No Peace In Harjokuncaran
For over 30 years, there has been no end to a raging land dispute between villagers of Harjokuncaran in Malang and the Indonesian Army (TNI). Three hamlets in that village have disappeared.
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For over 30 years, there has been no end to a raging land dispute between villagers of Harjokuncaran in Malang and the Indonesian Army (TNI). Three hamlets in that village have disappeared.
Indonesia will host the Asia-Pacific Regional Meeting on Peacekeeping in Jakarta on July 27-28, where it will lobby regional governments to boost their contributions to the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping force. Andy Rachmianto, the Director of International Security and Disarmament at the Foreign Affairs Ministry, said there was a need for UN countries to deploy more peacekeeping forces to conflict areas.
"That's why we are holding this meeting. Peacekeeping missions from the UN are facing complex, multidimensional challenges," Andy announced at the Foreign Affairs Ministry office in Jakarta last Thursday. Based on UN data, there are currently 16,000 peacekeeping personnel deployed in conflict areas around the world.
THE conflict in Aceh, one of the longest armed conflicts worldwide that has claimed a large number of lives, has ended. The peace dialog in Helsinki in August 2005 was facilitated by the Crisis Management Initiative. Managed by a small staff, this organization succeeded in convincing GAM to agree to destroy its weaponsthe most difficult part of every peace dialog. Tempo journalist Nezar Patria observed the role of the peacekeepers during a visit to Helsinki last month. Raihul Fadjri and Kurie Suditomo completed the report with similar cases from Northern Ireland and Sri Lanka.
The Post-New Order governments are not considered to have been successful at improving overall prosperity and some people now miss Suhartoa story of the irony of reformasi.
Farwiza Farhan, the winner of the 2024 Ramon Magsaysay award talks about conservation of the Leuser Ecosystem in Aceh.
During the 2024 haj pilgrimage in Mina, some pilgrims were forced to sleep in cramped conditions. Some of accompanying haj officials did not go through a selection process.
The right of inquiry to investigate alleged fraud in the 2024 elections is threatened to run aground in the House of Representatives (DPR), influenced by offers of ministerial seat in Prabowo’s cabinet.
The presidential election is not over yet. The lawsuit in the Constitutional Court shows that something is wrong in the 2024 presidential election.
Under the leadership of Airlangga Hartarto, Golkar sees a significant increase in votes during the 2024 General Elections. Part of it is due to the Jokowi effect.
The 2024 election debates should include culture and academic as themes, with the latter necessarily coming out of a concern how easy it is to obtain a doctoral degree.
Ministers and senior officials from the government coalition are calling for the 2024 elections to be delayed. Like those of Sukarno and Suharto, Jokowi’s presidency could end in tragedy.
It is reported that President Jokowi gives the green light to a number of prospective candidates wanting to stand for the presidency. Is he seeking political protection post-2024?
The term “Medan Block” emerged during the trial of former North Maluku Governor, Abdul Gani Kasuba. Medan Block is believed to refer to pre-allocated nickel mining concessions in Halmahera.
Bobby Nasution is suspected of managing the Medan Block nickel mine since 2021. He met with Abdul Gani Kasuba before becoming the Mayor of Medan.
The PDI-P will be nominating Anies Baswedan in the Jakarta gubernatorial election. A popular candidate against Jokowi’s coalition.
The opportunity for Anies Baswedan to contest the Jakarta gubernatorial election is slipping away after the coalition of parties supporting him fell apart. There is a guerrilla from the Palace.
An exclusive Tempo interview with Anies Baswedan regarding his chances to run in the Jakarta regional head election.
Jokowi and Prabowo’s coalition are maneuvering to thwart Anies Baswedan’s candidacy in the Jakarta regional head election. Cabinet posts are being offered as inducements.
Chances for Anies Baswedan to run in the Jakarta regional head election are beginning to open up. A number of political parties support Prabowo Subianto intend to nominate Anies.
Thirteen-year-old Afif Maulana was found dead under a bridge in Padang, West Sumatra. He had allegedly been tortured by the police.
The number of Indonesian umrah minor pilgrimage travelers grows during the fasting month of Ramadan. The nation’s umrah economic potential has not been fully harnessed.
A defendant of the Supreme Court justice bribery case is allegedly subjected to extortion by someone claiming to represent the leadership of the KPK. The name Firli Bahuri is also implicated.
Anies Baswedan talks about the campaign. He admits there are talks with the Ganjar-Mahfud team.
The claim that the Gunung Padang site is the oldest pyramid in the world is strongly challenged. A collaboration of researchers from around the world is needed.
Foreign archeologists doubt the site of Gunung Padang as the world’s oldest pyramid. A journal publisher is going to investigate.
Moh. Wijdan, Head of Ketapang Jaya village, Ketapang, Sampang, East Java, replies to Pressure from the Police and Prosecutors article.
Anies Baswedan is campaigning aggressively through TikTok. It is forbidden to talk about politics and campaigns.
Several high-ranking veterans formerly supporters of Jokowi and Prabowo switched their allegiance to Anies Baswedan. Several officers held disappointment.
Anies Baswedan choses Muhaimin Iskandar to be his vice-presidential running mate. Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono is eliminated in the final turn.
The concept of Kampung Madani is to optimize the business and economic potential of the region. #InfoTempo
A family of Sumatran tigers died after being caught in snare traps in Aceh. With a population of about 600, this endangered wild animal is threatened by poaching, loss of habitat, and conflict with humans.
