Konten
Non-Political Articles in Tempo
A reader in Madura asks Tempo to increase coverage outside political issues.
Letters Edisi : Monday, November 3, 2025
The Huge Risks of Ordering State Banks Around
State banks are to fund the construction of red-and-white cooperative warehouses. This is a dangerous decision because it is at odds with the principle of caution.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, November 3, 2025
The Small Island Mine Sealing Performance
The government continues to issue mining permits on small islands. The so-called sealing of illegal sites is nothing more than a legal charade.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, November 3, 2025
Hammering on the Door at Senayan
Small parties are campaigning to reduce the electoral threshold for entering the legislature. There needs to be a change to the system of government.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, November 3, 2025
Bobby Nasution’s House of Cards
The KPK has not yet questioned Bobby Nasution over alleged bribery relating to a road project in North Sumatra. This could uncover an even larger case.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, November 3, 2025
Who Controls Textile Imports
A number of yarn and fabric factories are reducing more than half of their production after getting hit by a wave of cheap imported products. Who is pulling the strings?
Letter From Edisi : Monday, October 27, 2025
Tempo’s Vintage Special Editions
Not all of Tempo’s special editions are available in digital versions.
Letters Edisi : Monday, October 27, 2025
The Dark Side of Carbon Trading
The Prabowo administration is counting on carbon trading as its climate policy. It opens the door to greenwashing.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 27, 2025
Victims of Sexual Exploitation Suffer Twice Over
Victims of sexual exploitation suffer twice over. Restorative justice is not an appropriate way to address this.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 27, 2025
A New Way to Control Senayan
Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin takes over the President’s political communications, long dominated by Sufmi Dasco Ahmad. A new balance or new tensions?
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 27, 2025
The Textile Industry Caught in the Middle
The domestic textile industry is on the verge of collapse as a result of legal imports and smuggled goods. It is the culmination of Prabowo’s empty words.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 27, 2025
A Year of Authoritarian Consolidation
Consolidation by Prabowo after a year in office. Politics and the economy are increasingly being guided.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 20, 2025
How to Write for Tempo
Readers’ letters on how to write for Tempo, civic education for children, and eradicating corruption.
Letters Edisi : Monday, October 13, 2025
Illogical Limits to Fuel Import Quotas
Energy Minister Bahlil Lahadalia’s restriction on non-subsidized fuel imports has created shortages at private gas stations. It is another reckless policy.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 13, 2025
Stop the ‘Empty Land’ Politics in Papua
The government’s claim of ‘empty land’ in Papua reveals a colonial mindset, one that erases indigenous communities existence.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 13, 2025
The Fragile Pillars of the Judicial Commission
People with power dominate the selection committee and prospective members of the Judicial Commission. This is to protect their own interests.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 13, 2025
The Free Nutritious Meals Sycophants
The free nutritious food program is in disarray. There are indications of corruption.
Opinion Edisi : Monday, October 13, 2025
TWO YEARS OF THE PALESTINE GENOCIDE
Israel’s invasion of Palestinian territory shows no sign of ending, largely because many countries refuse to acknowledge that genocide is taking place.
Letter From Edisi : Monday, October 6, 2025
The True Nutrition of the Free Nutritious Meal
The free nutritious meal can be part of food security. It needs to focus on the outermost and border regions.
Letters Edisi : Monday, October 6, 2025
Tragedy Alarm from Cikande
Two Indonesian export commodities are affected by radioactive contamination. This is the result of a poor oversight of nuclear and industrial waste.