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Waiting for education quality improvement in the country

Indonesia's educational ecosystem faces significant challenges, including in terms of quality, as highlighted by a ...

Reflecting on 2024 National Sports Week

Last year's National Sports Week (PON) made history as the first multi-sport event jointly hosted by two ...

Improving Umrah ecosystem amid airline competition

In late December 2024, an incident irked hundreds of Indonesian Umrah pilgrims who were scheduled to depart from ...

RI's new year celebrations: Vignettes of harmony in diversity 

Indonesia does not only celebrate New Year's Day on January 1 every year. Several different New Year celebrations ...

Navigating 2025: Five issues matter most to Indonesia

As 2024 draws to a close and the world counts down to 2025, global instability continues, marked by a series of tragic ...

Remembering Aceh tsunami: Conserving mangroves to prevent tragedies

On Sunday, December 26, twenty years ago, Indonesia and 13 countries adjacent to the Indian Ocean witnessed a tsunami, ...

Government's ways of handling online gambling in 2024

Online gambling has evolved into a threatening phenomenon in Indonesia over recent years, leaving a trail of ...

Opinion

Time to get serious about carbon pricing

As per data published by the Statistics Agency (BPS) in June 2024, Indonesia’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ...

Addressing challenges of femicide and impunity to women's protection

Violence against women is an iceberg phenomenon, with the count of unfolded cases believed to be far below the vast ...

Opinion

Promoting good, orderly, and sustainable village development

At the fourth edition of “Best Tourism Villages by UN Tourism 2024” in Colombia on November 15, 2024, the ...

Eradicating online gambling to prevent new poverty

Online gambling has emerged as one of the main causes of new poverty in Indonesia, pushing people who are trapped in it ...

Bolstering palm oil industry to speed up energy transition

Energy transition has become one of the main concerns of countries around the world, including Indonesia. Having ...

Lifting iced tea, supporting the economy

A tea vendor in Magelang, Central Java, unexpectedly gained widespread attention after a video went viral on social ...

Guardians of Maratua Island

Maratua Island is known for its unique shape. Resembling the letter U, it lies in the outermost region of Indonesia, ...

Drop in airfares widens space for Indonesia's inclusive travel

People planning to travel home or head out for a vacation during the year-end holidays can now breathe easy thanks to ...