Poaching produce in the North Natuna Sea is not only triggered by economic need. According to the Director of the Fleet Monitoring and Operations of the Marine and Fisheries Resources Directorate-General in the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, Pung Nugroho Saksono, a conflict similar to the Sipadan-Ligitan case between Malaysia and Indonesia should not be allowed to recur.
Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator, Novel Baswedan, has doubts about his alleged assailant Brig. Rahmat Kadir Mahulette’s statement, calling him a traitor.
MEDAN Mayor Tengku Dzulmi Eldin’s alleged bribery case has roped in a number of parties, from bureaucrats to businessmen.
THE ivory hornbill or rangkong is a symbol of courage and bravery for Dayak community in Kalimantan. The bird is also considered a protector, and acts as the bridge which connects the souls of their ancestors with the Dayaks. Despite this, in the past three years, the population of the ivory rangkong has depleted alarmingly. In 2015, international conservation organizations announced its status as critically endangered.
Parking attendants in Makassar were given paralegal training by the Makassar Legal Aid Institute. The program aims to improve legal awareness and embolden participants to fight corruption.
THE Civil Society Coalition has worked with Change.org to launch a petition demanding President Joko Widodo to form a joint fact-finding team (TGPF) to investigate the attack using acid against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan.
Sartono Kartodiredjo’s dissertation Pemberontakan Petani Banten 1888 (The Peasants’ Revolt of Banten in 1888) and Catatan Harian Imam Samudra (Imam Samudra’s Diaries) were two texts that significantly influenced Jompet Kuswidananto’s work On Paradise, exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Arts, Grand-Hornu, Belgium.
Organic coffee farming in Kiadan Plaga is the main source of income. It is also a vehicle for the village’s brand of ecotourism.~
Rizieq Syihab, charged in a pornography offense, did not show up at his scheduled questioning at the Jakarta police headquarters on April 25. He said he wanted to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, to perform the lesser pilgrimage (umrah). This Grand Imam of the Islam Defenders Front (FPI) promised he would be present for questioning upon returning from the Holy Land in mid-May. However, the post-Ramadan fasting month holiday has passed and he has yet to return to Indonesia.
Anies Baswedan took advantage of the final week of the campaign to emphasize his rejection of land reclamation work on the north shore of Jakarta. On Wednesday last week, Anies, who is running for the office of the Jakarta governor, endorsed by the Gerindra Party and Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) went to the dock in Cilincing, North Jakarta. He took part in the parade with the theme "Fishermen Reject Land Reclamation."
There were 150 ships there, each carrying 10 fishermen, which sailed in a convoy on Jakarta Bay, from Kalibaru dock to Cilincing. These fishing boats visited Island G, an island where work had once stopped, which is being worked on by the Agung Podomoro Land company. They put up a banner there which read "Reject Land Reclamation."
Friday last week was a busy day for 47-year-old Anies Baswedan, who began his day's activities from early morning. His schedule was full and it did not end until nearly midnight. "I haven't slept much," said Anies.
That day, Anies, the former education and culture minister, was selected a candidate in the Jakarta gubernatorial election, by the Gerindra Party and the Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS). His running mate is Sandiaga Uno, a Gerindra member and businessman. There was a series of events he had to attend following his nomination: the public declaration of his candidacy, registration at the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) and political meetings. At the end of that Friday, Tempo reporter Prihandoko had a chance to interview Anies about his nomination
THE four big mammals that have always been the focus of World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia, according to Arnold Sitompul, are tigers, orangutans, elephants and rhinoceroses. It is not just because they are endemic to the islands of Sumatra, Java and Kalimantan. The animals are listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as critically endangered. "These species have always been our main concern because they are endemic to Indonesia, and so they've always been our priority," Arnold told Tempo.
Out of the four endangered mammals, the most threatened are the Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis), of which only about 300 are left in the wild. Meanwhile, the population of Sumatran elephants (Elephas maximus sumatranus) plummeted by 50 percent in less than 10 years. Arnold recently spoke to Tempo English reporter Amanda Siddharta on WWF Indonesia's efforts to conserve these iconic beasts. Excerpts:
The huge education budget20 percent of the total state budgetdemands a significant improvement in the quality of the national education system, something that Indonesians have been yearning for years. Now, it is up to Education and Culture Minister Anies Baswedan to respond to those demands.
The first step that Anies has started is publicizing all data on public education. The Education Balance Sheet publication contains information that until recently was not available to the public, such as the number of students in schools, the proportion of students to teachers, the number of damaged and broken-down schools, the quality of teachers based on teacher competence evaluations, the different education budgets between national and regional budgets, the budget allocation per student and the number of accredited schools.
This is the story of death. It is begun with somebody's death and ends with your own death. Yes, your death. No need for surprises," Faisal Oddang opens his story in his maiden novel Puya ke Puya. Death is the frame of the whole narrative, binding the subplots throughout the 218-page novel.
Yet, death here is not described in fear or anxiety. Faisal sets it with the background of the Toraja community that views death as something intimate. "Most Torajans celebrate death and keep it as close as possible in their memories," writes Faisal.
It is increasingly clear that the charges against Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan were mostly fabricated. The National Ombudsman found suspected fraud in the police investigation. The prosecution's case against Novel, concluded the Ombudsman, should not even have qualified for a court hearing.
Irregularities were first suspected when a 2004 resolved case involving Novel was regurgitated. He was, at the time, posted in a Bengkulu district police precinct and charged with allegedly allowing his subordinates to torture some bird-nest thieves. The case should have been closed after Novel was given a strong warning that same year. Unfortunately, the police dug it up when Novel, as a KPK investigator, exposed the corruption inside the National Police traffic division.
