China, but Indonesia has invited China to participate in other forms of cooperation.

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Side by side: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin head to a joint press conference at the Kremlin in Moscow on June 30.

Indonesia’s diplomatic hat trick

President Jokowi’s mission has raised awareness that the only option is to stop, not prolong, the war.

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Click and buy: A Jakarta resident uses a device to shop on a local e-commerce platform on June 15. The digital market continues to thrive in Indonesia and Asia in general.

Future of e-commerce in Indonesia is conversational

In another three years, the Indonesian internet economy is expected to reach US$146 billion in value, at a growth rate of 20 percent compounded annual growth rate.

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A doctor examines a woman infected with monkeypox at a quarantine area of the centre of the International medical NGO Doctors Without Borders (Medecins sans frontieres - MSF), in Zomea Kaka, in the Lobaya region, in the Central African Republic on October 18, 2018.

Step up surveillance, strengthen public health measures to prevent monkeypox transmission

A coordinated response that actively combats stigma can stop transmission and protect vulnerable groups.

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Under investigation: Aksi Cepat Tanggap (ACT) philanthropy-organization employees work at their office in Menara, 165 Tower, South Jakarta, on July 6. The Social Ministry has suspended ACT’s operating license pending an investigation into alleged misappropriation of public funds the group had raised.

Why is Indonesia prone to charity-funds embezzlement?

We tend to believe that the people or the organizations whom we trust with our money are trustworthy.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping in a virtual meeting with United States President Joe Biden on the morning of Nov. 16, 2021.

Statesmanship or brinkmanship

Given the increasing rivalry and tension between the two powers, Biden and Xi should continue to maintain their line of communication and talk as frequently as needed to prevent a war.

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Finance Ministrer Sri Mulyani Indrawati delivers a speech during the Indonesia Fintech Summit 2021 in Bali, Saturday, 11 December 2021.