Indonesia’s Peatland Restoration Agency is likely to have its tenure extended by four years. What has been achieved and what should the agency focus on for the next term?
The pandemic has not been Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s finest hour.
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Jokowi’s administration has been unable to deal with the pandemic effectively because it lacks political will and fears it could wreck the economy and, with it, his legacy.
Nine months into the pandemic, Indonesia has seen serious threats to civil liberties, involving not only privacy but also freedom of expression and of the press in the digital realm.
Indonesia is paying the price for failing to control the spread of the coronavirus. The country needs to change course and give priority to public health as the first step in repairing the economy.
Without wearing a face mask, an old man walks past a mural urging the use of face masks in Jakarta. Indonesia reported a record daily rise in coronavirus infections on Sunday with 6,267 cases.
ANTARA FOTO/M Risyal Hidayat/aww.
There are three key factors behind the government’s poor COVID-19 responses in the past nine months, and Indonesians can take steps to fix this.
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo talks with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang during the latter’s visit to Indonesia in 2018.
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Migrant workers’ families suffer from limited access to pandemic-related health care and loss of income.
A protester wears a mask of the late Marsinah at a rally demanding justice for the female labour activist
who was killed during the rule of Indonesia’s New Order government.
ANTARA FOTO/Hendra Nurdiyansyah/aww/16.
Our two-year study explores how female writers and journalists use online platforms to engage in gender activism, and how they navigate the challenges and opportunities that come with digital media.
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto.
ANTARA FOTO/ Wahyu Putro A/pras.
There are three main reasons for the the public disappointment in Jokowi.
A worker repackages vaccines in a factory owned by Indonesia’s pharmaceutical firm Bio Farma in Bandung, West Java.
ANTARA FOTO/Raisan Al Farisi/wsj/18.
Anda Nugroho, Badan Kebijakan Fiskal, Kementerian Keuangan RI
If Indonesia can maximise its role as the hub for the production and distribution of Chinese COVID-19 vaccines for Southeast Asia region, the country may gain profits.
LBH continues to stand firmly on the side of victims, while fiercely defending Indonesia’s democratic gains. During the #ReformasiDikorupsi protests in 2019, the LBH offices were a hive of activity.
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A stronger partnership between China and Indonesia may impact Indonesia’s relationship with the US.
Militant groups have proliferated in regions where Muslim leaders are weak and competition for religious authority particularly intense.
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Variation in the local structure of religious authority, rather than political or ideational differences, explains militant groups’ success or failure in Java.
Crested macaque (Macaca tonkeana), an endemic creature of Sulawesi island.
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