After the noon prayers, Irzal Rakhmadani, 24, packed his things in a rucksack and went out. Two items he never goes without are his stethoscope and sphygmometer. He would ride on his motorbike to the office of the World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, three kilometers away. There, he would treat people suffering from the effects of forest fire smoke around Palangkaraya. In 2015, he treated some 1,000 patients.
In mid-September, Irzal and his colleagues visited a camp for workers who had been laid off by an oil palm company. Fifteen volunteers of Earth Hour Palangkaraya had gathered to help the smoke victims there. Irzal saw something that distressed him. About 300 people were crammed into a 5x15 meter barrack. Because there was not enough room, tarpaulin tents had been set up outside the barracks. People lived alongside chicken and their pet dogs.
ON the first day that Anies Baswedan began his job as minister for culture and elementary and secondary education a year ago, he knew there would be piles of work ahead of him. Among the many issues that needed to be sorted out was the scarcity of teachers in Indonesia's remote areas. Yet, statistically, there should have been enough teachers to go around. The student-teacher ratio is around 16 to 1. "That's an excess, while in South Korea, the ratio is 30 to 1. Ideally it should be 25 to 1," said Anies, admitting that the problem in Indonesia was one of unequal distribution. In some places such as Papua, the ratio dropped significantly to 75 students for every teacher. So, in May this year, the education ministry initiated the Guru Garis Depan (Frontline Teachers ) program to address the shortage of teachers in the outer parts of the country. So far, 798 teachers have been sent out to teach at 28 regencies. Next year, the number is expected to increase to 3,500. Anies discussed the Frontline Teachers initiative with Tempo English reporters Sadika Hamid, Syari Fani and Amanda Siddharta. Excerpts:
THE Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has an ambitious plan for next year: raising the budget for the development of renewable energy by 10 times. "The future of Indonesia's development depends on seeking and building renewable energy. We can no longer rely solely on fossil fuel energy, which is bound to become scarce," said Dadan Kusdiana, director of the ministry's section on bio-energy.
A strain of wheat developed by researchers at the Andalas University School of Agriculture in Padang, West Sumatra-the Galur SO-3, or GURI 6 UNAND-has been identified as one of four superior varieties of wheat by the Cereal Plant Research Center last November.
Rice, rendang beef stew, jackfruit curry and many kinds of sambal (chili paste) sit in the front lanjar (guestroom) of Etek Nuraini's traditional rumah gadang house in Nagari Sumpur, in the Tanah Datar regency of West Sumatra. It is early in the month of February. Some 40 guests have gathered, including village elders and West Sumatra Governor Irwan Prayitno. Guests sit on the floor, eating side-by-side. Prayers are recited for the safety and wellbeing of those who will inhabit the house. Family photos hang on the wall. Windows are left open to let sunlight in.
From the vantage of the dining area, the house's spacious interior is in clear view. Six jua (Cassia siamea) pillars grace the building's 17-meter-long sides. Jua, a type of ulin ironwood, is extremely durable: once dry, its impossible to cut it down to size. The walls, meanwhile, are made of surian (Toona ciliata), and floors from bayur (pterospermum javanicum) tree trunks.
Forty young men strain and groan, taut muscles shining with sweat as they haul a jua tree (Cassia siamea) out from a ravine near Singkarak Lake, West Sumatra. The trunk is 11 meters long and will be used as the main pillar in a rumah gadang (traditional Minangkabau house). The house is being built for the heirs of Etek Siti Fatimah in the hamlet of Nagari, Sumpur village, Tanah Datar regency. Etek is what locals call an aunt, or a respected female figure.
The men take turns pulling the tree up and out of the gully. Shortly after noon, they reach the top. After clearing another small rise they toss the trunk down the other side, watching it tumble downhill.
PHOTOGRAPHS of elementary school students hang on the walls of the Ki Hajar Dewantara Building of the Elementary and Secondary Education and Culture Ministry in Jakarta. Most of them show children in remote areas, wearing shabby uniforms but genuine smiles on their faces. The photographs were put up at the request of the new minister, Anies Baswedan, who asked that they be hung everywhere, including in all meeting rooms. "So that when we meet, their faces will remind us that we work for them," said Anies, in his office last week.
Barely two months into his new assignment, Anies has created a buzz in Indonesia's education sector. He changed the function of national school examinations from determining a student's passing grade to merely a tool to measure the quality of education. A recent bombshell was when Anies halted the Curriculum 2013 and reverted to the Curriculum 2006 on December 6. He rejected the new curriculum because he noticed that teachers and schools were not ready to use it. "It's like being told to suddenly switch to an iPhone when you're used to using BlackBerry," Anies explained.
His name is Sekarpandan. He is short, with a huge behind. In Cirebon style wayang kulit, he is one of the nine clown-retainers who accompany the five Pandawa.
Sekarpandan got his bodily form after taunting Semar, who wanted to marry Sekarpandan's older sister Sudiragen. In the fight that ensued, Sekarpandan lost and was thrown into a clump of pandanus, immediately changing form: he became a replica of the person he had been taunting. Also in character.
PERHAPS he was born with a gun in his hand. At the age of 13, Benny Moerdani fought as a member of the military academy cadets. He nearly died when Dutch gunfire destroyed his rifle barrel. Fragments flew into his face, causing him to bleed profusely.
Without being trained as a paratrooper, Benny once jumped from an airplane over Pekanbaru to win back the Caltex oilfield which had been taken over by rebels from the Revolutionary Government of the Republic of Indonesia (PRRI). During a different assault in Padang, his parachute failed to open. The cord wrapped around his leg, and his body slammed against the plane's fuselage. Fortunately he was able to use his reserve chute. With his leg in a cast, he insisted on going to the battlefield.
