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Rethinking dispute resolution in infrastructure projects

More time and resources will be lost to litigation and arbitration to determine unresolved issues which have escalated into disputes. 

2 years ago
Academia

Doers, not delayers: Cities forging ahead with their climate actions

While cities are increasingly seen as the driver of climate actions, city governments still face challenges in accessing finance to address climate change.   ...

2 years ago
Editorial

Our external balance

Pressure on the rupiah will be generated more by the growing concern over a global economic recession, which is setting off negative investment sentiment in emerging economies like Indonesia and causing investors to move to safer places. ...

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A border wall between China and Myanmar with barbed wire and a Chinese national flag is pictured on Jan. 14 in Ruili, west Yunnan province. The city of Ruili is slowly creaking back to life as China ditches its zero-tolerance COVID-19 strategy after years of strict lockdowns and other grueling restrictions.
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How to approach the protracted Myanmar crisis

Any objectives ASEAN has set out to achieve will not be possible unless the conflicting parties sit and talk to each other.

2 years ago
Parched: A resident pushes his bicycle carrying containers filled with potable water along a dried-up rice field in Lamongan, East Java, on Oct. 30, 2014. Droughts are a common challenge for farmers in Indonesia.
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Addressing the climate crisis: Loss and damage

The COP27 agreement on loss and damage funding was a breakthrough for developing and developed nations, and Indonesia should be looking to incorporate climate-related L&D policies as it gears up for the 2024 polls.

2 years ago
United States President Joe Biden speaks at an event on CHIPS manufacturing held on Oct. 27, 2022 at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.
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Biden is trapped in uncertain territory

That Biden is now also facing an investigation by a special counsel over alleged mishandling of classified materials, just like his erstwhile and potential rival Trump, spells an uncertain patch in his political trajectory ahead of the upcoming election year.

2 years ago
Officers are loading and unloading rice stocks at the Bulog warehouse of DKI Jakarta and Banten Regional Offices in Kelapa Gading, Jakarta, Thursday, 26/11/2020. The Minister of Agriculture stated that until the end of 2020, a surplus of 7 million tons of rice is predicted.
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Analysis: Bulog to intervene rice market as prices soar, stocks deplete

Rice prices continue to increase in the beginning of the year despite controversial late importation of rice and market intervention by the State Logistics Agency (Bulog). Learning from the persistent price increase of rice, the National Food Agency (NFA) has tasked Bulog to conduct year-long market intervention to keep prices of this politically sensitive commodity in check.

2 years ago
Jokowi regrets over past human rights abuses
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Don’t expect too much from Jokowi’s regrets over past atrocities

Within his almost 10-year tenure, Jokowi has managed to build his political empire, which now includes his former political enemies from the military.

2 years ago
President Joko Widodo, accompanied by members of the Nonjudicial Resolution Team for Past Serious Human Rights Violations (PPHAM), expresses his regret over 12 gross human rights violations in the past in his speech at the Presidential Palace on Jan. 11, 2023.
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Acknowledging rights violations: A new year’s resolution?

Is the President's human rights promise like a typical new year's resolution that will be broken, or can we trust that it is part of the legacy he intends to leave behind to create a better future for the nation's children?

2 years ago
Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri delivers her speech during the party’s golden jubilee celebration at the Jakarta International Expo in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta on Jan. 10, 2023.
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Megawati is dependent on Jokowi, now more than ever

Jokowi has several times signaled his preference for Ganjar as his successor.

2 years ago
Police take up position outside a nickel smelting plant in North Morowali, Central Sulawesi, on Monday, after two workers, including a Chinese national, were killed when a riot broke out during a protest over labor conditions on Saturday.
Academia

The Morowali nickel tragedy

There is an impression that the government tends to focus on the foreign investment boom but sweeps the potential risks under the rug. 

2 years ago
Members of labor organizations protest against the government’s decision to increase subsidized fuel prices, outside the House of Representatives building in Jakarta on Sept. 6, 2022.
Academia

Emergency labour regulation changes spark worker anger a year out from election

By changing it into an emergency regulation, Indonesia government evades the possibility of the law being fully annulled.

2 years ago
Anti-hoax campaign: A woman walks on April 1, 2018 past a series of murals in the Rawa Buntu area of South Tangerang, Banten, reminding the public to avoid spreading hoaxes on social media platforms.
Academia

The urgency of digital citizenship curriculum in combating hoaxes

Many students and young people in Indonesia have fallen for hoaxes or spread hate speech because of a lack of subjects or school programs to educate them to be good digital citizens. 

2 years ago
(Left to right) Thailand’s Prayut Chan-O-Cha, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, United States President Joe Biden, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo pose for pictures during the ASEAN-US summit as part of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits in Phnom Penh on Nov. 12, 2022.
Academia

Time to ramp up ASEAN’s Indo-Pacific strategy

ASEAN centrality is not simply a recognition of Southeast Asia’s geographical location straddling two oceans but also of the bloc's long list of diplomatic achievements in the region and the world.

2 years ago
Pioneering point: People visit “ground zero” of Nusantara, the new capital city to be developed in Sepaku district in North Penajam Paser, East Kalimantan, on Aug. 17. The nation’s new capital has reportedly been designed as a sustainable city.
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Tax incentives for potential investors in new capital city project

Tax holidays with partial exemption, tax allowances and super deduction types of tax incentives will still likely survive in the post-Pillar Two world.

