The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has begun what it claims is the selection process to determine its presidential candidate, with talk of the party’s roster being narrowed to five currently unnamed party members

Despite the efforts in Indonesia and other countries to reduce their emissions, the world is not on track to achieve its objectives of limiting warming. 

The government's policy mandating exporters to repatriate their foreign exchange earnings needs to provide more attractive incentives and a more adequate time limit, so businesses find complying with it to be in their best interests.

As the clock ticks toward what is certain to be a heated election year, the time is now for the government to take real action and create an environment in which corruption cannot thrive, and in doing so, finally set down this administration's antigraft legacy.

India is expected to overtake Japan and Germany to become the world's third largest economy by 2030. 

It is crucial that the implementation of smart contracts in Indonesia be thoroughly planned and executed to align with the current regulations and ensure consumer protection.

An important lesson from past major disasters is that while there is little we can do for the dead, we can save those who have survived but are in critical condition. Some victims of the recent quake are in hospitals and in makeshift tents, often still in a state of shock over losing loved ones and their belongings. The freezing weather is not helping rescue efforts either. Unless they get help fast, some of these people could join the list of fatalities.

Revealing and recording all of Indonesia’s mega biodiversity thoroughly is of course a very complicated task.

Unfortunately, the current policy toward foreign journalists intending to work here, whether on a short visit or to reside, is not supportive of Indonesia’s quest to play a bigger and more active role on the global stage.

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Scholars might debate the orthodoxy of Indonesian Islam, but it may just be what world peace needs, and NU and other like-minded groups are the ones to deliver it, in line with the country's rising prominence on the global stage.

In the region, no other trade facilitation tool is arguably as important as the trade-related regulatory transparency provided by the ASEAN Trade Repository (ATR).

AI technology can now be used to replace humans across a wider range of tasks. This could be a disaster not only for workers, but also for consumers and even investors.

Palm oil producing countries, notably Indonesia and Malaysia, which together account for almost 90 percent of the global output, should step up their cooperation to block the European Union legislation against deforestation, scheduled to be adopted by the Council and the European Parliament within the next few months.

Founders of start-ups need to strike a balance in establishing good corporate governance but still allowing for agility and swift responses in a challenging environment.

Measuring microplastics in humans is challenging, but researchers already have preliminary figures.

In Indonesia, as in many other parts of the world, media freedom continues to be under assault from many quarters. 

Stepping into a "minefield" about how to slow global warming, scientists in developing nations have won new funds to study whether dimming sunshine by mimicking volcanic eruptions can be a sufficiently safe way to temporarily cool a hotter planet.

At least now ASEAN and China have a formal forum to defuse tension in the resources-rich sea. Both sides have committed to keeping the conflict at a manageable level because the South China Sea is one of the world’s busiest sea lanes. 

The Nusantara Capital City (IKN) Authority has claimed huge investment interest from the private sector to invest in the capital city within the next two years, but businesses said they were actually taking a gamble by grabbing land in the capital city and would not really invest until a new government was formed after next year’s elections.

In an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, the President revealed his military diplomacy plan to convince junta leader, Gen. Min Aung Hlaing, to learn from Indonesia’s experience after then-president Soeharto ended his 32-year military-backed rule in May 1998 and Indonesia became a fully fledged democracy. Myanmar’s military at the time reportedly learned a lot from Soeharto, including the dual function of the military and the tight restrictions for political parties.

As we enter the fourth year of the COVID-19 pandemic some quarters are of the view that the pandemic is over. In a recent report, the Indonesian government indicated that it would declare the end of the pandemic after consultation with the World Health Organization (WHO).

Indonesia’s economy recovered strongly last year amid global shocks and high inflation pressures to reach the highest growth rate since 2014. 

We remember him as the ‘’friend’’ from Australia who tried very hard to be a ‘’friend’’ to not only Indonesia, but also all our regional neighbors as well as Southeast Asia as a whole, through his indelible influence on Australia's foreign policy.

The country's largest Muslim organization prepares to mark its centenary with a Civilization Congress, seeking to legitimize and incorporate human rights within its ideological fold.

If Jakarta and its satellite cities continue on the current path of haphazard, uncoordinated and reckless urbanization, this highly populated megapolis will become progressively more unsustainable. 

The release of software that can generate virtually text and images, exemplified by ChatGPT, a chatbot from the startup OpenAI, has set off a race to integrate AI into more products and for investors to bet on which company will emerge on top.