A national research team has discovered ancient buildings and artifacts at the Mount Padang archaeological site in, Cianjur regency, West Java. The team's deputy chairman for geology, Danny Hilman Natawidjadja, said they had found a 22-centimeter-long stone rod on the mountain's southern slope, about two or three meters below the surface. The rod has pores and magnetic characteristics that attract it to metal. "It resembles Harry Potter's magic wand, which is fit for gripping," Danny said last week.
Other finds included knife-shaped metals, metal waste and burned soil with stacks of stones beneath. Based on laboratory tests, the burned residual materials have been in the location since 5,200 BC.
FOR almost a year, Hamdan Zoelva has only managed to sleep five hours a day. As the chief justice of the Constitutional Court he has had to bear the consequences of his predecessor Akil Mochtar's actions. Last year Akil was arrested, tried and sentenced to jail by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). "Many people don't trust the Court anymore," said 52-year-old Hamdan.
Akil was guilty of accepting bribes from regional chief executives whose elections were in dispute. He was arrested in early October 2013, in the process of receiving money from Hambit Bintih, district chief of Gunung Emas. The case shook the Court. When Hamdan took over, public trust in the judiciary was at its lowest.
CONSTITUTIONAL Court Chief Justice Hamdan Zoelva turned red and his voice rose one decibel higher as he presided over the lawsuit submitted by the Jambi-based National Democrat Party. Two of the three witnesses had given conflicting information. When they were questioned further, they had no valid data. "It was very clear they were making it all up," Hamdan told Tempo.
The inaccurate testimony, according to Hamdan, was one among many problems in the court proceedings looking into disputes arising out of the recent legislative election. Some 700 cases submitted by political parties and legislative candidates were pending, with only three weeks to go before the deadline on June 30. "This week we will evaluate the cases so that a week before the deadline, all is in place."
The government has appointed PGN and Bakrie to complete the Kepodang-Tambak Lorok gas pipeline project. PLN has missed out on Rp3 trillion in savings.
On the eastern part of Sumba Island, Mbatakapidu village chief Jacob Tanda is synonymous with bountiful harvests. He succeeded in turning around a perennial food shortage into abundance and resilience, thanks to his innovative farming ways. He urged his villagers to plant 10 kinds of crops and to re-use the traditional barns to store food. He persuaded women active in the local Community Welfare Program (PKK), to carry out a 'love your local products' campaign. In just four years, he altered an impoverished village into a bountiful, resilient community. Tempo reporter Syari Fani flew to eastern Sumba to report on this success story on the occasion of World Food Day on October 16.
A cross-disciplinary team of scientists is studying a controversial archeological site: Mount Padang. Is it true the site is 10 times larger than Borobudur?
This is a portrait of how things have changed in the first elite neighborhood in the Dutch Indies. The area in question was formerly called Nieuw-Gondangdia. Later its name was changed to Menteng. This is where the wealthy lived, from top government officials and governors to ambassadors and businesspeople. Over the years, however, its beauty has faded. It has grown in an irregular fashion, due to the inconsistent application of city regulations, as well as its residents' lack of concern for the environment.
On this year's anniversary of the city of Jakarta, which coincides with Menteng's 100th anniversary, Tempo attempts to write extensively about Indonesia's first modern tropical residential area. This is where the Indische (Indies) architectural style originated. Not many buildings of this style exist today. Now it is a crowded, polluted area, used by motorists avoiding carpool roads. Menteng is a typical example of Jakarta's muddled zoning regulations.
In the village of Lendang Nangka, East Lombok, residents have attained self-sufficiency in their clean water supply. In addition to receiving an award for their efforts, the villages water supply has made it easier for residents to conduct their business.
The month of Ramadan (fasting) will end with the Idul Fitri holidays, a cause for joyous celebration. Young and old, the high and the low, will come together in a new beginning, marked by day-long feasting and fun. But there will also be a sobering moment of spiritual reconnection, of forgiveness and joint prayers, giving thanks to the greatness of God Almighty. At this joyous time, Tempo English Edition presents a special photo essay of Ramadan celebration in eastern Indonesia.
Artists from Indonesia used various actions to capture the attention of audiences in Berlin. Sundanese language was not an obstacle when it appeared as a performance.
Located in the middle of the World Coral Triangle, Indonesia plays an important role in determining the fate of the tuna, the highly popular food fish that is slowly but irrevocably diminishing from the earth’s oceans, no thanks to years of excessive fishing. Processing plants can no longer meet fish production capacity, fishermen must sail farther out to sea for their catches yet exports are declining. Can government regulations bring back the endangered tuna? A special report by the Tempo English Edition team.
The winner of the Rancage Literary Award was announced. Ajip Rosidi has begun to pass on the judging of Sundanese literature to his colleagues.
The Special 88 Detachment has been deployed in pursuit of the Medan Bank CIMB robbers. They are suspected of having links to former GAM members and other groups.
The high bovine mortality rate drove researchers at Nusa Cendana University to create a supplement that fattens cows and makes them resistant to disease.
How will corruption eradication fare in 2009? The optimistic will reply: “full of challenges”, while the pessimists are bound to say: “dismal”. We prefer the word “endangered”.
Lombok’s Sasak Muslims enjoy unique traditions during Ramadan.
Tan Deseng is recognized as a skilled Sundanese ethnomusicologist. He set up a workshop with ethnic-Chinese students who love Sundanese culture.
