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For some people, Jakarta is still a place that promises opportunities for a better life than their hometown, prompting them to move into the city after the Idul Fitri holiday to dare the rising costs and shrinking income in the capital.

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The Jakarta Post

New dating of cave art in southern Sulawesi places Indonesia at the very center of one of the most profound developments in human history: the emergence of symbolic and narrative thought.

Opinion by Eric Jones.

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Some Indonesian minors fear losing their favorite entertainment platform, while parents look for alternative activities for their children as the government’s social media restrictions for under-16 users are set to come into effect on March 28.

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The Jakarta Post

What will it take to fulfill the aspirations of today's youth? This is the central question that top political leaders and policymakers worldwide must ask themselves.

In 2025, there were several protests led by young people, what newspapers and pundits have generally referred to as "Gen Z movements."

These events occurred across the globe in places that are, on the surface, very different from one another. Nepal, Indonesia and Madagascar were the hotspots of these events, capturing our collective attention for months.

#Opinion by Simone Galimberti.

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The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the UN has warned.

The 11 hottest years ever recorded were all between 2015 and 2025, the United Nations' WMO weather and climate agency confirmed in its flagship State of the Global Climate annual report recently.

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The Jakarta Post

As global oil prices soar and the rupiah weakens, the government is responding with a display of military hardware that masks, but cannot fix, a deepening economic crisis.

Opinion by Muhammad Isnur.

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The Jakarta Post

The government is set to implement a mandatory one-day-a-week work-from-home (WFH) policy for civil servants.

Story by Divya Karyza.

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The Jakarta Post

The task force, led by businessman Hashim Djojohadikusumo, is assigned to look for ‘innovative and sustainable funding’ for national park management without compromising its main purpose of environmental conservation, according to Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni.

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On the evening of March 12, after recording a podcast titled “Remilitarization and Judicial Review in Indonesia” at the office of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Andrie Yunus, a human rights worker and deputy coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (Kontras), was violently attacked with acid by unknown assailants while heading home to Salemba, Central Jakarta.

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The Jakarta Post

In a political landscape where President Prabowo Subianto ’s administration faces scant opposition, a familiar elder statesman has stepped in from the sidelines of power to fill the gap, bridging alternative voices and decision makers to ensure diverse perspectives are heard by the government.

That figure is former vice president Jusuf Kalla, an 83-year businessman-turned-politician, who served two terms under former presidents Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and continues to wield significant influence across the country’s political, business and diplomatic networks.

Story by Yerica Lai.

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