TheJakartaPost

Please Update your browser

Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.

Jakarta Post
press enter to search

LOG IN / REGISTER
TJP Logo
The Jakarta Post - Logo Mobile

Popular Reads

Pertamina concerned about uncertainty amid energy policy changes - Companies - The Jakarta Post
Python swallows woman whole in South Sulawesi - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post
Pope’s first-ever Indonesia trip to be centered in Jakarta - Society - The Jakarta Post
Prabowo begins Gaza diplomacy blitz in Jordan - Middle East and Africa - The Jakarta Post
Indonesia calls for lasting peace in Gaza following US-sponsored resolution - Middle East and Africa - The Jakarta Post

Top Results

No results found. Please check your search term and try again

Can't find what you're looking for?

View all search results

Popular Reads

Pertamina concerned about uncertainty amid energy policy changes - Companies - The Jakarta Post
Python swallows woman whole in South Sulawesi - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post
Pope’s first-ever Indonesia trip to be centered in Jakarta - Society - The Jakarta Post
Prabowo begins Gaza diplomacy blitz in Jordan - Middle East and Africa - The Jakarta Post
Indonesia calls for lasting peace in Gaza following US-sponsored resolution - Middle East and Africa - The Jakarta Post

Top Results

No results found. Please check your search term and try again

Can't find what you're looking for?

View all search results
Academia

Optimizing Indonesia’s G20 presidency to boost the MSME sector’s growth

In mid-2021, McKinsey wrote that if Indonesia can quickly return to pre-pandemic growth rates, the country may become the world’s seventh-largest economy by 2030, from its 16th position in 2019.

3 years ago
Academia

ASEAN the key ground of competition in US-China's Indo-Pacific strategies

The war in Ukraine has expanded the US definition of the Indo-Pacific strategy and economic framework, and that it is utilizing the war to strengthen the window period for US-European relations. ...

3 years ago
Academia premium

Why Indonesia should not fail its G20 presidency

During Indonesia's G20 presidency, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will make sure the pandemic is addressed, the economy recovers and the world is well-prepared for future pandemics. ...

3 years ago

The Latest

President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo meets with Tesla and SpaceX founder Elon Musk in Texas on May 14.
Academia premium

Meeting Biden and Musk of equal importance to Jokowi

For Jokowi, the outcome of the special summit is acceptable, because the Joint Vision Statement issued after the meeting did not explicitly criticize China in the South China Sea and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

3 years ago
President Joko Widodo (right) watches along with Brunei Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (left) as United States President Joe Biden responds to a reporter’s question about the baby formula shortage during a photo op for the US-ASEAN Special Summit on May 12, 2022 at the White House South Lawn in Washington, D.C.
Editorial

Still much to prove

Biden still has a lot to do to show how "special" ASEAN and Southeast Asia really are to the US and its greater Indo-Pacific strategy, aside from keeping China at bay.

3 years ago
Sports time: Boys play cricket in front of a school that was damaged during the conflict between the Taliban and Afghanistan's former ruling government, in Kandahar on May 12, 2022.
Academia

Of smokes and mirror: Pakistan’s flawed Afghan ambitions

The rise of a so-called friendly regime in Afghanistan is being viewed as a strategic accomplishment by the Pakistani deep state.

3 years ago
A man uses his laptop to watch a video of a wild elephant on TikTok on Feb. 11, 2022 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Academia premium

Social media algorithm, the enemy of creators

The constantly changing algorithms on the social media landscape has made it more difficult for older creators to keep up and for new creators to build their audience.

3 years ago
Children’s rights: Cipinang Besar Utara subdistrict chief Sri Sundari speaks about child marriage prevention at the Cipinang, East Jakarta, child-friendly public space on Monday.
Academia premium

Schooling and sex education can help reduce high child marriage rates

Child marriage is a key cause of teenage pregnancy, with its concomitant higher risks of pregnancy and birth complications, including giving birth to premature or underweight babies.

3 years ago
Giving a boost: A resident receives an AstraZeneca booster vaccine dose during a mass inoculation program organized by the Semarang Police in the Simpang Lima neighborhood of the Central Java provincial capital on Thursday.
Academia premium

Administer any booster available to avoid hospitalization, deaths

The effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination typically decreases within six months of the administration of the second dose.

3 years ago
In this photo illustration, news about Elon Musk's bid to take over Twitter is tweeted on April 25, 2022, the day it was announced that Twitter had accepted a $44 billion bid from Musk to acquire the company.
Editorial

Tech tycoon bromance

From a public relations standpoint this is a major coup for Jokowi, considering that Musk is now the biggest newsmaker especially after his move to take over Twitter. 

