A BPKP audit becomes the basis for the government to look into suspected corruption in the procurement of a satellite for the 123 degree East Longitude orbital slot. There is an option to not meet an arbitrage outcome in which the government lost.

An entertainment businessman in Jakarta becomes the mastermind a child trafficking ring from Jambi. This case is just a small tip of the iceberg.

A month prior to its opening, a major exhibition on Indonesia at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum has already been at the center of fierce public debate. Guest curator Bonnie Triyana and the Rijksmuseum are reported to the Dutch police. The Netherland’s main museum is seen as succumbing to right-wing criticism.

Letters on clarification from PT HM Sampoerna Tbk and Sundanese in our literature.

Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi says it is imperative for ASEAN to maintain a consistent attitude on the Myanmar crisis. She also discusses Indonesia’s fundamental stance regarding the South China Sea, Indonesia’s G20 presidency, the outcome of her meeting with the Taliban’s representative and the termination of REDD++ cooperation with Norway.

There is an aroma of collusion and nepotism hanging around the concession to develop the Indonesian Green Industrial Park in North Kalimantan. Luhut Pandjaitan and Boy Thohir are behind it.

Forest encroachment in the Kerinci Seblat National Forest reaches the slopes of Mount Kerinci. Conservation partnership with locals is established to deal with the issue.

Giorgio Agamben traces the etymology of the word ‘epidemic’ to the Greek polemos epidemos for civil war, meaning war with an enemy who lives among us, or even within oneself.

STUDENTS watch the learning process in an emergency tent at the Mathlahul Anwar Sumur Islamic Middle School, Pandeglang, Banten, Monday, January 17. The teaching and learning activities at the school had to be carried out in emergency tents because some of the classrooms were damaged by the 6.6 magnitude earthquake that occurred on January 14. ANTARA FOTO/Muhammad Bagus Khoirunas

This year, Indonesia and India mark 75 years of diplomatic relations. However, the ties between the two nations have existed much longer, predating the establishment of the Republic of Indonesia and the Republic of India. These connections span social, cultural, religious, economic, and trade aspects. But do those close ties of the past have any bearing on the present relationship? Why is there no direct flight between the capitals of the two countries?

Indian Ambassador to Indonesia and Timor-Leste, Sandeep Chakravorty, shares his views on this matter at TEMPO TALKS.