#Politics
Raline Shah named special staff for global partnerships, digital education at Komdigi
Raline Shah, actress, philanthropist, public figure, and entrepreneur, was appointed as Special Staff for Global Partnerships and Digital Education at the Ministry of Communication and Digital Application (Komdigi) on Monday, January 13, 2025.
Pramono Anung sets up transition team ahead of inauguration in February
Pramono Anung, the elected Governor of Jakarta, has set up a transition team that will prepare power transfer to the new governorship before his inauguration in early February 2025.
Constitutional Court revokes 20 percent presidential nomination threshold
The Constitutional Court (MK) ruled on Thursday, January 2, 2025 that the 20 percent presidential nomination threshold requirement stipulated in Article 222 of Law No. 7/2017 on the General Elections is unconstitutional.
Prabowo’s overseas tour and what it means for Indonesia’s foreign policy
President Prabowo Subianto’s recent overseas tour to six countries − China, the United States, Peru, Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the UAE − highlights Indonesia’s active engagement in global diplomacy and its strategic positioning in international relations. The visits, held from November 8 until November 24, 2024, underscored Indonesia's priorities of strengthening economic ties, fostering political partnerships, and advancing multilateral cooperation.
Jakarta election to feature 2 rounds, candidates must secure over 50 percent of votes
Jakarta is the only region in the 2024 Simultaneous Regional Head Elections that can see two rounds of election as regulated in Law No. 29/2007 on the Jakarta Provincial Administration.
Mahfud MD criticizes political motives behind Tom Lembong's arrest
Former Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal, and Security Affairs, Mahfud MD, has expressed concern over what he perceives as political undertones in the arrest of former Trade Minister Thomas Trikasih Lembong, known as Tom Lembong.
Rice politics: From New Order to Reformasi
By Nikolaus Loy, a lecturer on international relations at the UPN Veteran, Yogyakarta
Indonesia can no longer be pacifist on the South China Sea issue
By Nikolaus Loy, a lecturer on international relations at the UPN Veteran University. Yogyakarta
What if China, Russia take profit from oil trading?
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Central Asia in a post-COVID-19-pandemic series of meetings of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on September 15 and 16, 2022. Xi's choice to make his first visit to the SCO showed the importance of the event.
Ex-Terror Convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir attended Independence Day Ceremony
Ex-terror convict Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, known as the spiritual leader of shadowy militant group Jemaah Islamiyah that aims to establish an Islamic state in Indonesia, did the unthinkable on Wednesday as he participated in the Independence Day ceremony at his boarding school in the Central Java district of Sukoharjo. It was also the first ever August 17 ceremony to be held by the Al Mukmin Islamic Boarding School since Ba’asyir founded it in 1972.