3 years ago
This screengrab of handout video made available on the United Nations' YouTube channel shows Myanmar's ambassador to the UN Kyaw Moe Tun making a three-finger salute as he addresses an informal meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on February 26, 2021 in New York.
Academia

A strong US-ASEAN partnership starts with Myanmar

The US should take a page from the smart playbook it has deployed against Russia for its war of aggression in Ukraine by doubling down on punishing sanctions, and include the Myanmar Oil and Gas Enterprise (MOGE).

3 years ago
A woman buys vegetables at a stall in a traditional market in Jakarta.
Academia premium

Global geopolitical pressure and Indonesia's economic shield

The key to keeping Indonesia's economy resilient amid this year’s geopolitical tensions is its management of the pandemic.

3 years ago
No to plastics: Local people line up to weigh their plastic waste during the launch of the #GILAsSAMPAH anti-plastic waste movement in Jerman Beach in Badung, Bali, on April 17. The initiative was part of the Indonesia International Waste Expo.
Academia

We need to uplift the forgotten women behind Asia's plastic waste recycling systems

The pandemic has been shown to especially disproportionately affect women globally, since it has significantly increased the burden of unpaid care. 

3 years ago
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (center) and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (second left) attend the Indo-Pacific Ministerial Cooperation Forum on Feb. 22, 2022 as part of the French Presidency of the EU Council in Paris, France.
Academia premium

Macron's EU proposal: A potential mechanism for Southeast Asia?

Macron’s proposal for a looser European entity could very well be applied in Southeast Asia to coexist alongside ASEAN.

3 years ago
Deputy to the home minister for border area resource management Paulus Waterpauw takes an oath as he is installed as the acting West Papua governor at the Home Ministry in North Jakarta on May 12. Home Minister Tito Karnavian also inaugurated four other acting governors on the same day.
Editorial

Appointed, not elected yet powerful

Not only can the interim leaders serve for a few years without people’s mandate, they will also wield powers that barely differentiate them from elected ones.

3 years ago
Fruitful enterprise: A worker arranges oil palm fruit at a collection center in Kutamakmur, Aceh, on Nov. 7, 2021. As supplies of vegetable oil have been disrupted by the Ukrainian war, a number of European countries have shifted to palm oil.
Academia

The soaring price of cooking oil is unforgivable for ordinary Indonesians

People find it difficult to forgive President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo for his failure to bring down the price despite his bold decision to ban exports of palm oil until domestic supply is secured at an affordable price.

3 years ago
The US and China account for more than 94 percent of funding for AI startups over the past five years, and half of the world’s hyperscale data centers.
Academia

Developing economies risk exclusion as 'age of AI' dawns

Artificial intelligence is set to be a multi-trillion dollar industry by 2030, but developing economies risk falling behind unless changes are made.

3 years ago
On patrol: A China Coast Guard vessel patrols at the disputed Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea on April 5, 2017.
Academia premium

South China Sea: Common home and shared future

China and ASEAN members could set up a joint committee and cooperate with other NGOs to provide sustained support for regional cooperation on ocean governance. 

3 years ago
Cooking oil price hike cartoon
Editorial

The inflationary pressures

If inflation spirals out of control, the growth of private consumption would weaken and unfortunately, inflation hits the fixed low-income group hardest.

3 years ago
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (front right) inspects troops during a ceremony marking the 74th anniversary of the Indonesian Military (TNI) at Halim air force base in Jakarta on Oct. 5, 2019.
Academia premium

Jokowi’s governing algorithm, a playbook for the next president

With such an overwhelming coalition, Jokowi maintains a relatively stable balance in the executive and the House of Representatives to enact his priorities on infrastructure and pandemic recovery and to direct the delivery of policies.

3 years ago
Workers transfer harvested palm fruits onto a transport truck to be processed into crude palm oil (CPO) at an oil palm plantation in Pekanbaru, Riau, on April 23.
Academia premium

Electronic invoicing is key to breaking the palm oil price mystery

In fact, millions of farmers, who account for almost 40 percent of the country’s 16 million hectares of oil palm plantations, have been complaining about the steep decline in the price of their fresh fruit bunches as big companies that control the refining industry hesitated to increase stocks.

3 years ago
A stock image shows a female mosquito of the Anopheles genus, which transmits malarial parasitic species.
Academia premium

Innovation, collaboration key to achieving zero malaria by 2030

The COVID-19 pandemic may have initially disrupted the country's malaria elimination drive, but it has also created new opportunities for strategizing and innovating to achieve its 2030 zero-malaria goal.

3 years ago
The United States’ crude oil tanker, 'Kriti Breeze', passes through the Suez Canal on Feb. 15, 2022 in Egypt.
Academia premium

War in Ukraine risks disrupting Asia’s decarbonization efforts

Countries need to redesign their energy transition to stay on top of their climate goals amid the ongoing war in Ukraine and resulting energy crisis.

