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Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar (center) and Norwegian Climate and Environment Minister Espen Barth Eide (left), alongside Foreign Minister Retno L.P. Marsudi, pose with a new memorandum of understanding between Indonesia and Norway on Indonesia’s greenhouse gas reduction efforts during a signing ceremony on Sept. 12, 2022 in Jakarta.

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New start for Indonesia's development aid sector?

In the most extreme case, the donor's pledged funds could flow back to the donor's home country to cover the overhead costs of the donor's own implementing agency and technical experts.

3 years ago

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Soccer as the opium of the masses: The case of stadium tragedy

In a country where the gap between the rich and the poor is widening, you can expect that most of those fans in the bleachers are from the working class. ...

3 years ago

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Thailand’s declining role in ASEAN’s Myanmar policy-making

Unwavering support for the Myanmar junta will cost Thailand its traditionally strong influence in the regional grouping. ...

3 years ago

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This picture taken on October 1, 2022 shows tear gas let off by police amongst people crowded in the stands after a football match between Arema FC and Persebaya at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java.

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An expert explains what led to the soccer stampede at Kanjuruhan stadium

The disaster happened on Saturday night at the Kanjuruhan stadium in Malang, East Java. Up to 3,000 fans reportedly streamed onto the pitch following a Premier League game in which Persebaya Surabaya defeated Javanese club Arema 3-2.

3 years ago

On par: A US$100 bill lies on top of euro bills in Bogota on July 12. The euro struck parity with the dollar for the first time in nearly 20 years on that day.

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BI’s lessons from the Fed’s mistakes

We expect BI will raise its policy rate up to 5 or 5.25 percent by the end of the year to make rupiah-denominated assets still attractive to foreign portfolio investors.

3 years ago

Learning together: Children learn about animal conservation from a teacher using cardboard puppets at Cemara Kulon village in Indramayu, West Java in this picture taken on Jun. 19.

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Teacher induction program: Begin well to aim well

There is a gap between theoretical and practical knowledge as soon as student teachers enter a real classroom setting.

3 years ago

Minding my own business: Women package crackers made of betel leaf as part of their small business in Neglasari subdistrict, Tangerang, Banten, on May 16, 2022.

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Closing the digital gender divide: What’s next for the digital economy?

Women experience systemic gaps, while discriminatory practices prevent women-led MSMEs from social and economic participation and from financial and digital inclusion.

3 years ago

Fruit of labor: Workers load oil palm bunches onto a truck at the Namorambe plantation in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, on May 12.

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Palm oil producers must fight for ethical, fair and inclusive trade

As the generally one-sided negative campaign against palm oil and palm oil products rages on, it may be wise to take a step back and consider that ethical trade is founded on the principle of equitable sustainability, and that this is also inclusive of palm oil producers.

3 years ago

Casting doubt: A woman casts her ballot for a referendum at a polling station in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Sept. 27. Many nations, including Indonesia, have described the referendums in Kremlin-controlled regions of eastern and southern Ukraine as violating international laws.

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Indonesia must boldly step forward at G20: The nuclear clock is ticking louder

When the dialogue partners do not know how to call for an audit of how their money is spent, then the ASEAN Secretariat is immediately a free rider.

3 years ago

A bajaj (three-wheeled motorized rickshaw) rushes across a submerged road in Kemang, South Jakarta on Dec. 20, 2021.

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Jakarta’s floods are devastating — they don’t have to be

Jakarta’s severe flooding is happening more often and with more intensity. A new approach might hold the key to moving forward.

3 years ago

A female motorist takes a cart rented by locals to help residents pass inundated areas on Jl. KH Hasyim Ashari and the Ciledug Indah housing complex in Ciledug, Tangerang, Banten, on Sep. 11, 2022.

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Building a disaster-ready culture in Indonesia

Indonesia had almost 10,000 floods last decade, and flood incidents keep rising. To turn the tide, new cultural and infrastructural solutions may be needed.

3 years ago

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Stadium tragedy: Quo vadis, Indonesian soccer regulations?

Indonesia needs to review its safety and security regulations for sports stadiums, including revisiting the soccer bill proposed in 2009, while forming an independent team to investigate the Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster.

3 years ago

Local arms: Soldiers from the Indonesian Army’s Raider 112 infantry battalion train with the SM2 light machine gun produced by state-owned weapons manufacturer PT Pindad on June 11, 2019 at their base in Banda Aceh.

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Defense spending can bring local economies new hope

Defense offsets and transfers of technology from arms deal can benefit all stakeholders in the domestic defense industry, so long as the government ensures inclusivity and a level playing field.

3 years ago

Must-see: A still from the 1984 movie 'Pengkhianatan G30S PKI.'

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Strangely, the ghost of communism was barely heard in September

Rather than communism, the real threats facing the nation today are the rampant and systematic corruption and abuses of power by the executive, legislative and judiciary branches.

3 years ago

A dark history: Maj. Gen. Soeharto briefs members of the Army’s Special Forces (RPKAD, now Kopassus) prior to the removal of the bodies of the Army generals who were murdered during an alleged coup attempt on Sept. 30, 1965, which was blamed on the now defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI).

