Ganjar Pranowo’s chances of being chosen as PDIP’s presidential candidate are said to be dwindling. Megawati Sukarnoputri has told Puan Maharani, her daughter, to explore the possibility of a coalition with other parties. Puan then went on a political tour, traveling the provinces to raise her low electability rating.

Contrary to the government’s previous statement that the hacker has been busted, Bjorka in fact remains at large. 

The government will make changes to the salary and benefits system for retired civil servants. The budget burden to pay pensioner salaries has become heavier. An option is to form a new institution to manage civil servants' pension funds.

The World Bank has warned The Fed's high-interest rates will be followed with similar policies by other central banks. These could trigger a global recession next year and damage economies of many countries.

Albar Mahdi, a student at the Pondok Modern Darussalam Gontor Islamic boarding school, died after being beaten and kicked by his seniors. The incident is the result of a culture of violence within Islamic boarding schools.

Why did Suciwati feel she was let down by President Joko Widodo when he promised to resolve the murder case of Munir?

The Sahendaruman Protected Forest is under threat of destruction by a gold mining company. The forest is a source of water, a buffer against natural disasters, and the habitat of several endangered endemic bird species.

Why do Joko Widodo’s supporters continue promoting his third-term presidency?

Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

In Sandhyakala Ning Majapahit, Damar Wulan is troubled as he confronts philosophical questions about the meaning of life, why he must die, and whether so-called good and bad exist.

WORKERS inspect pipes for methane gas fuel processing on top of a pile of garbage covered with geomembrane tarpaulin in Palangka Raya Final Waste Disposal Site, Central Kalimantan, Thursday, September 15. Palangka Raya Environmental Agency utilizes the garbage in the disposal site to produce methane gas through the geomembrane tarpaulin system, which could then be used by residents for household needs for free, in order to reduce LNG use/ANTARA FOTO/Makna Zaezar

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