Observers have said that a suggestion from the President to pardon graft suspects and convicts as long as they pay the evaded taxes conflicts the prevailing Anticorruption Law.
On the policy level, the government has shown extraordinary and commendable action.
Indonesia has in the past years racked up a lengthy list of data breaches that experts say authorities failed to investigate either properly or transparently, stoking public…
This is the second time since President Prabowo’s inauguration that Indonesia has sent a concerning message to its regional neighbours.
It’s better to prevent a public trust crisis than to patch one up afterward.
Clearly, President Prabowo sees this as a way of engineering a reset both for Indonesia’s relations with a range of countries, as well as his own reputation, the writer says.
The D8, also known as Developing 8, is an economic grouping consisting of Indonesia, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey. It was first formed in 1997…
On Monday evening, graft busters raided the central bank’s headquarters in Jakarta in relation to a probe into the alleged mishandling of the CSR programs.
The Directorate General of Immigration has set an ambitious goal for investment from golden visa recipients, and while a substantial sum has been amassed, it is less than half the…
The AHRD remains a document of relevance and ambivalence.