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Second Agent Richard Eliezer (center) arrives at the South Jakarta District Court on Feb. 15, 2023 to hear the court’s verdict on his role in the premeditated murder of Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat, a colleague in the National Police.

Editorial

Collaborate for justice

Indonesia has long recognized the role of justice collaborators and will need them more in particular to ensnare corrupt people who have managed to evade justice.

2 years ago

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Lesson learned from the kidnapping in Papua

If the state can improve the conditions of the displaced people in Nduga, it will be able to regain trust among the Nduga people and the TPNPB to find a solution to rescue the hostage. ...

2 years ago

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Working together for the future of the news industry

With the right regulatory framework, we believe that there is more we can do together in partnership to increase and support quality journalism. ...

2 years ago

The Latest

Cargo containers are stacked at Yantian port in Shenzhen in China’s southern Guangdong province on June 22, 2021.

Academia

China and ASEAN: Cooperating to build an epicentrum of growth

ACFTA 3.0 will be complementary and mutually reinforcing with the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement, the new Chinese ambassador to ASEAN contends.

2 years ago

Actors from UPI's Teater Lakon acted on stage alongside students of La Trobe University Student Theater and Film, Australia, in UPI Cultural Building on Feb. 20, 2017.

Academia

Building grassroots Australia-Indonesia ties

The first and timeless challenge on the Australian side is finding ways to increase Indonesia literacy.

2 years ago

Academia

Driving sustainable and inclusive growth for everyone

Partnership between the public and private sectors is crucial, particularly for infrastructure development in transport, energy and health, which are critical for participation in economic and social spheres.

2 years ago

Shopping time: Customers wait to be served at a food stall in Banyuwangi, East Java, that uses a business platform operated by Warung Pintar, a tech start-up that focuses on business services for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).

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Will start-ups change when the winter passes?

Start-ups that have found their way to profitability are the ones that will survive the winter, while those that have not only have a minuscule chance.

2 years ago

Coal role: Heavy machinery is used to load coal onto trucks at the Karya Citra Nusantara (KCN) Marunda Port in Jakarta on Jan. 17, 2022. Exports of commodities like coal have helped the country maintain economic growth.

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How Indonesia is facing a huge loss in its fishery and coal trade

Indonesia’s fishery and coal commodities have been included in highly undertaxed sectors where the gross domestic product (GDP) contribution is far more significant than its tax contribution.

2 years ago

President Joko Widodo and Vice President Ma'aruf Amin introduced their deputy ministers before the inauguration at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta on October 25, 2019.

Opinion

Analysis: Indonesia today more corrupt than when Jokowi took charge

When President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo exits the political stage in October 2024, Indonesia will likely be a more corrupt nation than when he moved into the presidential palace a decade earlier, unless he can turn things around

2 years ago

New chief of Soccer Association of Indonesia (PSSI) Erick Thohir gestures during a meeting with the federation’s executive committee members at the PSSI Headquarters in Jakarta on February 18, 2023

Editorial

PSSI under ‘der panzer’ Erick

Erick's goal is crystal clear: Rebuilding Indonesian soccer to shoot for the ambitious 2046 FIFA World Cup host bid.

2 years ago

Murder suspect Second Agent Richard Eliezer gestures as he arrives at the South Jakarta District Court on Feb. 15 to hear the judges' verdict in his trial for the murder of police colleague Brig. Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat.

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Yosua murder trial: A (rare) moment of truth for Indonesians

On the lowest rung in the police hierarchy, Richard had no power to defy Ferdy’s order.

2 years ago

Academia

Will self-driving cars solve traffic congestion?

It depends on whether we share them among the city’s commuters

2 years ago

Vehicles pass on Jalan Gatot Soebroto, Jakarta, on May 26, 2020.

Academia

Change driver behavior to beat Jakarta’s traffic jams

The relaxation of COVID policies adds momentum to tightening Jakarta’s traffic policy. Parking management might help if the public plays along.

2 years ago

Vehicles are passing a billboard of GrabCar in a street in Denpasar, Bali.

Academia

Ride share might not be the traffic buster you'd expect

Despite their environmentally-friendly perception, ride hailing platforms do not appear to reduce traffic congestion.

2 years ago

Farm workers harvest rice in Srirejo village, Malang, East Java, on June 20, 2019.

Academia

We are grooming thousands of potential little dictators

Since 2015, the government has disbursed money directly to the villages. As of 2021, the government has transferred Rp 400.1 trillion (US$27.2 billion) of village funds.

2 years ago

Passengers are seen inside a crowded metro train in Singapore in this undated photo.

