Indonesia obtained the status of being free of foot-and-mouth disease or FMD in 1990. At the time, the government ran a crash program at great expense.

The KPK apprehended Bogor Regent Ade Munawaroh Yasin and her underlings for allegedly bribing four auditors of the BPK. The money is suspected to come from a dubious developer.

Weekly News Capsule series, from five Indonesian citizens allegedly serving as financial facilitators of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or ISIS group, to the declining press freedom index in Indonesia.

Forcing economic growth in such volatile conditions is a dangerous policy. It is akin to driving a bus through a hailstorm. As long as it does not slow down immediately, the bus is at risk of crashing anytime.

Bongbong, the son of former president Ferdinand Marcos, won the Philippines Presidential Election. He was propelled by massive social media propaganda to cleanse his family’s name and the disappointment of the people towards oligarchic democracy.

Upstream Oil and Gas Special Regulatory Task Force Chairman Dwi Soetjipto says that the war in Ukraine has sent fuel prices to soar as Indonesia still depends on oil imports. However, on the upstream side, the crisis spurs more investments for exploration.

Cartoon: Tony Malakian

Rizki Juniansyah, a weightlifter from Banten, broke his own junior world record in the snatch lift category. He has been breaking records for three years in a row.

The Supreme Court orders the government to only use halal vaccines in the national vaccination program. This is suspected to be due to the interests of vaccine producers.

Letters from the Readers: Mismanagement of cooking oil and the Idul Fitri homecoming 2022.

What worries kings, dictators and autocrats even more is what they see as anarchic elements in laughter. Laughter is never engineered, either from above or below. It is free, it explodes, has no certain direction, and can make us ‘crack up’, roll on the floor, uncontrollably.

WORKERS at the construction of an altar for the 2022 National Vesak celebration in the Borobudur Temple Tourism Park (TWC) complex, Magelang, Central Java, Saturday, May 14. The National Vesak celebration was once again held at the Borobudur Temple after two years of absence due to the Covid-19 pandemic with a restriction of only 1,200 participants. ANTARA PHOTOS/Anis Efizudin

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