3 years ago
Women activists from various organizations held a long march in the Thamrin area, Central Jakarta, on March 8, 2020. They demanded that the government resolve cases of violence against women; cancel draft laws that were discriminatory, not gender-related, and violated rights; and pass bills on eliminating sexual violence.
Academia premium

What do feminists do during Ramadan?

In Indonesia, it is precisely the collaboration between secular and Muslim feminists that has greatly contributed to the success of the women’s movement in Indonesia.

3 years ago
Presidential candidate Ferdinand Marcos Jr. attends a campaign rally in Taguig, in suburban Manila, on April 24, 2022, ahead of the presidential election on May 9.
Academia premium

What would a Marcos Jr. presidency mean for democracy?

Lying and deception are the bread and butter of both Marcos and Duterte’s brand of politics. 

3 years ago
The youngest son of former Indonesian president Soeharto, Hutomo “Tommy” Mandala Putra (center), attends the opening of the Berkarya Party national meeting in Surakarta, Central Java on March 10, 2018, where he was voted chairman. Unlike the Philippines’ Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., who is set to follow in his dictator father’s footsteps in becoming president, Tommy has not been as successful in restoring the Soeharto clan image to the glory days of the New Order era.
Academia

After Philippines, Indonesia too is ripe for return to authoritarianism

Dynasty politics may be stronger in the Philippines than in Indonesia; however, Indonesian family dynasties still work with powerful oligarchs in ruling the nation.

3 years ago
Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos speaks while on the campaign trail on March 25, 2022 in Laoag city, Ilocos Norte province.
Editorial

Marcos’ 'people power'

ASEAN states may need to sit up and batten down if the junior Marcos' successful presidential bid spells a return of political dynasties in the Philippines.

3 years ago
A worker cleans handwashing facilities at Rawa Buaya low-cost apartment in West Jakarta on Nov. 4, 2020. Private water operator PT PAM Lyonnaise Jaya (PALYJA) granted handwashing facilities to subdistrict offices and low-cost apartments across the capital to commemorate Global Handwashing Day, which falls every Oct. 15. JP/Dhoni Setiawan
Academia

If we don’t invest in water and sanitation, we risk another devastating pandemic

Perhaps the biggest lesson of this pandemic is that our communities are only as healthy as our most vulnerable members.

3 years ago
This handout picture taken and released on April 29 by Indonesia's Presidential Palace shows Indonesian President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo (right) speaking as Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida watches during a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Bogor, West Java.
Academia premium

Strategic perspectives on Indonesia-Japan ties under Kishida

Geopolitically, Japan under Kishida still needs to recalibrate its efforts in balancing powerful competition, mainly from China, in the region that includes Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

3 years ago
A visual representation of the digital cryptocurrency bitcoin at the Bitcoin Change shop in the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as photographed on Feb. 6, 2018.
Academia premium

How digital rupiah can improve Indonesian-G20 economic engagement

Despite its high-growth factors, Indonesia only accounted for a minute percentage of the more than 10,000 technology companies founded in emerging markets from 2014 to 2020.

3 years ago
Page: 47

Popular

Popular

Today's ePost

Epost
Thu, July 13, 2023

Deepdive Highlights

Legacy, landscapes and lives: The tales of Nusantara
Society

Legacy, landscapes and lives: The tales of Nusantara
Black and White of RI Fiesta of Democracy
Art & Culture

Black and White of RI Fiesta of Democracy
Silent, invisible danger on Cirebon coast
Economy

Silent, invisible danger on Cirebon coast
Halls of Time
Art & Culture

Halls of Time

Community

Preparing for launch: Can e-mobility take to the air in Indonesia?

Preparing for launch: Can e-mobility take to the air in Indonesia?

By Nicolas Meyer and Andrey Berdichevskiy (Boston Consulting Group)
Work It Right: Finding your 'third space' in 2023

Work It Right: Finding your 'third space' in 2023

By Aninditta Savitry
Getting a life at the office

Getting a life at the office

By Aninditta Savitry
The imaginary ceiling

The imaginary ceiling

By Aninditta Savitry
Rethinking Career Path

Rethinking Career Path

By Aninditta Savitry
The Jakarta Post
The Jakarta Post - Apps Store Icon The Jakarta Post - Google Play Icon

© 2016 - 2025 PT. Bina Media Tenggara

Your Opinion Matters

Share your experiences, suggestions, and any issues you've encountered on The Jakarta Post. We're here to listen.

Enter at least 30 characters
0 / 30

Thank You

Thank you for sharing your thoughts. We appreciate your feedback.