The Cendana Axis
The Ups and Downs of the Cendana Family
After Suharto stepped down, the range of business activities as well as the wealth of the Cendana family seemed to decline. But the sons and daughters of the former president still hold key positions in a number of corporations.
The Medan District Court has rejected Adelin Lis’s defense. Forestry Minister Kaban will be presented as a witness.
Researchers find pandanus (screw pine) with potential similar to buah merah on the Island of Yapen, Papua.
The grandson of former President Suharto, Danny Indra Rukmana, married celebrity Lulu Tobing. A lavish wedding was held.
THE life rhythm of this youth suddenly changed in mid-July. He is now spotlighted, photographed, interviewed and gets to meet all kinds of people. Jonathan Pradana Mailoa is receiving praises galore because he is the shining star in a nation that is going through so much darkness: earthquakes, floods, famine and that endless disease called corruption. Indonesias reputation went up a notch through the brilliance of this 16-year-old, when he became the absolute winner of the 37th International Physics Olympics, held in Singapore and participated in by 86 countries.
The World Cup ended last Sunday, but people are still talking about soccer. Not Italys victory over France, but the duel between Zinedine Zidane, the captain of the French team, and Marco Materazzi, the Italian back.
LAST month, the Philippine government began identification of Indonesian migrants in Mindanao. They were offered a choice of repatriation to Indonesia, legalization or naturalization. Legalization allows the immigrants to stay in the Philippines and retain their Indonesian citizenship while naturalization provides the migrants with full Filipino citizenship. Most of the migrants came from the islands of Sangihe and Talaud in northern Sulawesi. The forefathers of these Indonesians, who have since taken Philippine citizenship, arrived in the southern Philippines in the 15th century. Locally called the Sangil, they considered themselves natives of Mindanao Island, although they spoke a language originating in Sangihe. Tempo correspondent Verrianto Madjowa traveled to Mindanao last September to observe the lives of the Indonesian migrants and filed this report.
Last week, Siti Hardijanti Rukmana was nominated PKPBs candidate for the 2004 presidential election. What is the extent of preparations by the Cendana family?
Like Malin Kundangthe folklore character who disowns his own motherYLBHI once fought the Jakarta City administration, which played a key role in establishing YLBHI and funding its first years of operation.
Even before the verdict handed down in The Hague last Tuesday, Malaysia had long been occupying Sipadan and Ligitan. TEMPO journalist Wenseslaus Manggut, who recently traveled to the islands, was unceremoniously told to leave in no uncertain terms by the Malaysian Police.
While a fugitive, Tommy Suharto often came to the family compound on Jalan Cendana. A long-time employee now tells TEMPO how he eluded capture.
The High Court is investigating six Medan District Court judges on charges of accepting bribes. However, they have only been suspended from duty pending further inquiry.
Semen Padang has rejected the governments wish to replace the companys board of directors. The reason for this was that financial performance was improving. Whats going on?
Expanding Padang restaurants apply a variety of business models to produce a remarkably consistent cuisine.
The planned sale of Semen Gresik-Padang-Tonasa has become extremely complicated since the West Sumatra DPRD and local government took over Semen Padang.
Surprise! I Putu Gde Ary Suta has been appointed chairman of IBRA. Can he win public confidence, bearing in mind he used to be close to the Cendana family?
This is the testimony of those involved in a 1998 bomb scare in Medan. They say they were obeying orders from an intelligence officer.
Omar Dani's Plea offers up a new fact regarding Bung Karno's presence at the Halim Perdana Kusuma air base. It's another piece of information from an actor with a role in history, muzzled for 30 years.
Two journalists investigate the Mindanao rebellion. What was the role of President Abdurrahman Wahid in negotiations between the Philippine government and the Salamat Hashim group? Why were they inspired by the liberation of Timor Leste?
Abdul Gani Kasuba mengaku bertemu Bobby Nasution dan bertelepon dengan Kahiyang Ayu. Membicarakan Blok Medan?
Gerakan menanam pohon di Provinsi Sulawesi Barat sarat makna. Bukan sekadar menanam
Menteri Dalam Negeri Tito Karnavian menegaskan tak segan mengganti penjabat kepala daerah yang berkinerja buruk.
Penjabat Gubernur Kalimantan Barat Harisson dinilai mampu mendorong perekonomian daerah.
Paralayang kian digemari anak muda. Tak dianjurkan untuk mereka yang punya riwayat gangguan jantung.
Kebijakan paspor umrah dan paspor nol rupiah bagi pekerja migran, bentuk inovasi pelayanan publik.
Herry Dim memamerkan wayang motekar di Galeri Orbital Dago, Bandung, Jawa Barat.
Wayang topeng Malang dengan lakon Klana Rangga Puspita. Dihadirkan dengan konsep yang lebih modern, melibatkan penonton.
Pemerintah Kota Makassar bersikukuh membangun rel kereta api secara elevated sementara dari pemerintah pusat #InfoTempo
Penumpang menilai kereta cepat Jakarta-Bandung kurang kompetitif dibanding Argo Parahyangan. KCIC menggenjot pendapatan nonpenumpang.
Visi Danny Pomanto membangun resiliensi dan pertumbuhan inklusif Kota Makassar. #InfoTempo
Eks pemain timnas sepak bola Belgia, Radja Nainggolan, bergabung dengan Bhayangkara FC. Menyelamatkan klub dari degradasi.
Jenderal TNI AD Agus Subiyanto menjabarkan prioritas implementasi dalam meningkatkan kemampuan TNI
Wakaf merupakan salah satu jenis sedekah jariyah yang belum sepopuler zakat maupun infaq.
