The Jakarta Post

Many cities and regencies across Indonesia are grappling with a daily waste crisis, including South Tangerang in Banten, where tonnes of unmanaged garbage have clogged roads, drainage systems and rivers, prompting authorities to declare a state of “waste emergency”.

Piles of plastic bags and household waste have been reported across South Tangerang since the Environment Ministry ordered a temporary shutdown of the city’s final trash disposal site, Cipeucang, on Dec. 10, citing failure to properly process waste.

Story by Gembong Hanung.

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The Jakarta Post

The Homo erectus fossil, also known as "Java Man," has returned from the Netherlands and is now on display at the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta.

The repatriated Homo erectus fossils from paleoanthropologist and geologist Eugene Dubois's collection include a femur, a molar tooth, and a skullcap.

"Today, we mark a historic moment — the return of 'Java Man' to the Nusantara. This masterpiece, part of the 28,131 fossils from the Dubois collection, restores its cultural roots to the land where the story began," said the Culture Minister Fadli Zon said as quoted by Antara on Dec. 17.

The Minister of Culture announced that the Dubois collection fossils will remain on permanent display at the National Museum.

Photos by AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba.

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After years of closure, the Jakarta Planetarium and Observatory has reopened to massive crowds, with thousands of visitors eager to experience immersive views of celestial objects projected across the dome-shaped building.

Story by Gembong Hanung.

Photos by Antara Photo/Bayu Pratama.

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The Jakarta Post

Each year, the world, and Indonesia, faces humanitarian crises that seem endless. Disasters, poverty, inequality, food insecurity, stunting, climate shocks and social vulnerabilities appear in different forms but with familiar consequences. Yet amid this repetition, one essential question is rarely asked seriously: Not what is happening, but how we choose to see it.

The way we understand humanitarian crises determines whether we truly attempt to resolve them, or merely manage them so they remain tolerable.

Opinion by Abdul Wahib Situmorang.

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The Jakarta Post

Amid the ongoing buzz around artificial intelligence, scientific innovation and a rapidly changing global art market, the arrival of Olafur Eliasson’s traveling retrospective Your Curious Journey at Jakarta’s Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nusantara (MACAN) feels like a grounding force.

The Icelandic-Danish artist, long recognized for fusing art, science and environmental inquiry, brings together works spanning 30 years, revealing how his ideas have expanded, deepened and adapted across time.

Story by Carla Bianpoen.

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The Jakarta Post

In an enthusiastic and curious market for Korean culture, South Korean chefs are finding fertile ground for K-style pastries and desserts by keeping pace with trends and infusing them with a distinctly Korean sensibility.

Story by Cindy Julia Tobing.

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The Jakarta Post

Employers and labor unions have both voiced dissatisfaction with the government’s new formula for setting minimum wages in 2026, with businesses warning that the proposed increases are too high and could push up prices, while unions say they still fall short of meeting living standards.

Story by Ruth Dea Juwita.

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The Jakarta Post

For too long, boys have been raised as if the world owes them comfort, service and forgiveness. They are excused more often, corrected less frequently and protected from the domestic and emotional disciplines that girls absorb early. They grow up being served, by mothers, sisters, systems, and learn to read this as entitlement.

Opinion by Delita Sartika.

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Sumatra's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, scientists warn.

Story by AFP/Sara Hussein.

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The Jakarta Post

When floods and landslides devastated Sumatra, the physical catastrophe was only the beginning. A second crisis emerged online: outdated videos, recycled photos from past disasters and decontextualized commentary that drowned out verified updates from rescue teams.

In a country where social media serves as a primary source of news, misinformation now moves faster than relief efforts, shaping public perception long before facts can catch up.

This dual disaster, material and informational, exposes a structural weakness in Indonesia’s digital ecosystem. It demonstrates why media literacy is not merely a desirable skill, but a civic requirement.

Opinion by Eric Jones and Nona Evita.

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