South Sulawesi residents’ low trust in government explains why people there did not take much efforts to protect themselves, despite feelings that they were at risk from COVID-19.
An artistic impression of Indonesia’s new presidential palace, designed by the artist Nyoman Nuarta.
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Sinking land plus rising seas are putting hundreds of millions of people at risk.
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (right) has been in an ongoing tug-of-war with his ally-turned-foe, Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan, over pandemic mitigation.
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Jonatan A Lassa, Charles Darwin University; Ermi Ndoen, Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change (IRGSC) Kupang; Rudi Rohi, Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change (IRGSC) Kupang et Victoria Fanggidae, The University of Melbourne
A pandemic can amplify friction and tension between jurisdictions – especially when there are political differences and existing conflict.
Refugees are staging peaceful protests outside the UNHCR building, demanding they speed up resettlement.
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Some refugees have been waiting to be resettled for almost a decade, and their broken trust is visceral.
Severe air pollution can speed up neurodegeneration when the brain is at the peak of its development — during childhood. Pictured here, a child in Beijing.
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Investigation of the brains of children and young adults who died suddenly in Mexico City revealed amyloid plaques similar to those found in the brains of people with Alzheimer’s disease.
Jakarta is among the ‘megacities’ with a population of more than 10 million people.
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Rapidly growing metropolises like Beijing, Jakarta and Ho Chi Minh City are struggling to protect residents against tobacco. Life-saving policies in rich countries may be partially to blame.
The hope is that building ‘a smart city in the forest’ in North Penajam Paser and Kutai Kartanegara regencies will ease Jakarta’s myriad problems. But it’s not that simple.
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The government has reportedly set aside 180,000 hectares of land for construction of a new capital in East Kalimantan.
Jakarta’s shortcomings as a capital are obvious: it has headline-grabbing problems with congestion, pollution, and land subsidence.
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Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” decision to relocate the country’s capital is seen as an effort to shift economic activity and address infrastructure gaps outside of Java and Sumatra.
The gender norm that requires married women to look after the household magnifies the cost for women. As a result, women choose to leave the labour market.
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Indonesia has plans to move its capital outside of Java, but the government has yet to make the case for this move.
Democracy can still perform in Indonesia despite the absence of tolerance. Fifteen years after the Acehnese tsunami, various religious people visited mass graves built by Muslims in 2018.
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Let’s rethink the way we understand democracy and tolerance.
Indonesia plans to relocate its capital from the sprawling city of Jakarta – and it isn’t the only country with plans to build whole new cities.
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Other countries are planning new cities using technological innovation to achieve more sustainable development. Such plans aren’t new for Australia, but existing city growth is the focus of attention.
Documents show tobacco companies have marketed their products to young people.
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Rémi Desmoulière, Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco)
Jakarta’s minibuses can survive because of their socio-political functions and relation to the interests of thousands of business owners and workers in the capital.
Drivers for online ride-hailing services face several social conditions that may challenge their efforts to transform collective action into a solid union.