Two military chiefs of staff are maneuvering in their quest to succeed Air Chief Marshall Hadi Tjahjanto. Andika Perkasa’s prospect is affected by his age of retirement, only a year away. Yudo Margono is hampered by the tragedy of Nanggala-402.

Officials at the directorate-general of customs are disagreeing about tariffs and import taxes on gold imported by 11 companies at Soekarno-Hatta Airport from 2019-2021. State losses could potentially reach Rp2.9 trillion.

Yopie Hidayat

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Mochtar Kusumaatmadja occupies a special position in Indonesia’s development in legal thinking and education. Educator, thinker, practitioner, and legal bureaucrat: he was that rare person who personified all of the above.

ASEAN is progressing slowly in its handling of the crisis in Myanmar. The military junta refuses to meet envoy from the organization.

Dr. Sasa carries out his duties as International Cooperation Minister and Spokesperson for National Unity Government (NUG), Myanmar’s parallel government, from an undisclosed hiding place. He moves from one discussion forum to the next to lobby for support from the international community. Sasa has been in contact with international leaders and politicians from the US, UK, EU or even Japan, yet he has been unsuccessful in establishing communication with ASEAN. He presses ASEAN to take a more prominent role in resolving the crisis in his home country, among others, by promptly appointing a special envoy to mediate dialog between the NUG and junta leader Gen. Min Aung Hlaing. According to him the five point consensus from the ASEAN Summit has not been followed up.

Protests against coal waste management have repeatedly erupted. Dispute resolution efforts are seen as not pro-environment and public health.

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Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

The election of the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry chair will determine the overall support of businesspeople in the 2024 presidential election. There are efforts to restore KADIN to the role it had in the Suharto era.

Until at least the early 17th century in the Turkish Ottoman empire, the successor was not determined by birth rank. The principle of succession was brutal: the strongest won. It was brutal competition.

Delivery drivers crowd and wait for BTS meal orders in a McDonald’s restaurant in Bogor, West Java, Wednesday, June 9. Thirty-four McDonald’s stores around the country re-opened on Friday, June 11, after they were forced to close amid soaring demand for special meals inspired by K-pop sensation BTS that led to chaos amid huge food delivery orders. The meal features 10 Chicken McNuggets, fries and a Coke, along with sweet chili and cajun dipping sauces hand-picked by the band members, McDonald’s Korea said when it went on sale there. Sofyan Shah/Radar Bogor/via REUTERS

SOUTHEAST Asia has faced numerous human rights violations and abuses, ranging from the worst crimes against the Rohingya and other religious and ethnic minorities in Myanmar to extra-judicial killings in the Philippines under President Duterte’s administration. Many enforced disappearances have also occurred across the region, along with violence against human rights and democracy defenders, attacks on freedom of religion and belief, freedom of expression, and some other incidents. 

It does not mean the region has no institution that addresses human rights issues. Since 2009, member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have had the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights or AICHR. But critics said this body has been ineffective and ‌incapable of protecting human rights in the region. 

To commemorate the International Human Rights Day on December 10, TEMPO TALKS presents Yuyun Wahyuningrum, the representative of Indonesia to AICHR who will explain about human rights problems in the region and how her organization addresses the issue on TEMPO TALKS