By The Way
Indonesia marks its 80th year of independence under a cloud of irony. The red-and-white flag will once again be hoisted, the...
President Prabowo Subianto must immediately replace Indonesia’s police chief and initiate sweeping reforms to salvage his government’s legitimacy. With every fresh...
During Indonesia’s Independence Day celebrations, an unprecedented phenomenon swept across the sprawling archipelagic nation. Instead of raising the Sang Saka Merah...
Have you noticed the weather feels off lately? Sweat-soaked days with unpredictable rain, rice harvests arriving late, fish getting harder to...
In the theatre of Indonesian politics, outrage has long been a recurring act. But the arrest of Deputy Minister of Manpower...
Is this the moment when Indonesians have finally had enough? Will the anger in Pati, Central Java, ripple across the country,...
Feeding President Prabowo Subianto’s ego with the wrong message is the last thing Indonesia needs. But that seems exactly what is...
And just like that, Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto—barring health issues—has effectively secured his reelection in 2029. In a masterclass of realpolitik,...
Like it or not, US President Donald Trump’s bullying of Indonesia has worked. He applied a classic negotiation tactic: demand the...
It was a fine morning during the ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines, in January 2007. Then-Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien...
