Luhut Binsar Panjaitan’s recent political maneuvers reflect a man trying—carefully, even gracefully—to avoid open confrontation. His meeting with President Prabowo Subianto as Chairman of the National Energy Council (DEN), followed by a long essay defending the...
PT Toba Pulp Lestari (INRU) Tbk has been at the heart of a lot of accusations related to the landslide in North Sumatra province. Before the landslide, North Sumatra governor Bobby Nasution already agreed with some community leaders to recommend the closure of Toba...
Indonesia is currently facing a shortage of specialist doctors, with an estimated deficit of around 70,000, while there are only 2,700 up to 3,000 new specialist doctors per year and cases of degenerative diseases are increasing. As part of the effort to address this...
As of today (02/12), based on the latest data from BNPB’s official website, the death toll in the Sumatra disasters has reached 604, while there are 464 people missing, 2,600 injured, and a total of more than 1.5 million affected. Thousands of houses, schools, and...
The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs (Komdigi) has been developing a content moderation system called SAMAN, designed to monitor user-generated content platforms, such as TikTok, X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram. With the rampant spread of illegal...
Indonesia’s largest Muslim organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), is facing one of the most disruptive leadership crises in its modern history. The contested “dismissal” of Chairman Yahya Cholil Staquf by the Syuriyah Council has ignited a national debate—not only about...
The sudden spotlight cast by Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin on the private airport operated by the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), the largest nickel processing center in the country, may look, on the surface, like a routine intervention about...
President Prabowo Subianto’s decision to rehabilitate three former ASDP directors—after their corruption convictions had already become final—is not merely a legal anomaly. It is a political warning shot. Indonesia is sliding toward a system where judicial verdicts...
The 212 Alumni Group (PA 212), a hardline Islamist coalition that traces its political birth to the massive anti-Ahok demonstration of Dec. 2, 2016, will once again stage a “Reuni Akbar 212” at the National Monument (Monas) on Dec. 2, 2025. The movement is attempting...
Three meetings in five days between President Prabowo Subianto and Deputy House Speaker Sufmi Dasco Ahmad are not “coordination.” They are consolidation. And consolidation does not happen when things are going well — it happens when pressure is building. The same week...