Tak pernah padam melayani negara dan rakyat
Kasur perlu diganti setelah lebih dari 10 tahun.
Pelaku usaha mikro kecil dan menengah memeriahkan Hari Bhayangkara 2023.#InfoTempo
Kartun Yuyun Nurrachman
AKBP Wahyuni menyampaikan terima kasih kepada semua pihak yang telah membantu dan berpartisipasi.#InfoTempo
Sejumlah pesohor dunia mengenakan busana karya para desainer Indonesia. Dari penyanyi Billie Eilish, Beyonce, hingga Madonna.
Tiga dari lima eksil yang telah meninggal dekat dengan akademikus Indonesia. Berkarya tentang Indonesia.
Komunitas Wayang Suket Indonesia memainkan kisah rakyat Bandung Bondowoso di Teater Salihara, Jakarta.
Vonis bebas untuk Yangyang, terdakwa pembunuhan pacarnya, yang memantik protes besar masyarakat. Arsip Tempo 27 Juni 1987.
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Dongeng Hans Christian Anderson tentang bayang-bayang yang menjelma manusia.
Situs Liyangan adalah situs yang pernah tertimbun material ledakan Gunung Sindoro.
Selamat tinggal Argo Parahyangan Bandung.
Kongres Ulama Perempuan Indonesia (KUPI) II di Pondok Pesantren Hasyim Asy’ari, Bangsri, Jepara, Jawa Tengah. Dihadiri 1.500 ulama, aktivis, serta pengamat dari dalam dan luar negeri.
Karena menyerupai estrogen, BPA yang masuk ke dalam tubuh akan menggangu sistem horman pada manusia. #Infotempo
Surat pembaca meniru Oakland membangun Jakarta bebas polusi udara.
Badan pemeriksa keuangan anggota G20 menyepakati 12 kesepakatan dalam penyelesaian masalah global. #Infotempo
Film Autobiography karya Makbul Mubarak memenangi First Film Award seksi Horizons Festival Film Venesia 2022. Mengulik anatomi kekerasan di negara.
Herry Dim mementaskan wayang motekar yang menunjukkan seni visual dan bunyi dengan sentuhan teknologi.
Surat pembaca filosofi wayang.
Sempat tertunda akibat pandemi, Isyana Sarasvati bisa kembali bertemu keluarga dan menyajikan album baru bergenre rock progresif. #Infotempo
Mantan penyanyi cilik Sari Koeswoyo mulai berani menampilkan puluhan karya lukisnya kepada publik. Sebagian besar mengambil tema wayang.
Pemerintah enggan mencabut subsidi karena pertimbangan politik. Ada risiko besar yang membayangi anggaran negara.
Soedjatmoko adalah pemikir yang melewati banyak zaman. Putra seorang dokter keraton ini dikeluarkan dari sekolah kedokteran karena turun melawan Jepang, mewakili Indonesia di Perserikatan Bangsa-Bangsa setelah Proklamasi, dan aktif di Partai Sosialis Indonesia. Ketika pemerintah Orde Lama mulai otoriter, Soedjatmoko tak segan mengkritik Sukarno.
Setelah zaman berganti, ia tetap vokal menyuarakan pendapatnya. Soedjatmoko, yang ketika itu menjabat Duta Besar Indonesia untuk Amerika Serikat, rutin menyurati Presiden Soeharto untuk menyampaikan kabar perkembangan politik di Amerika Serikat. Bung Koko—sapaan akrabnya—juga penulis yang produktif. Ia menuangkan pemikirannya ke ratusan tulisan yang relevan hingga kini.
Dituduh mendalangi peristiwa Malapetaka Lima Belas Januari atau Malari pada 15 Januari 1974, Soedjatmoko sempat dicegah keluar dari Indonesia. Pada 1978, ia menerima Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding dan dua tahun kemudian menjadi Rektor United Nations University di Tokyo. Mengenang seabad usia Soedjatmoko, yang meninggal pada 1989, ketiga putrinya merilis situs Membacasoedjatmoko.com yang menghimpun ratusan tulisannya.
Sejumlah anak muda superkaya atau crazy rich terlibat pengumpulan dana ilegal melalui money game. Memanfaatkan ketenaran di media sosial untuk menipu banyak orang.
Mantan Jaksa Agung, Yoon Suk-yeol, terpilih sebagai Presiden Korea Selatan yang baru. Dia akan memperkuat aliansi dengan Amerika Serikat sebagai kebijakan luar negeri menghadapi Cina.
Arifin Panigoro wafat saat menjalani pengobatan kanker paru-paru di Mayo Clinic. Sosok multitalenta ini dikenang karena kedermawanannya.
Atlet dan pelatih ini gemar bermain layang-layang. Melepas penat di sela-sela sesi latihan.
Kartun: Tempo/Yuyun Nurrahman
Tokoh-tokoh masyarakat Kalimantan Timur bersepakat mendukung pembangunan ibu kota negara baru. Ada pesan untuk menjaga adat-istiadat.
Dengan mengubah letak posisi pembuka pada kemasan baru, kemasan menjadi lebih mudah dibawa tanpa takut tersobek, sehingga orang dengan kekuatan genggaman tangan yang lemah pun dapat menyobek kemasan dengan mudah.
Platform over-the-top melahirkan kecenderungan menonton serial web (web series) dengan jumlah episode yang sedikit. Layangan Putus laris.
Di balik rencana pembangunan PLTA Kayan yang belum jelas, dampak proyek mulai dirasakan masyarakat. Risiko lebih besar mengancam penghuni Sungai Kayan.
