Protecting banking reputation

The recent acquittal of eight bankers in the Rp1.3 trillion Sritex corruption case may have protected banking industry from immediate reputational shock. But it also exposed a deeper problem within the country’s legal and financial governance system: the uneasy...

Connectivity or control?

The inauguration of a new Community Gateway in Wamena by Telkomsat may appear, at first glance, as another infrastructure success story. The government celebrates it as a leap forward for digital inclusion in Papua, promising internet capacity increases of up to...

Teachers fight back against fiscal politics

The recent pushback from the Federation of Indonesian Teachers Unions (FSGI), demanding local governments properly validate honorary teacher data, is not merely administrative advocacy. Behind the bureaucratic language of “data verification” and “budget adjustments”...

ResInvest enters Marga Bara Jaya

SGX-listed Geo Energy Resources Ltd, which operates coal mines in Indonesia, has entered into a term sheet with Resource Invest AG (ResInvest), wherein ResInvest will enter the company’s infrastructure business with a US$1.5 billion valuation. ResInvest will invest...

Substantial correction at Citra Tubindo

Citra Tubindo (CTBN), producer of pipe for oil and gas operations (oil country tubular goods/OCTG), suffered 80% fall of sales revenues in the first quarter of 2026 due to lower purchase from both domestic and overseas oil and gas companies. Export sales fell sharply...

Not out of the woods yet (2)

Brent crude oil advanced 3.23% to US$104.6 per barrel this morning following a statement from US President Donald Trump that Iran’s proposal to end the war is ‘totally unacceptable’. In the meantime, Indonesia’s foreign exchange reserves dropped further by US$2...

Media industry losing more jobs

Media Nusantara Citra (MNCN), parent company of two popular TV stations RCTI and MNC TV, dismissed 206 workers or 5% of its total workforce in the first three months of 2026 after substantially downsizing last year. MNCN, controlled by Hary Tanoesoedibjo’s family,...

M&A Update

Shares of PT Mitra Adiperkasa Tbk (MAPI), one of the leading lifestyle retailers, ended substantially higher by 12.36% on Friday (May 8) following announcement from Singapore’s Pacific Universal Investments Pte. Ltd., affiliate of CVC Capital Partners, that it has...

Homeless media controversy

The controversy of “homeless media” may appear trivial at first glance — merely another social media dispute triggered by remarks from government communication officials. What happens when the state begins blurring the line between partnership and co-optation in the...
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