Reality check on Prajogo’s CUAN

Mar 31, 2026 | Market

Shares of Petrindo Jaya (CUAN), a coal mining and services company controlled by Prajogo Pangestu, declined 2.2% to Rp1,105 this morning as investors responded to the company’s financial report for full year 2025. CUAN, parent of Petrosea (PTRO), has lost 37% its...

Mass (quiet) layoffs (16)

Mar 31, 2026 | Market

PT Ramayana Lestari Tbk (RALS), the largest conventional fashion retailer for middle-low income group, dismissed 427 workers or 12.6% of its total workforce last year as sales and margins were under bigger pressures. Amidst growing e-commerce, Ramayana closed down...

Who controls the next wave of AI?

Mar 31, 2026 | Market

The race for artificial intelligence supremacy is no longer confined to Silicon Valley labs or hyperscale data centers. It is moving—quietly but decisively—to the factory floor. The recent expansion of secure edge AI architecture by Cisco and NVIDIA signals a deeper...

Tinder’s quiet monetization of loneliness

Mar 31, 2026 | Market

Tinder is no longer just a dating app. With its latest feature rollout—AI-powered matchmaking, interest-based profiles, double dates and offline events—the platform is attempting something more ambitious: redesigning how relationships are formed in the digital age....

Amsal Sitepu case and village fund trap

Mar 31, 2026 | Law

The prosecution of Amsal Christy Sitepu has sparked outrage across creative community. To many, the case looks like yet another example of a freelancer being dragged into a legal system that does not understand how creative work is priced. But focusing solely on the...

KDMP so far

Mar 31, 2026 | Market, Politics

The Red-White Village Cooperative (KDMP) was initially designed to strengthen the rural economy. However, when cooperatives are created through government mandates rather than local community initiative, fundamental problems emerge from the very beginning. In many...

Illegal settlements and urban planning issues

Mar 30, 2026 | Law, Market

Illegal settlements around public facilities have long been a challenge in Indonesia, particularly in dense urban centers like Jakarta. Evictions have become necessary measures to improve public safety and urban planning. But what happens when they are carried out...

Talking compliance, delaying control

Mar 30, 2026 | Law, Market

Child-protection regulation for digital platforms—popularly known as PP Tunas—came into force this week, it was framed as a long-overdue intervention. Children under 16 should not be freely exposed to high-risk online environments; platforms must verify age, enable...

Rebuilding trust after the attack

Mar 30, 2026 | Politics

The image of Gibran Rakabuming Raka being turned away from visiting Andrie Yunus is more than a moment of awkward protocol. It is a stark signal of something deeper: a widening trust deficit between the state and civil society. In today’s Indonesia, even gestures of...

Catching operators, missing owners

Mar 30, 2026 | Law

War on online gambling is producing impressive numbers. Police raids, blocked websites, frozen bank accounts, and publicized arrests have become routine. Yet behind these statistics lies a more uncomfortable truth: the state is winning battles against operators, but...