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Jokowi’s likely absence from UN assembly is just ridiculous

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The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific

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A TV screen displays footage of former police internal affairs chief Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo attending a closed-door questioning by ethics commissioners at the National Police headquarters, South Jakarta, on Aug. 25. Ferdy has been accused of the premeditated
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Ferdy murder case: Supra-power and turn back cops

Indeed, actors or agents raised in a corrupt system stand a great chance of gaining supra-power to co-opt the system.

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Green energy for a brighter future: Indonesia’s state-owned electricity company PLN is running a campaign titled PLN Go Green and Sustainable, in line with the nation’s pledged commitment to reduce carbon emissions for the sake of a healthier environment and sustainable development for people across the archipelago.

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Consumers’ demand compels private sector to adopt SDGs all the way

A survey found that 74 percent of Indonesian consumers preferred socially conscious brands and a further 83 percent demand more brands to create a positive impact in the community.

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Hear our voice: Speaking in front of Group of 20 leaders, the representatives of Youth 20 voice the pressing matters related to youth employment. (Courtesy of Angelo Wijaya)

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End double standards and lies; they discourage the young

The young usually mellow out of their principles, have kids and repeat the elders’ mistakes with compromises big and small in their private and public lives.

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Gaining new business perspective amid fuel price hike

The consumer price index in Indonesia has begun to increase significantly since the second quarter to the disruptions in energy and food supplies, especially after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

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Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte walk during their meeting at the presidential palace in Bogor, Indonesia, on Oct. 7, 2019.

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Colonizers force colonies to pay dearly for independence

The Dutch required Indonesia to pay all the debts of Dutch East Indies including the costs of the two Dutch military actions after Indonesia declared independence.

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An attendant walks across the forecourt of a gas station belonging to state-owned energy holding company Pertamina in Kuningan, South Jakarta, on Dec. 4, 2018.

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The government should bite the bullet to prevent fiscal time bomb

We have lived too long with artificially low inflation and our businesses have become too complacent with energy subsidies, which are not sustainable in the long term.

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A fireball rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 7, 2022 shortly before a ceasefire. Israel's army said it was striking

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The roots of Gaza’s ongoing tragedy

In each conflict, the terrorists have hidden their rockets, launchers and other military infrastructure, including the attack tunnels, among the civilian population.

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Australia’s minister for the environment and water Tanya Plibersek (left) and Australia’s minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen (right) flank Indonesian Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar on the sidelines of the Group of 20 Joint Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meeting in Nusa Dua, Bali on Aug. 31, 2022. (Courtesy of /Indonesian Environment and Forestry Ministry).
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Indonesian leadership in challenging times

Action on climate change is an international environmental imperative but it is also an economic opportunity.

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Dirty energy: Smoke rises from chimneys at the Suralaya coal power plant in Cilegon, Banten, on Sept. 21, 2021. The government has delayed implementing a carbon tax on the energy sector despite its pledge to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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Indonesia’s energy subsidy dilemma: how can the government better protect the poor?

The government should implement long-term assistance programs and subsidy reallocation, instead of relying on energy subsidies.

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Demonstrators attend a Black Lives Matter protest to express solidarity with US protestors in Sydney on June 6, 2020 and demand an end to frequent Aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia.

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Pandemic racism and sexism in Australia: responses from Asian migrant women

Studies that address the intersection of pandemic-related racism and sexism are lacking and the experiences of Asian women have been neglected.

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Visitors browsing exhibition pavilions at the 53rd Jakarta Fair in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta, in June, 2022.

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Health or economy? Making the best impossible decision in the face of COVID-19

The Indonesian government can still grow the economy without risking too many lives.

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Self-sufficiency goals: A lecturer of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB)'s School of Life Sciences and Technology program reportedly has conducted research on anti-HIV drugs using Indonesia's own biological resources.

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Drug self-sufficiency goals: How can policymakers plan better for the long-term

The new public procurement policies that are currently in effect impose import substitution and will gradually squeeze international research-based companies out of the Indonesian market.

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Looking for safety: Scores of Rohingya refugees, including women and children, were stranded in the waters off Aceh on Dec. 27, 2021.

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Aung San Suu Kyi shares responsibility for Rohingya’s misery

To a certain degree Aung San Suu Kyi played a part in the gross crimes against the Rohingya, especially with her refusal to defend the basic rights of the Muslim minority.

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Despite severe laws and punishment on drugs in Indonesia, cases continue to rise.

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Indonesia’s zero tolerance drug laws leave hundreds on death row

Indonesia’s war on drugs hasn’t worked. Hundreds are on death row, executions are regular and the drug trade carries on.

