Students protesting in Jakarta facing troops from the Indonesian National Police.
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A reflection from a former student activist in 1998 on lessons her generation can learn from the 2019 student protests.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo wants the country to be a global maritime power.
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There are limitations on the ground that may hinder the realisation of Jokowi’s grand vision of making Indonesia a global maritime power.
The new law aims to deregulate existing tax requirements to create a more open business climate.
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If the draft tax law is approved by the Indonesian parliament, individuals and businesses will be affected by at least six important changes.
Many children in Indonesia do not know that having sexual relations may lead to them being pregnant and forced to marry their partners.
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Raising the minimum age for Indonesian women to marry to 19 years is important, but on its own is not enough to reduce rates of child marriage.
Indonesian women participate in a rally for equal rights outside the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, in March 2017.
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Indonesia’s populist morality movement considers talking about eliminating sexual violence against women is the same as supporting women’s right to have sex outside of marriage.
Jakarta is among the ‘megacities’ with a population of more than 10 million people.
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Shifting the capital of Indonesia and other countries may actually send the wrong message that cities too can be discarded.
Members of Free West Papua Campaign Netherlands protest over the situation in Indonesia’s Papua and West Papua provinces, on September 6 2019.
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Indonesia’s strategic position in today’s geopolitical configuration explains the lack of response internationally.
B.J Habibie as Indonesia’s Minister of Research and Technology in a press conference in 1987.
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He has inspired generations of Indonesians. Through his work, he changed many lives, including mine.
Palm oil development is not just about the economy but also needs to consider social and environmental costs.
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There are studies showing that farmers can have economic benefits from palm oil. However, they can also be impoverished by the commodity.
Internet issues in Indonesia need to be tackled.
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Indonesia needs a digital affairs ministry if it wants to tap growing potential and tackle mounting issues.
Active fire hotspots detected by S-NPP/VIIRS on September 7 2019.
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We have developed an online tool to help authorities identify which areas they should focus on for reducing forest fires and haze in order to maximize overall health benefits.
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Not talking about racism – what it is, what it looks like in Indonesia, and why it matters – has allowed it to become even more powerful.
Scientists working together with local people to create an eco-sea wall to protect against coastal erosion.
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A biodegradable sea wall is cheaper than a concrete wall. In addition, it’s easy for local people to replicate.
Cancer cells in 3D.
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If you hear about wonder drugs or ingredients that are claimed to be effective in curing all types of cancer, we must beware of their equally dangerous side effects.
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.
As Amazon fires rage, Indonesia faces similar issues with peat fires that have been burning for several weeks in parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan.
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A forest professor tells his experience on the hardships of putting out peat fires in Indonesia
A formal sex-ed curriculum has been missing from Indonesian classrooms.
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Scholars weigh in on what sex education should look like for Indonesian schools. To this day the subject does not have a formal curriculum.
Papuan activists shout slogans during a rally in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 August 2019.
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By limiting access to social media and the internet, the government hurts the right to free speech of not only Papuan residents but also all Indonesians.
Nanyang Technological University.
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Indonesia can learn a lot from Singapore, often regarded as the most influential scientific powerhouse in Asia, on how they manage their research funds.
Slum houses in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta.
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People’s acceptance of poverty is the biggest challenge to eradicating poverty in Yogyakarta and Banten, both on Indonesia’s most populated Java island.
There are more than 33 million students in Indonesia’s public schools, while the number of those enrolled in universities amounts to around seven million.
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The lack of safe spaces for students to express themselves and explore their academic passions can be seen as a reason why Indonesia doesn’t perform well in global education indexes.
Indonesia makes permanent its forest moratorium to save remaining primary forests and peatlands.
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Indonesia has permanently banned new clearing of primary forest and peatland. Here are three benefits of the policy.
In Indonesia, the highest-income group spends about 27 times as much on sugary drinks as the lowest.
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Our research estimates how much benefit taxing sugary drinks could bring to Indonesia.
Entering the second term of his presidency, Jokowi administration needs to put forest and land fires as priority.
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The Indonesian government should improve transparency and public access to land-use data, make the ban on new plantations on primary forests permanent, and give communities access to forests.