Academia

Why Singapore isn’t gridlocked

Singapore doesn’t struggle with traffic jams the way other cities do. It hit upon a winning strategy in the 1970s and stuck to it.

2 years ago

Motorists commute in a traffic jam in Jakarta on December 13, 2022. public activity restrictions.

Academia

Winning over Jakartans key to implementing congestion charging

Congestion charging might be unpopular, but other cities have shown it works to get traffic moving. The Indonesian government could take note.

2 years ago

Center stage: The office building of Bank Indonesia (BI) stands out in Jakarta’s forest of concrete on Feb. 26, 2020. The House of Representatives passed last month the financial sector omnibus bill into law, which expands the central bank’s authorities.

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The independence of BI and financial sector authorities

Government involvement in central bank governance institution is not a new phenomenon in other jurisdictions, but it does not exist in Indonesia.

2 years ago

Showing off: People walk in front of a large screen showing a news broadcast on China's military exercises encircling Taiwan, in Beijing on Aug. 4, 2022. The exercises followed the visit of United States Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan.

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ASEAN can act to defuse tensions in Straits of Taiwan

Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Cambodia bear a special responsibility to persuade China that attacking Taiwan is not its best interest nor in the best interests of the region.

2 years ago

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (right) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (left) ride bamboo bicycles at the Presidential Palace in Bogor, West Java, on June 6, 2022.

Editorial

Sulky toward Australia

Indonesian oversensitivity has harmed the neighbors’ friendship in the past.

2 years ago

Academia

Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship is a moment of truth

The issues of Myanmar, the war in Ukraine and the South China Sea are the key challenges to ASEAN centrality while Indonesia is at its helm.

2 years ago

In this undated photo sent by a Papuan separatist group, a man identified as New Zealand national Phillip Merthens stands in a forest surrounded by a group of people armed with rifles, spears and bows and arrows.

Editorial

Politics holds Papua hostage

Unless this decades-long approach changes, conflict will continue to plague Papua and other hostage takings will recur and the cycle of violence will persist.

2 years ago

Officers serve taxpayers as they fill out tax reporting forms at the Taxation Directorate General in the Sudirman Building in Jakarta on March 11, 2020.

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Integrating taxpayer registration into national identification numbers

The basic update that the system will do is NIN data matching between Taxation Directorate General internal data and the population data from the Department of Population and Civil Registration at the Home Ministry.

2 years ago

IKN Authority head Bambang Susantono speaks to The Jakarta Post on Feb. 14.

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A capital idea, a chicken and an egg

The head of the authority tasked with planning Indonesia's new capital offers insights into the culture of his organization as well as the challenges, opportunities and excitement surrounding the most ambitious project in the country.

2 years ago

Oiled up: Residents carry bottles of cooking oil during a market operation conducted by the Trade Ministry at Trayeman traditional market in Tegal, Central Java, on Monday. Each household was entitled to 1.2 liters of cooking oil at a price of Rp 14,000 (98 US cents) per liter.

Opinion

Analysis: Govt adopts another ill policy over scarcity of cheap cooking oil

The government has decided to increase the portion of domestic market obligation (DMO) of crude palm oil (CPO), the raw material of cooking oil, and slow down CPO exports to reign in the recent hike of government-sponsored, simple-packaged cooking oil Minyakita

2 years ago

United States President Joe Biden pats Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the back as they walk down the West Wing Colonnade to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, the US, on Jan. 13.

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Japan’s obsession with economic security

Exactly like any strategic security policy, Japan’s economic security is focused on both “protection and growth” aspects.

2 years ago

Ballooning tension: United States sailors assigned to Assault Craft Unit 4 prepare material recovered in the Atlantic Ocean from a Chinese high-altitude balloon for transport in Virginia Beach, Virginia, the US on Feb. 10. US jet fighters shot down the balloon on Feb. 4.

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Chinese balloon row: Time to determine vertical delimitation in ASEAN

The shooting down of the Chinese balloon seems to have encouraged spatial doctrine as legal grounds to safeguard national defense.

2 years ago

Nest egg: The design of the presidential office in Indonesia’s future capital city, Nusantara, in East Kalimantan, by renowned Indonesian sculptor Nyoman Nuarta.

Editorial

New capital: A giant’s baby steps

The government needs to find a way to reassure investors that the capital relocation will move ahead and not slow down regardless of who wins the election.

2 years ago

Ferdy Sambo, a former Indonesian police general accused in a murder case, attends his trial at South Jakarta District Court in Jakarta on February 13, 2023.

Editorial

A sentence, but few answers

The court said Ferdy’s crime had tarnished the reputation of the National Police, and the trial has indeed left many unanswered questions about what is going on inside the institution.

2 years ago