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Mass killings in Indonesia and Cambodia

The mass killings in Indonesia in 1960s did not fully “fit” with the definition of genocide as stated in the 1948 Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide.

3 years ago

Hot topic: A furnace operates at the nickel smelting facility belonging to PT VDNI on the Morosi industrial estate in Konawe, Southeast Sulawesi on Sept. 9, 2022. The company processes nickel to produce stainless steel.

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Provincial leaders scramble to get Vale’s nickel shares

The government cannot simply take over the INCO mine and its smelting industry if its CoW is not extended because the investors have the right to take back or sell all the mining equipment and all other fixed assets, except the mineral resources underground.

3 years ago

The ghost of communism: Hundreds of Islam Defenders Front (FPI) members take part in a rally against communism in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on June 3, 2016, ahead of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Why Indonesia can still not cope with the specter of communism

Various competing interpretations of the 1965 events have emerged, not as an academic presentation but as a provocative and baseless accusation.

3 years ago

Nuclear in the sea: A United States nuclear-powered submarine takes part in military exercises 130 kilometers off Cartagena, Colombia, on Feb. 28. Through the AUKUS trilateral-security alliance, Australia will be able to operate nuclear-powered submarines.

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AUKUS a year on: Nuclear non-proliferation regime at risk?

The failure to provide an effective control mechanism for AUKUS will also mean there is the alarming possibility that other NNWS may gain access to nuclear material without being subject to IAEA safeguards.

3 years ago

East Java Police personnel attend the 76th anniversary of the National Police on Jul. 5, 2022, in Surabaya.

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Police a missing passenger in Indonesia’s reform train

Indonesia’s constitution separated the military from civilian politics after the fall of Suharto in 1998. But the police didn’t get the memo.

3 years ago

A police car is parked near a house and internet cafe in Pamulang, on the outskirts of Jakarta on March 10, 2010.

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Civil society the key to preventing an Indonesian police state

Reforming the Indonesian police needs to be driven from the bottom up by civil society groups.

3 years ago

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How former political prisoners of Indonesia’s 1965 mass killings grapple with bloody past

The 1965 killings in Indonesia not only resulted in the death and imprisonment of more than half-a-million people, but also forced its survivors to grapple with knowledge of this bloody past throughout a lifetime of silence, acceptance – and ultimately, resilience.

3 years ago

Burden of life: Local residents carry Granola potatoes they have harvested in Kepakisan village in the Dieng highlands of Banjarnegara, Central Java on Sept. 6. Grade A Granola potatoes are valued at Rp 10,000 (66 US cents) to Rp 11,000 per kilogram.

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What can we expect from the 2023 Agricultural Census?

Until recently, the agricultural sector was at the center of Indonesian poverty, with farmers and agricultural laborers making up more than half of the country’s poor population.

3 years ago

President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo (left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

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China, Indonesia set to make greater contributions to region and the world

Thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and other practical measures, Indonesia is seeing a rapid increase in China-invested projects.

3 years ago

Presiding judge Jahoras Siringo Ringo (center), accompanied by judges Angeliky Handajani Day (left) and Rusdiyanto Loleh, reads out the Makassar District Court’s decision on Sept. 14, 2022 to reject a lawsuit filed against six media outlets by Muh. Akbar Amin.

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Litigation funding should be regulated for equal access to justice

As the OECD has emphasized in a 2019 report, legislating litigation funding can positively a country’s impact socioeconomic development, particularly in ensuring the delivery of equitable access to justice for all citizens, not just the rich.

3 years ago

Terabit-level capacity and fibre-equivalent latency on upcoming satellite networks make them well-suited to digitally connect vast, archipelagic countries like Indonesia.

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Rethinking Indonesia’s future at low earth orbit

There is currently no international legally binding instrument governing the regulation of orbital slots for LEO satellite launches.

3 years ago

Home safe home: A junior high school student (left) and his sister, an elementary school pupil, follow online learning at their home in Banda Aceh, Special Region of Aceh, on Feb. 15. The local authorities have mandated the suspension of face-to-face instruction following a steep rise in COVID-19 infections.

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Education deconstructed: Hopes for the new bill

As stipulated in Article 86 of the draft law, assessments now serve as tools for evaluating the effectiveness of the education system and they are not defining students’ achievement at the individual level.

3 years ago

A health worker measures the dosage of malaria vaccine in Ndhiwa, Homabay County, western Kenya on Sept. 13, 2019 during the launch of a malaria vaccine in Kenya.

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Vaccine a breakthrough in Indonesia's war against malaria

Currently, Indonesia is facing the growing P. vivax malaria burden, which accounts 33 percent of total cases, according to Health Ministry data.

3 years ago

Vendors wait for customers at a traditional market in Tangerang, Banten, on April 3.

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The surprising increase in policy rate amid stability and recovery

Controlling core inflation is the short-term target of the BI money tightening because headline and core inflations are expected to increase due to the second-round effect of the recent fuel price hikes.

3 years ago