2 years ago
Members of the 1965 Murder Victims Research Foundation (YPKP 65) reported their findings of 122 mass graves across Java and Sumatra of the 1965 mass killings in a meeting with Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud M.D. on Monday. The Government plans to form a team to verify the graves of the mass killing victims.
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Justice for post-genocide reconciliation?

Amid growing economic expectations, human rights cases suffer under what has been termed “the institutionalization of impunity.”

2 years ago
Activists take part in a protest after the House of Representatives approved a new criminal code that will ban sex outside marriage, cohabitation between unmarried couples, insulting the president and expressing views counter to the national ideology, outside the House buildings in Jakarta on Dec. 6, 2022.
Editorial

Another landmark ruling

Similar provisions in the old criminal code had been revoked by the Constitutional Court in 2006 and 2007, respectively, on the grounds that they undermined freedom of expression. 

2 years ago
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Opinion

Analysis: PDI-P finds life at the top a bigger struggle

The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) may have come out at the top in the last two general elections, but whether it can score a hat-trick in 2024 depends on whether it is fielding a strong presidential candidate who can help it win the votes.

2 years ago
A child reaches for Spring Festival ornaments on Jan. 11, 2023 in a park ahead of Lunar New Year festivities in Beijing.
Academia

Piloting spaceship Earth in the New Year

One study suggested that the richest countries are spending 30 times as much on their armed forces as they spend on providing climate finance, and seven of the top 10 historical emitters are among the top 10 global military spenders.

2 years ago
From shelter to shelter: Rohingya refugees eat breakfast at a temporary shelter in Ladong, Aceh on Tuesday. They were among 185 Rohingya asylum seekers who reached Aceh after weeks of journey from their overcrowded refugee camp in Bangladesh.
Academia

Rohingya drowning at sea as regional leaders fail to act

Even ASEAN members who have criticized the Myanmar military since the attempted coup in 2021 still engage in business with Myanmar.

2 years ago
Security first: Figurines stand around a smartphone, whose back is opened, in a photo studio in Paris on July 23, 2021 to raise the issue of personal-data protection in this fast-growing digital era.
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As private as it is, data privacy is a public good

With interdependent relations, even the most careful, educated and responsible individuals still rely on others for their data privacy. 

2 years ago
Cashing in: Retirees line up to cash their monthly pension fund in Jakarta on Feb. 15, 2011.
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Addressing challenges in Indonesia’s pension funds

IFG Progress estimated that assuming income was the single factor deciding pension fund ownership, Indonesia needed around 10 years to achieve Asia's average pension fund penetration rates.

2 years ago
Workers load oil palm fresh fruit bunches to be transported from the collector site to crude palm oil (CPO) factories in Pekanbaru, Riau province, on April 27, 2022
Editorial

Palm oil diplomacy

Without mutual trust it would be difficult for both countries to fully cooperate in implementing the CPOPC six priority programs.

2 years ago
Showing off: People walk in front of a large screen broadcasting news on China's military exercise, which came after the visit of United States Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, in Beijing on Aug. 4, 2022.
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There is a lot of room to avoid destructive escalation over Taiwan

It is up to China’s leadership to find more attractive ways to pursue its goal of reunification, because clearly the current approach based on projection of military power is not having the desired effect on the people across the strait.

2 years ago
Given a platform: Passengers get off a Commuter Line train at Tanah Abang Station in Central Jakarta, on Sept. 17, 2020.
Editorial

Cheap train fares for all

A hike in commuter-line ticket prices will add to the burden of inflation, potentially exacerbating the pressure on the public’s purchasing power.

2 years ago
Foreign policy outlook: Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi delivers her annual speech detailing the achievements and upcoming targets of Indonesian diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry building in Pejambon, Central Jakarta, on Jan. 11, 2022.
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What was missing from FM Retno’s annual press statement

As this year’s chairman and de-facto leader of ASEAN, Indonesia should openly and clearly disclose where it stands on the three major security issues.

2 years ago
Saddil Ramdani (center) of Indonesia kicks the ball during the AFF Mitsubishi Electric Cup 2022 football match against Philippines at Rizal Memorial Stadium in Manila on Jan. 2, 2023.
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The road to World Cup glory: Investing in Indonesia's youth

The potential benefits of investing in young players go beyond just financial gain. It has the potential to bring national pride and unity to Indonesia.

2 years ago
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Cloud in Indonesia: seeing the silver lining

Businesses can capture enormous value from the cloud through cost optimization and value-oriented business use cases. 

2 years ago
Center of attention: Sri Murdiyati (center), the wife of terrorist Abu Dujana, carries her daughter as she is interviewed by reporters at the National Police Headquarters in Jakarta, June 19, 2007.
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Listening to the voices of convicted terrorists’ wives

Wives of terrorists know the risks of their husbands' beliefs and struggle, but never expected the hardship of life when their husbands are in prison.

2 years ago
President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo (right) talks with Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim during their meeting at the Bogor Palace in West Java on Jan. 9.
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Indonesia, Malaysia team up against EU’s arbitrary policy

Even though the EU claims the deforestation regulation will be enforced on all farm commodities, major producing countries, notably Indonesia and Malaysia, suspect the rule implicitly aims at palm oil, which is the most productive and consequently most competitive among all vegetable oils

2 years ago
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