ECONOMIC
Indonesia: the buck stops with Sri Mulyani
BY: ERIN COOKIndonesia’s finance minister has built a brand for cracking down on corruption. Could she campaign all the way to the top?Last month,...
Can Tesla Save Indonesia’s EV Ambitions?
BY: DAVID WATERWORTH
According to multiple sources, Tesla’s Elon Musk is negotiating the setting up of production in Indonesia. Indonesia has massive nickel and some cobalt...
Transformation and development in Indonesia: a 50-year view
BY: Stephen Grenville
Over the past 60 years, Indonesia has been transformed: it has gone from the economic and political chaos of Sukarno’s ‘guided democracy’—a...
The Indonesia Investment Authority: Jokowi’s trouble-shooter?
BY: KYUNGHOON KIMJakarta’s sovereign wealth fund offers investors an attractiveway into the country’s booming infrastructure sector.Since President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) entered office in 2014,...
Jokowi Brings Back $11.9b in Investments from Japan, S. Korea
BY :JAKARTA GLOBEJakarta. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo returned Friday from his week-long trip to three Northwest Asia countries after securing or strengthening investment commitments worth $11.9 billion...
Myths that stir trouble in the South China Sea
BY: JOHN QUIGGINA major shipping route, yes, but vital? False claims aboutthe value of these waters only make diplomacy harder.
US officials regularly present China as an...
Australian Investment in the Neighbourhood Falls Short
By Duncan GrahamANALYSIS
The urgings for Australians to invest and do business in Indonesia are getting louder. Not everyone’s listening.Paul Keating maintains his rage –...
NEWS
Indonesia’s New Criminal Code: Scaling Up Conservatism and Watering Down Protections for Critics and Minorities
By Tito Ambyo
Jakarta’s new criminal code promises more conservatism and fewer rights for citizens. For many, it is a failure by the Indonesian House...
Suddenly, with its new criminal code, Indonesia is a democracy in crisis
BY: CHRISTOPHER WARRENThe country's new laws takes human rights back to the bad old days, activists say, and are 'oppressive and vague' and 'deeply...
Indonesia’s new criminal code isn’t just about sex outside marriage. It endangers press and religious freedom
BY: Tim Lindsey
Indonesia’s controversial new criminal code was passed into law on Tuesday, replacing a clunky old code dating back to at least 1918....