Persatuan Bulu Tangkis Seluruh Indonesia melakukan promosi dan degradasi pemain pemusatan latihan nasional di Cipayung. Dua pasang ganda campuran dipulangkan.
Jarang diketahui Wage Rudolf Supratman, pencipta lagu “Indonesia Raya”, menulis roman. Belum sempat beredar.
Menyampaikan kritik tanpa hinaan dan pembunuhan karakter personal.
Di bawah kepemimpinannya, China menjadi negara yang kuat, dan kini memasuki era kekuatan, menurut Channel News Asia.
Indonesia kuat akan terjadi perdamaian dan akan menjadi negara yang makmur.
Para peserta terpilih akan dihubungi melalui email dan telepon.
Markas Besar Kepolisian RI menggelar Bhayangkara Mural Festival Piala Kapolri 2021. Seni melawan pandemi Covid-19.
Bagaimana jika sejarah para pahlawan super berubah? Bagaimana jika semesta sinematik Marvel tak berjalan seperti yang kita kenang?
Kotaro Lives Alone menghidangkan drama keseharian Jepang dari kacamata seorang bocah 5 tahun. Diangkat dari cerita manga Kotaro wa Hitorigurashi karangan Mami Tsumura, film ini sarat adegan haru tapi jauh dari klise.
Data kematian Covid-19 melonjak sebulan terakhir. Angka sebenarnya diperkirakan lebih banyak daripada data pemerintah.
PLTP pertama di Indonesia produksi energi bersih 375 MW dan berhasil menggerakkan ekonomi kerakyatan.
Kesetiakawanan muncul sporadis di tengah meledaknya angka penularan Covid-19. Perlu disokong dengan contoh kerja sama di kalangan elite.
Faye Simanjuntak mendirikan Rumah Faye yang berfokus membebaskan anak Indonesia dari perdagangan manusia, kekerasan, dan eksploitasi. Memanfaatkan privilese keluarga.
Tiga orang Indonesia mengusung inovasi belanja online yang lebih ramah lingkungan. Bisa mengalkulasi pengeluaran karbon dari sebuah produk.
Penyebaran virus corona kembali meningkat seusai Lebaran. Tak bisa hanya berharap dari perbaikan kebijakan pemerintah.
Panen Rezeki Bank BPD merupakan program customer loyalty program yang dikhususkan bagi nasabah Tabungan Simpeda yang ada di BPD seluruh Indonesia.
Para politikus sipil berkolaborasi dengan kelompok etnis minoritas membentuk Pemerintahan Persatuan Nasional Myanmar. Ancaman baru bagi junta militer.
Sejak dulu metafora senantiasa gentayangan dalam permainan sepak bola, bahkan dalam bahasa asalnya. Hanya, karena begitu intens merasuk pendengaran, kita hampir tidak lagi mengenali identitasnya.
Pengurus Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa yang diberhentikan berkonsolidasi melawan Muhaimin Iskandar. Dilengserkan sebelum waktunya.
Brasil berada di titik gawat pandemi Covid-19. Senat menuduh Presiden Bolsonaro lalai menangani pandemi dan mencari cara melengserkannya.
Komponis Trisutji Kamal telah pergi. Ia memetik inspirasi dari berbagai keadaan, tapi Ramadan adalah masa ketika inspirasi musiknya mengalir deras.
Sebuah debut dari sutradara perempuan asal Inggris, Emerald Fennel, yang meledak bak dinamit. Meraih lima nominasi Academy Awards 2021, film Promising Young Woman sangat layak menang.
Pembiayaan perubahan iklim responsif gender diperlukan untuk mencapai kesetaraan gender dan pengentasan kemiskinan.
Artidjo Alkostar mudah tertantang. Ia rela mengesampingkan kesehatannya demi membenahi dunia hukum di Indonesia. Mantan hakim agung itu berpulang pada Ahad, 28 Februari lalu.
Kejaksaan Tinggi Nusa Tenggara Timur mengusut korupsi tanah negara di Labuan Bajo senilai Rp 3 triliun. Menyeret Komisaris Jenderal (Purnawirawan) Gregorius Mere dan wartawan senior, Karni Ilyas.
Menteri Kesehatan Budi Gunadi Sadikin memberi penjelasan soal kebocoran vaksin Covid-19, kelemahan data, dan keamanan stok vaksin.
Dian Andyasuri menjadi satu dari sedikit perempuan yang mencapai posisi puncak di perusahaan multinasional di Indonesia. Ia memastikan setiap anak buahnya berkembang.
Produsen peralatan teknologi tidak berhenti menghasilkan produk inovatif meskipun seluruh dunia dirundung pandemi Covid-19. Dari peralatan pintar yang dikenakan di tubuh (wearable) hingga pesawat nirawak yang menjaga keamanan rumah, semuanya membuat kita terpesona.
Herry Priyono memprovokasi dan menganjurkan sebuah filsafat yang terlibat. Menurut dia, keadilan hanya mungkin apabila yang politik sekaligus menjadi yang sosial.
Dalam Sejuta Sayang Untuknya, Deddy Mizwar memerankan seorang aktor figuran sekaligus ayah yang harus pontang-panting demi membahagiakan putrinya. Deddy berhasil membangun emosi yang intens sepanjang film dengan cemerlang.
Yopie Hidayat
Kontributor Tempo
Wianta mengubah wajah seni Bali. Dia menolak dengan tegas segala ragam seni yang berbau "etnis".
