Yandri Susanto’s involvement in securing his wife’s victory in the regional head election was exposed in the Constitutional Court. The president has yet to take a firm stance.

State-owned pawnbroker Pegadaian and BSI are Indonesia’s first bullion bank providers. The plan is to use people’s gold deposits as an alternative funding source for government projects.

Indonesia needs fiscal stimulus and a better business climate to prevent a prolonged economic slowdown. Instead, Prabowo opts for deep budget cuts.

Vannamei shrimp farming in Donggala is overturning traditional aquaculture practices. It differs from silvofishery.

KPK Chair Setyo Budiyanto explains the oversight of Danantara and the probe into the case involving PDI-P Secretary-General Hasto Kristiyanto.

In Indonesia, nepotism looks pervasive with the perpetrators, who are national figures, feeling no self-guilt due to lack of integrity.

Cartoon: Yuyun Nurrachman

There is still much that is strange following the revelations about the alleged corruption involving Pertamina oil imports. There must be more than simply a change of players.

Budiman Sudjatmiko’s Anak-Anak Revolusi and Ma Thida’s A-Maze both tell stories about ‘revolution.’ Yet the two authors had very different fates.

TWO elderly female workers pound sugar palm fruit at the Jatirejo Sugar Palm Industry Center in Gunungpati, Semarang, Central Java, March 6, 2025. According to producers, during the Ramadan fasting month, daily production has surged by up to 100 percent, driven by soaring market demand, with prices reaching Rp8,000 per kilogram.
Antara Foto/Aprillio Akbar

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.