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Wholly utilizing new and renewable energy with a capacity of 100 kilowatt-peak (kWp), the Waduk Muara Nusa Dua floating solar power plant (PLTS) ensured the reliability of the electricity supply for the Group of 20 Summit in Bali in November 2022.

Editorial

The shadow over solar power

President Jokowi should assert his leadership, if he is really serious about achieving the renewables target he flaunted at the G20 Summit in Bali.

2 years ago

Academia premium

The cost of BI and the Fed monetary tightening

As the spread between BI and the Fed rates dropped to 1 percent from 3 percent, the yield on Indonesian financial assets became less attractive to investors. ...

2 years ago

Markets

Singaporean start-ups, industries explore development opportunities in Nongsa Digital Park

In 2017, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo outlined his vision for Batam to serve as a “digital bridge” connecting Singapore to the digital economy of Indonesian cities. ...

2 years ago

The Latest

Baby care: Family welfare movement volunteers measure the height of a girl under the age of 5 in an integrated health post in the Bougenvile area of Depok, West Java, on Sept. 7, 2022.

Academia premium

Of partnerships and a revolution: Let’s eradicate stunting

The Health Ministry’s Basic Health Survey reveals a worrying statistic: the 2018 anemia prevalence in young women and pregnant women, respectively, stood at 32 and 48.9 percent.

2 years ago

Mount Merapi erupts on March 11, 2023, as seen from Cangkringan, Yogyakarta.

Archipelago premium

Authorities advise caution over possibility of more Merapi eruptions

While activities at Mt. Merapi had declined by Sunday, the local volcano monitoring unit has advised caution to anticipate the potential for other eruptions in the coming days.

2 years ago

Fireworks explode over the Gelora Bung Karno main stadium during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on Aug. 18, 2018.

Sports premium

Immigration office mull 'sports visa' plan amid Indonesia’s sporting ambitions

As Indonesia sets out to host multiple international sporting events this year, the Immigration Directorate General has announced a plan to issue a special ‘sports visa’ to help lure global sports fans into the country.

2 years ago

Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD (right), accompanied by then-health minister Terawan Agus Putranto (left), gives a press statement after holding a meeting in Jakarta on Feb. 2, 2020. The meeting was to discuss handling the security of hundreds of Indonesian citizens who had just been evacuated to Natuna District from Wuhan, China.

Politics premium

From Ferdy to Rafael: Mahfud MD blows the whistle

Maruf Amin is now the vice president, but Mahfud MD steals the show.

2 years ago

Film student Ja'saray Juarez poses on campus of the Edward R. Roybal Learning Center at the in Los Angeles, California, on March 8, 2023. Music, camera angles, characters: Juarez, 14, is working with classmates on the recipe for a successful commercial as part of the Roybal Film and Television Production Magnet training program at the school was launched in September 2022 by actor George Clooney and others, like Eva Longoria and Don Cheadle, to foster diversity in Hollywood.

Entertainment

In LA, Clooney-backed school works to boost Hollywood diversity

In a few years, the freshman hopes to launch her career behind the camera, thanks to a special program at her Los Angeles high school for hundreds of young people from underrepresented communities looking to break into showbiz.

2 years ago

(L-R) Harry Shum Jr., Ke Huy Quan, Stephanie Hsu, James Hong, Michelle Yeoh, and Jamie Lee Curtis, recipients of the Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture award for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once,' pose in the press room during the 29th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at Fairmont Century Plaza on February 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.

Entertainment

Hollywood's Asian stars welcome 'long overdue' breakthrough at Oscars

Among many records tumbling this awards season, Malaysian Everything Everywhere star Michelle Yeoh is only the second Asian best actress nominee in 95 years of Oscars history, with a strong chance of becoming the first winner Sunday.

2 years ago

Tian (left) and Alif, players of Garuda Lions FC, pick up rubbish on the field as they have been taught to do at the club.

Health premium

Free of charge: Local soccer club gives underprivileged kids chance to play

Moved to do good for the community, a married couple founded a soccer club for underprivileged kids to play in for free.

2 years ago

Mud from a recent landslide covers buildings in Sarasan, Natuna, Riau Islands, on March 7.

Archipelago

Communication lines recovering on landslide-hit Natuna island

Communication lines have started to recover on Serasan island, Natuna, Riau Islands, after a landslide in the remote region that killed at least 30 people also damaged communication infrastructure, hindering evacuation efforts.

2 years ago

The Tapanuli subspecies is considered one of the rarest great apes in the world, with the less-than 800 remaining apes located in the region of Batang Toru, North Sumatra, south of Lake Toba.

Society

Journalists, environmentalists slam Batang Toru discussion disruption in Jakarta

Press rights groups and environmentalists have condemned an attempt to disrupt a media discussion on the Tapanuli orangutan and Batang Toru ecosystem on Thursday, calling it an affront to journalistic freedom and safety.

2 years ago

A person walks in a street where garbage cans are overflowing, as garbage has not been collected, in Paris, France March 10, 2023.

Europe

France faces another day of nationwide protests against Macron's pension plans

France faced a seventh day of demonstrations on Saturday against President Emmanuel Macron's unpopular pension reform plans amid ongoing rolling strikes which have affected refineries, public transport and garbage collections.

2 years ago

An aerial view of a processing facility at the Martabe gold mine in Batang Toru, North Sumatra.

Archipelago

Martabe gold mine operator aims to rehabilitate 4.7 ha of land

The operator of the mining site, located in Batang Toru district in South Tapanuli, North Sumatra, aims to rehabilitate 4.7 hectares of mining sites this year by scattering seed balls of fast-growing plants.