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A dutiful wife: Putri Candrawathi (right) talks to the press as she visits her husband, Insp. Gen. Ferdy Sambo, who has been named a murder suspect, at his detention in Mobile Brigade Corps headquarters in Depok, West Java on Aug. 7.

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Putri Candrawathi: Look for the woman!

Putri morphed from being a victim of sexual assault, allegedly by Yosua, to becoming one of the suspects for his murder.

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Central role: Bank Indonesia (BI) employees walk through the lobby of the central bank’s office building in Central Jakarta on Feb. 28, 2020. Pressure is mounting for BI to tighten monetary policy after the United States Federal Reserve raised rates by 75 basis points recently.

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Is the increase in policy rate harmful to economic growth?

The increase in BI's policy interest rates will continue to have an impact on controlling inflation if it is accompanied by exchange-rate stability.

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Justice for Rodrigo: Demonstrators hold up signs during a protest outside Peru's Foreign Ministry building in Lima, Peru on Aug. 26 to demand justice for Rodrigo Ventosilla, a Peruvian graduate student at Harvard and activist for transgender rights, who died on the island of Bali days after being detained along with his husband for alleged cannabis possession.

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Peruvian envoy responds

The Embassy of Peru in Indonesia and the consular section have been in contact with Indonesian authorities.

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Police display evidence following a terrorist raid at Astina village, Torue sub district, in Central Sulawesi on September 19, 2021.

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Countering online radicalization among overseas diaspora

Radical groups like Jamaah Islamiyah, Jamaah Ansharut Daulah, and Islamic State have launched systematic propaganda, fundraising, recruitment and terror attacks with support from their global network, including in Indonesia.

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More than a thousand people are on death row in Indonesia.

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Finding certainty in an uncertain Indonesian death penalty

Indonesia is changing its approach to the death penalty, but half-measures won’t be enough to stop capital punishment outright.

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A youth perspective to revive the G20: double down on climate

In a year of heightened uncertainties, where ecosystem collapse, breaches of international peace, and rising inequalities highlight the frailty of global governance infrastructures, the “fit for purpose” of multilateral forums like the G20 is increasingly brought in to scrutiny.

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Indonesia is reforming its criminal justice system but still faces many challenges.

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Indonesia’s death penalty ‘moderation’ a misnomer

As Indonesia moves to shed its colonial, undemocratic past, its so-called ‘moderate’ death penalty laws — riddled with ambiguity — undermines any move forward.

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Evacuated Rohingya people from Myanmar sit on the shorelines of Lancok village, in Indonesia's North Aceh Regency on June 25, 2020. Nearly 100 Rohingya from Myanmar, including 30 children, have been rescued from a rickety wooden boat off the coast of Indonesia's Sumatra island, a maritime official said.

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Rohingya refugee crisis needs prompt, thorough solution

And in these five years, it has become abundantly evident that Myanmar is far from committed to returning the displaced Rohingya from Bangladesh.

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Leaders of ASEAN and its dialogue partners link hands during a photo session on Nov. 4, 2019 during the 14th East Asia Summit, held on the sidelines of the 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand.

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Why ASEAN should remain center stage

Coming straight off its Group of 20 presidency, Indonesia has a unique opportunity to strengthen ASEAN's unity and relevance when it takes over the regional grouping's chairmanship next year.

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After more than 20 years, police need another reform

The reform is pressing to restore public trust in the police and increase accountability of the country’s law enforcement and public services.

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Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak arrives at Kuala Lumpur High Court in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on July 28, 2020.

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Najib Razak’s kleptocracy and Malaysia’s credible judiciary

For many Indonesians who are suspicious of the integrity of the judiciary system in the country, especially when the court dropped the mega-corruption case involving former president Soeharto in 2000, the system in Malaysia is a model to look up to.

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Spilt water: Officers of region-owned tapwater company PDAM observe leakage of a pipe in Cibubur, East Jakarta on Aug. 3. A bridge-construction project was said to cause the leakage.

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How Asian governments can reduce physical and commercial water losses

Prolonged substandard water infrastructure can cause intermittent to no water supply or cause contaminated groundwater to enter distribution pipes during supply interruptions and high-pressure periods.

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National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo (center), flanked by his deputy chief Comr. Gen. Gatot Eddy Pramono (right) and General Supervision Inspectorate chief Comr. Gen. Agung Budi Maryoto (left), briefs members of the press on July 12 at the National Police headquarters in South Jakarta.

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Cover-up at the core, police accountability must begin now

The murder case has revealed a deeply disturbing instance of an abuse and excessive use of force, including an illegal use of firearms by a high-ranking officer.

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