Fighting floods, together: The Jakarta Post
Complacency is at the root of perennial flooding in Greater Jakarta, which essentially stems from unchecked urbanisation and poor urban planning, and normalising the disaster as…
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Recovery underway as floods recede in Greater Jakarta
Torrential rains that occurred since the weekend paralysed part of Jakarta and its satellite cities, especially Bekasi in West Java, which saw at least 16 districts inundated and…
Indonesian government’s bid to hike coal export prices faces global market backlash
Banking on its large share of the thermal coal market, Indonesia wants its domestic benchmark to inform international pricing, but importers are reluctant to go along, causing…
Indonesia’s new sovereign wealth fund to revive costly coal gasification, oil refinery projects
The government plans to kick off dozens of natural resource processing projects worth $40 billion this year, including coal gasification projects, though both local and…
A new world disorder: The Jakarta Post
Indonesia, while it has been spared from Trump's crosshairs thus far, needs to start shoring up support and getting its house in order as the world descends into a new state of…
Trump and the ghosts of colonialism: A lesson for Indonesia
What Mr. Trump has done to Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy bears similarity to colonial economic arrangements, in which a weaker nation must grant the powerful access to its…
Indonesian President Prabowo consolidates ranks, orders more populist policies
During a cabinet-wide meeting and iftar event, Mr. Prabowo ordered ministers and state agency heads to expedite the rollout of some populist policies in the education and local…
Protecting children in the age of artificial intelligence
In essence, there can be no substitute for an educated and literate public with a discerning and critically analytical mind, as well as to have cognitive and affective means to…
Flooding in South, East, West Jakarta affects over 1,200 people
The Jakarta Disaster Mitigation Agency reported that floodwaters reached up to 5 metres in some areas.
Indonesian consumers flee to rival brands, fueled by state-owned Pertamina scandal
Some are turning to more expensive but quality-assured rival brands and others deliberately purchasing potentially doctored nonsubsidised fuel to ensure that taxpayer-funded…