The pandemic causes millions of Indonesians to cascade into poverty. More are mere inches away from stepping into the same abyss.

The government proposes the relaxation policy for resolving non-performing loans being extended until 2023. A ticking time bomb in the financial industry.

The number of orphans increases due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Not all of them receive government assistance.

The justice selection process in the Judicial Commission sparks controversies. Some Supreme Court judge candidates have questionable track records.

The Supervisory Board of Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) writes their objection to Tempo's report.

Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali is not just assigned to improving governance of his ministry but also is the process of finalizing the national sports grand design. Focusing on the 14 key sports which include badminton and weightlifting, the blueprint is designed to improve the country’s performance up to the Olympic level.

How do we assess oil and gas projects that contribute to the realization of “Resilient Indonesia, Growing Indonesia”?

How do they contribute to the rise of Indonesia's economic growth? What about their contributions to the transfer of knowledge for Indonesia? Or, their contribution to the development of the communities around their area of operations? Keep reading, we will get the answers to these three questions.

Why the government withholds data on Covid-19 deaths.

From Hoegeng we learned that holding a position is not a special right to act arbitrarily. The father of the Indonesian police remains unequalled.

AI, artificial intelligence, is both exciting and worrying—and that is our state right now. It is often observed that the more super-intelligent these machines are, the less autonomy we have. We can no longer call ourselves decision-making subjects. It could spell the end of individuality. 

A fish trader carries two sharks on the back of his motorbike in Ikua Koto, Padang, West Sumatra, Friday, August 13. The man claimed that he got the sharks because they accidentally got caught in a fishing net and he sold them for Rp1 million each, despite the regulations that ban such action. Antara/Iggoy el Fitra

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