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Art & Culture premium

Abell Octovan’s solo debut explores personal reflection

Known for his vinyl art toys and satirical resin sculptures, Abell uses humor and popular-culture references to depict tensions between different values and ideas.

6 days ago
Asia & Pacific premium

ASEAN must navigate US-China AI rivalry: Panelists

Southeast Asia is caught between competing AI initiatives Pax Silica and WAICO. ...

6 days ago
Food premium

Meet ‘kimpul’, Indonesia’s forgotten tuber gone viral

As global food trends sweep social media, creators are giving new life to the once-overlooked local ingredient. ...

6 days ago

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Archipelago premium

Another 150 Indonesians deported from Malaysia to Batam

The repatriation was held in cooperation with Division M of the Malaysian Immigration Department (JIM), covering 100 men, 48 women, a 15-year-old boy and a one-year-old toddler.  

6 days ago
Americas

US and Denmark reach deal on Greenland, Trump says

The United States, Denmark and Greenland have entered into an agreement for the US to develop a significant military presence on Greenland, while prohibiting US adversaries from building their own bases on the island, Donald Trump said on Friday.

6 days ago
Tech

Gemini hacked three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI

During a standard testing evaluation, Gemini found public information online and guessed credentials to access three websites it thought were within the scope of its test.

6 days ago
Asia & Pacific

Prabowo accepts assistance from Malaysia to contain wildfires

Malaysia has offered three helicopters, an aircraft and 52 personnel to help put out the wildfires, Prabowo said in a statement after meeting Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at his house on the outskirts of Jakarta.

6 days ago
Americas

As Iran war grinds on, Trump to face skeptical world leaders at UN

The advance by the Houthis militants deepens US President Donald Trump’s problems.

6 days ago
Opinion premium

Analysis: Indonesia’s disaster budget faces a cost-benefit test

Indonesia faces an unfortunate fiscal paradox: Just as the government has cut disaster-mitigation funding to the bone, disasters have struck with unforgiving regularity. President Prabowo Subianto himself has acknowledged that disasters are part and parcel of life in the archipelago. Yet his administration has slashed the National Disaster Mitigation Agency’s (BNPB) budget to just Rp 491 billion (US$28 million) this year, raising a fundamental question: How much can Indonesia afford to save on preparing for disasters?

6 days ago
Quick Dispatch

PNM and Ministry of MSMEs launch Laksmi Program, strengthen women-led microenterprise

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) launched the Laksmi Program 2026 at the East Java Cultural Park in Surabaya on Sept. 23. Laksmi is designed to support women microentrepreneurs through basic entrepreneurship assistance, specifically targeting Beneficiary Families (KPM) of the Family Hope Program (PKH).

16 hours ago
Society premium

NTT earthquake death figures prompt calls for investigation

According to the National Disaster Mitigation Agency (BNPB), at least 94 people of the total 142 casualties recorded after the 7.7-magnitude earthquake jolting Flores Island in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) died in evacuation shelters after the disaster.

6 days ago
Editorial premium

Good governance 101

A regional administration that fixes flawed infrastructure after it goes viral isn't setting the standard for leadership. It's merely doing the bare minimum.

6 days ago
Americas premium

Prabowo skips UNGA as RI seeks to bridge divides

Prabowo’s decision to skip the gathering has drawn attention from analysts, given his regular participation in international forums and the opportunities the UNGA offers for direct engagement with world leaders.

6 days ago
Archipelago

Indonesia to receive assistance from Malaysia to contain wildfires

President Prabowo Subianto said on Friday that he would receive assistance from Malaysia to help contain forest and land fires that have been raging for weeks.

6 days ago
Companies premium

Bayan sells stake to Prabowo ally after quota cut

According to Bloomberg, Haji Isam previously offered around US$3 billion in cash to acquire a 62 percent stake in Bayan Resources, that would represent a discount of approximately 80 percent relative to the current market price.

6 days ago
Companies

AirAsia's Fernandes says carrier can withstand jet fuel cost spike

Speaking at a media briefing, Fernandes said AirAsia was adept at managing cash and expected to raise more than $1 billion, mostly to refinance existing debt, by December or January.

6 days ago
Politics

Indonesian Navy welcomes former Italian warship as its first aircraft carrier

The former Italian carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi docked at a port in Jakarta after sailing from Italy via Colombo and the Malacca strait, Indonesian Navy Chief of Staff Admiral Muhammad Ali told reporters.

6 days ago
Economy premium

Finance minister promises tax refunds for eligible businesses

Business association Apindo has pointed to delayed tax refunds potentially impacting cash flow and liquidity to affect companies' wider operations.

6 days ago
Entertainment

Ed Sheeran struggles against Gaza tide

Ahead of his next scheduled concert on Saturday, the "Shape of You" pop icon has spent a week scrambling to save his Loop Tour and his public image as criticism rained down from peers and social media users.

6 days ago
Academia

How obscure yttrium became a global flashpoint

This obscure member of the rare earths family is going to be high on the agenda when China's President Xi Jinping meets with United States President Donald Trump later this month in Washington.

6 days ago
Academia premium

Reading the PISA scores and what should follow

The more useful question for Indonesia is why its students fall behind, and what can be done about it.

1 week ago
Academia premium

Is Indonesia returning to fiscal orthodoxy?

The new finance minister may reassure nervous markets, but the real test begins when fiscal discipline inevitably collides with President Prabowo’s expansive political ambitions.

1 week ago
Archipelago premium

Another company flees Batam, abandons 1,025 workers

Ghim Li failed to pay the workers their wages on Aug. 7 before the entire management team abandoned the workers.

1 week ago
Academia premium

The UN cannot, and need not, wait for consensus

At the United Nations' 81st General Assembly, member states will be close to choosing the next secretary-general, who will immediately be confronted not only by many global crises, but also by the UN’s diminished finances.

1 week ago
Society premium

State-led food estate blamed for wildfire in Papua

Observation by an independent forest monitoring platform shows that around 60,000 hectares of burned land is located inside the Merauke estate project, one-third of the total burn scar recorded across Indonesia’s easternmost island.

1 week ago
Economy

House discusses changes to fiscal deficit limit

The spending limits have come under the spotlight since President Prabowo Subianto ​took office in October 2024 after making costly campaign promises and setting an 8% economic growth target.

1 week ago
Middle East and Africa

Saudis and Houthis exchange strikes, Yemenis flee by boat as Middle East war spreads

Saudi Arabia and Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis exchanged fresh strikes across their border on Thursday and Yemenis took to boats in the Red Sea to escape fighting, as the spreading Middle East war created new threats to global oil supplies.

1 week ago
Europe

EU Commission proposes under-13s social media ban

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen set out a sweeping plan to keep children safe from online dangers on Thursday, proposing to ban under-13s from social media and require online services to design safe children's accounts.

1 week ago
Academia premium

From arsenic to acid: Impunity and the retreat of civilian supremacy

From the poisoning of Munir to an acid attack left unpunished, Indonesia’s military justice system reveals a chilling truth: impunity isn’t a breakdown of the law, but a calculated display of power.

1 week ago
Archipelago premium

Papua killings renews calls for peace talks, end armed conflict

Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai acknowledged that responding to individual cases would not be enough to break the cycle of violence in Papua. Jakarta, including the executive, legislative and judicial branches, as well as political parties, must respond collectively.

1 week ago

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