Our jobless youth: The Jakarta Post
A national internship program won't save Indonesia’s stalling demographic bonus unless the government addresses the real crisis: a severe shortage of formal jobs.
The Jakarta Post
Police state: The Jakarta Post
As the Indonesian Military (TNI) submitted to civilian control in the first two decades of the reform era and scaled down their non-defence roles, the police have only grown in…
Indonesia President Prabowo fires free meal agency chief after suggesting Saudi rollout
Just days before his removal, former National Nutrition Agency head Dadan Hindayana had proposed expanding the free meal programme to Saudi Arabia, following his recent visit to…
Gain some, lose more: The Jakarta Post
Quoting the editorial: "The idea of centralising export control for certain natural resources in a single institution is not new, and the failed experiment of such an agency for…
Pokémon taps Happy Asmara and ‘dangdut’ for Indonesian cultural collaboration
Released on Tuesday on Happy Asmara’s official YouTube channel, the project marks Pokémon’s first collaboration with dangdut music. The song is also available on major…
Indonesia is officially ageing: The Jakarta Post
As its population greying at an unprecedented rate, Indonesia must pivot from viewing its elderly as a cultural burden to designing proactive policies that transform them into a…
Still ASEAN leader?: The Jakarta Post
Quoting the editorial: "Disunity has held back ASEAN from making progress on many fronts, particularly resolving the persistent issues in its backyard, and the same could also…
Deadly Trans-Sumatra passenger bus-fuel truck collision in Indonesia reawakens transport safety alarm
A lawmaker has called for a comprehensive review of national transportation safety standards after a passenger bus collided with a fuel truck and exploded on Wednesday, killing 16…
Fuel shortages spread in several Indonesian cities
Despite reports of fuel shortages across several provinces, state-owned oil and natural gas corporation Pertamina has insisted that national fuel supplies remain secure.
Making sense of Indonesia: The Jakarta Post
Quoting the editorial: "Standard practice around that period mostly revolved foreign correspondents parachuted from the major capitals of the West to report from the 'exotic'…