2 years ago

Mount Merapi volcano erupts, as seen from Cangkringan, Yogyakarta, March 11, 2023.

Archipelago

Merapi volcano erupts, spews hot cloud

The volcano located in Yogyakarta and Central Java erupted around 12 p.m local time (0500 GMT) and a lava flow of 1.5 km was observed, the local authority said.

2 years ago

Vessels identified by the Philippine Coast Guard as Chinese maritime militia vessels travel near Thitu Island in the South China Sea on March 9.

Asia & Pacific

ASEAN ‘unprepared’ for open conflict in Indo-Pacific

If war were to break out today in the Indo-Pacific, experts believe ASEAN and its member states would be ill-equipped to respond.

2 years ago

Americas

Silicon Valley Bank is largest failure since financial crisis, billions stranded

Startup-focused lender SVB Financial Group became the largest bank failure since the financial crisis on Friday, in a sudden collapse that roiled global markets and stranded billions of dollars belonging to companies and investors.

2 years ago

Papuans take part in a parade in Surabaya, East Java, on Dec. 1, 2018, commemorating Papua’s independence from Dutch colonial rule.

Society premium

RI sends ‘note of protest’ to Fiji over recognition of West Papua

Indonesia has lodged a formal complaint with the Fijian government expressing its “deep disappointment” with the South Pacific country’s recognition of West Papua and support for the separatist movement there, the Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

2 years ago

China's President Xi Jinping is applauded as he arrives for the fourth plenary session of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 11, 2023.

Asia & Pacific

China's Xi nominates Li Qiang to become premier

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday nominated Li Qiang, 63, to become premier during the ongoing annual meeting of China's rubber-stamp parliament, a role charged with managing the world's second-largest economy.

2 years ago

A rice field in West Java is pictured on Dec. 17, 2007.

Regulations premium

State intervention backfires as rice prices hit multiyear high

Rice, one of the most tightly regulated commodities in the country, increased in price throughout 2022, which has industry experts asking whether the protective measures themselves could be driving inflation.

2 years ago

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani gives a statement concerning the judicial review of Law No. 11/2016 on tax amnesty at the Constitutional Court in Jakarta on Sept. 20, 2016.

Society premium

Sri Mulyani to work with Mahfud to tackle graft

Finance Minister Sri Mulyani “promises” to work with senior minister Mahfud MD to address reports about suspicious transactions amounting to Rp 300 trillion (US$19.4 billion) within tax and customs offices.

2 years ago

Tax official Rafael Alun Trisambodo (right) arrives at the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in Jakarta on March 1 to attend a questioning regarding the sources of his wealth.

Editorial

Crazy showy Indonesians

Flaunting wealth seems to be an obsession these days, fueled in large part by the reach and instant gratification of social media.

2 years ago

All about women: A visitor captures pictures displayed in a photo exhibition titled “Women Fighters” held in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on March 8 in conjunction with International Women’s Day.

Academia premium

Singaporean way to observe International Women's Day

In Indonesia, some conglomerate families continue to prosper until the third generation.

2 years ago

Rwandan midwife Christine Musabyeyezu (R) speaks to a patient about a thermal coagulator, a cost-effective alternative to cryotherapy, at Remera Health Centre in Kigali on March 7, 2023.

Health premium

The technology fighting Rwanda's silent killer of women

When Rwandan villager Lillian was diagnosed with cervical cancer, she feared that her life was over. But a new gadget offered her hope.

2 years ago

In this file photo dated on April 10, 2003 US marines take position near a portrait of late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein in a stadium in Baghdad.

People premium

Shock and awe: the toppling of Saddam Hussein 20 years ago

It took just three weeks for the decades-old regime of Iraq's feared dictator Saddam Hussein to fall in one of the most controversial foreign military interventions of modern times.

2 years ago

A person walks out of the Apple Store in Annapolis, Maryland, United States, on February 2, 2023.

Science & Tech

Apple to launch app dedicated to classical music

Apple said it will start streaming classical music from a stand-alone app on March 28 as it seeks to distinguish itself from rivals Spotify and specialist platforms.

2 years ago

In this file photo taken on September 14, 2022 Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex walks behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during a procession from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, in London.

People

UK's King Charles grants brother Edward Duke of Edinburgh title

Britain's King Charles III on Friday awarded his younger brother Edward the title Duke of Edinburgh.

2 years ago

A visitor takes a picture with his mobile phone of an image designed with artificial intelligence by Berlin-based digital creator Julian van Dieken (C) inspired by Johannes Vermeer's painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' at the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague on March 9, 2023.

Art & Culture

Girl with AI earrings sparks Dutch art controversy

At first glance it seems to be just a modern take on Johannes Vermeer's masterpiece "Girl with a Pearl Earring". But look more closely and things get a little strange.

2 years ago

The headquarters of Deutsche Bank are pictured in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on Feb. 7, 2023.

Markets

Global bank shares sink over US fears

The world's biggest banks took a stock market beating on Friday as signs of trouble at a US regional lender sparked concerns over the wider sector.

2 years ago

Nassr's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo reacts during the Saudi Pro League football match between al-Ittihad and al-Nassr at King Abdullah Sport City Stadium in Jeddah on March 9, 2023.

Sports premium

Furious Ronaldo storms off pitch after Al-Nassr defeat

The defeat marked the second match in row in which the 38-year-old Ronaldo failed to find the net, with Al-Ittihad goalkeeper Marcelo Grohe parrying away a fierce shot from the Portugal superstar in injury time.

2 years ago

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