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Economic Outlook: Prabowo’s First Indonesian Budget, Someone Has to Pay

…he intends to promote his populist agenda while maintaining fiscal discipline…

Banking Corruption Case: Former Sritex President Director Named Suspect in Banking Investigation

…alleged the three regional development banks have engaged in unlawful conduct…

The Scam Behind Indonesia’s Plan to Accommodate Gaza Refugees, from Tempo.co

The Indonesian government’s plan to evacuate Gazans to Galang Island has drawn negative responses at home. Is it falling for a scam?

Short Story: The Stamp by Mochtar Lubis

…disappointment…

Op-Ed: Like Those Shoes Never Bought, Reason for Pardon Will Never Be Explained, from Suara Merdeka

Never bought those Bally shoes

Gaza: Indonesia masih dianggap sebagai lokasi potensial untuk pengusiran paksa populasi Palestina, harian The Guardian

…kejahatan terhadap kemanusiaan…

The Battle for Indonesia’s Tin Empire: PT Timah Corruption Case Update

Court hands down harsher penalties in multibillion-dollar mining corruption case

Short Story: The Guest By Ratna Indraswari Ibrahim

I woke up from the dream…

Op-Ed: The Political Journey of the Gibran Dynasty By Made Supriatma

“At last what many have long waited for has come to pass. Last week Indonesia’s Constitutional Court delivered a ruling on a contentious issue: the statutory minimum age limit for vice-presidential candidates. The court ruled that individuals who have previously held, or currently hold, regional leadership roles, or have been elected to public office, can…

Op-Ed: Legal Populism by Bivitri Susanti, Kompas.id

“So it turns out populism doesn’t just happen in politics. Populism also has its place among law enforcers.”

Op-Ed: From Populist to Opportunist? The Political Moves of President Joko Widodo by Project Multatuli

“…As the sun begins to set on his reign, he strives to retain power. He has taken a variety of overt and covert measures to cling to power…”

Poem: 64 By Emha Ainun Nadjib

my God

Elections: Indonesia’s Labor Party Strengthening the Working Class Against Elitist Politics by Project Multatuli

“..Supporting progressive parties is a means of defending oneself against injustice..”

The ‘Archive of Yogyakarta’ digitised by the British Library

“The ‘Archive of Yogyakarta’ refers to a collection of some four hundred manuscript documents in Javanese dating from 1772 to 1813, originating from the court of Yogyakarta. A highly important source for the political, economic, social, administrative and legal history of central Java in the late eighteeth…” (Read more) Source: The Archive of Yogyakarta digitised,…

Corruption: Stunned Investigators Find $63 Million in Cash and 51 Kg of Gold in Home of Former Supreme Court Official

…Stunned Indonesian investigators seize nearly IDR 1 trillion (approximately $63 million USD) in cash and 51 kilograms of gold in alleged bribes for Judges..