Indonesia Dance Festival digelar online. Menonjolkan koreografer muda. Bahkan mengajak masyarakat biasa menyajikan tariannya dalam pembukaan. Pesan yang hendak disampaikan, yakni tari bisa menjadi jalan penyembuhan saat pandemi, kurang terasa.
Pemerintah mengebut pembuatan peraturan pemerintah setelah omnibus law disahkan. Sebagian draf sudah ada sebelum pengesahan.
Aktivis Pham Doan Trang ditahan karena menulis laporan mengenai sengketa lahan antara penduduk dan militer Vietnam. Berjuang dengan menulis buku dan blog.
Bianpoen adalah arsitek perkotaan legendaris yang tegas dan selalu menekankan pentingnya tujuan pembangunan. Memihak warga yang kurang berdaya atau tertindas.
Pemalsu dokumen impor Liem Keng Eng kembali ke Indonesia setelah menjadi buron dua tahun dan melarikan diri ke Singapura. Menghadapi vonis penjara 11 tahun.
Salah satu festival film tertua di dunia yang digelar di Locarno, Swiss, beradaptasi dengan situasi normal baru karena pandemi. Sesi Open Doors menghadirkan film-film dari sineas Asia Tenggara, termasuk Indonesia, yang dapat diakses tanpa membayar.
KESULTANAN Palembang Darussalam yang ditaklukkan Belanda pada 1821 pernah memiliki sebuah perpustakaan besar berisi koleksi manuskrip. Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin II, penguasa Kesultanan Palembang dua abad silam, dikenal sebagai pencinta literasi. Ia ingin menjadikan kesultanannya sebagai pusat studi Islam dan sastra. Tatkala Kesultanan Palembang diserbu Belanda, sang Sultan diduga mengosongkan perpustakaan dan menyebarkan koleksi manuskripnya ke rumah-rumah bangsawan agar selamat. Para filolog Palembang kini berusaha melacak naskah-naskah itu.
Seorang warga suku Sakai di Bengkalis, Riau, dihukum penjara satu tahun dan denda Rp 200 juta karena menebang pohon akasia di lahan yang diklaim perusahaan. Hakim disebut salah menerapkan hukum.
Dalam pemikiran ilmunya, Arief menjalankan apa yang disebut “idealisasi”: menangkap realitas dengan cara membentuknya dalam ide—dan dengan demikian ia menganalisis problem dengan gamblang.
Ilustrasi: Yuyun Nurrahman
Tak ada lagi keramaian di Italia sejak negeri itu ditutup. Banyaknya penduduk berusia tua menjadi salah satu faktor tingkat kematian tinggi dalam wabah virus corona.
Tak hanya sekali ini bangunan yang menjadi ikon Taman Ismail Marzuki dirobohkan untuk diganti.
Kartun: Yuyun Nurrachman
Film Kim Ji-young: Born 1982 memancing kontroversi bahkan sebelum ditayangkan. Cerita ibu rumah tangga biasa yang mengguncang kemapanan patriarki.
Tim ilmuwan internasional mengklaim menemukan tanah kelahiran nenek moyang manusia modern di Botswana. Banyak yang skeptis karena sampel yang sangat kecil dan metode yang digunakan.
Keras kepala tapi juga suka bercanda, tak ingin berada dalam bayangan nama besar ayahnya, berkarya seperti hendak berperang memanggul bazoka.
Majelis hakim membebaskan mantan Direktur Utama PT PLN, Sofyan Basir, dari tuduhan pemufakatan suap. Jaksa dinilai tak optimal membeberkan bukti di persidangan.
KEMATIAN aktivis dan pengacara lingkungan hidup Golfried Siregar, 34 tahun, menyisakan sejumlah pertanyaan. Polisi meyakini Golfried meninggal dengan luka di kepala setelah terjatuh dari sepeda motor yang dikendarainya, lalu menghantam trotoar.
PRAKTIK lama pemberian insentif tak patut dari pabrik farmasi ke kantong para dokter terus berlangsung.
Pemilik PT Imakotama Investindo, Iwan Margana
Pentas Wayang Bocor di Dia.Lo.Gue Artspace, Jakarta, kembali mendobrak pakem kesenian tradisi. Mengemas isu kekinian dengan jenaka.
Konflik bersenjata di wilayah Donbas, Ukraina timur, terus berkecamuk. Belasan ribu orang tewas akibat pertempuran militer melawan milisi separatis pro-Rusia.
Yopie Hidayat, Kontributor Tempo
RANGKONG gading satu di antara belasan burung jenis enggang yang istimewa dalam budaya Kalimantan, terutama masyarakat Dayak. Burung dengan nama ilmiah Rhinoplax vigil ini dipercaya orang Dayak sebagai simbol keberanian. Ia juga pelindung serta jembatan antara roh leluhur dan masyarakat Dayak.
Ratusan gading gajah yang menjadi barang bukti kasus penyelundupan diganti dengan barang tiruan. Kepala Bea dan Cukai Bandara Soekarno-Hatta Erwin Situmorang ikut terseret.
Mencoba mengungkap propaganda hitam terhadap Gerakan Wanita Indonesia dan kelompok Partai Komunis Indonesia dalam peristiwa 1965. Kurang detail mengelaborasi pengorganisasian propaganda.
Sebuah cerita yang gelap dan pesimistis. Karya terbaru Joko Anwar yang memperlihatkan bahwa dia pendongeng sejati.
Bambang Sugeng*
Aktivis hak asasi manusia dan lingkungan Medan, Golfried Siregar, ditemukan tewas terkapar di tengah jalan. Tanda-tanda kematiannya mencurigakan.
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