The Jakarta Post - Still bold, fiercely independent
Candidate Ridwan Kamil has lost his early polling lead in the Jakarta gubernatorial race amid struggles to consolidate support from within his electoral alliance, while his biggest rival, Pramono ...
RI diplomacy influential despite Jokowi’s focus on domestic issues ...
Oct 11, 2024 · RI diplomacy influential despite Jokowi’s focus on domestic issues. Indonesian diplomacy under Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi has done much to expand the country’s influence on the global ...
Nothing develops on its own - Editorial - The Jakarta Post
Oct 11, 2024 · Nothing develops on its own. Many of the national strategic projects are built where they make business sense, not where development priorities would have them. The nickel smelting plants at the ...
Ministry blocks e-commerce app Temu to protect local firms
Oct 10, 2024 · The operation of Chinese e-commerce Temu has been blocked in Indonesia after industry groups urged the government to take the app down over concerns that it threatened local micro, small and ...
Govt offers three seaports to foreign, domestic investors
Oct 9, 2024 · T. he Transportation Ministry has announced auctions for the development of three seaports outside the Java region and is inviting the participation of foreign and domestic investors. The projects ...
Jokowi’s last stand: Sand - Editorial - The Jakarta Post
Oct 10, 2024 · Jokowi's decision to reverse the decades-old ban on sea sand exports, whether in part or whole, raises the classic dichotomy of can versus should and disregards not only the contemporary issues of ...
The inside story: How Indonesia-US diplomatic relations started in …
Oct 12, 2024 · The delegation made its mark in 1947, leading to UN-sponsored steps at mediation of the conflict. When mediation failed, the UN Security Council, led by the US, passed a resolution explicitly ...
Indonesia's BRICS membership: A strategic leap into a new global …
Oct 30, 2024 · As BRICS world leaders convened in Kazan for a summit this week, Indonesia's Foreign Ministry said late on Oct. 25 that the process of joining the group has begun. (BRICS Russia 2024 via Reuters ...
Labor unions announce weeklong protests for higher pay, law …
Oct 11, 2024 · he KSPI has announced its plan to hold mass protests from Oct. 24 to 31 to demand better pay and the repeal of certain provisions in the jobs law, noting that the protests were scheduled on those ...
Govt repatriates 14 more citizens as Israel-Hezbollah war …
Oct 12, 2024 · Authorities have evacuated 79 Indonesian citizens and a foreigner married to one of the evacuees from Lebanon amid intensifying Israeli forces' military offensive in the Middle Eastern country.