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Defending rights defenders

The Jakarta Post 12 May 2026
T. he government has unveiled plans to screen and determine who qualifies as a human rights activist to decide who receives legal protection. This is a dangerous proposal that risks undermining human rights work across the nation ... .
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Takeaways from the ASEAN Summit: Tightening the bonds, building up resilience

The Jakarta Post 12 May 2026
T. he 48th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings in Cebu, the Philippines, ended last week with leaders agreeing to step up regional efforts to address urgent issues, mainly energy and food security ... Second, unity is key to creating regional resilience.
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When democracy tires, movements fade and a generation holds back

The Jakarta Post 12 May 2026
I. n political analysis, crisis is often understood as a sudden, punctuated event. The collapse of regimes, open conflict, or major economic shocks are commonly treated as the primary signals of a system in distress ... .
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Still ASEAN leader?

The Jakarta Post 11 May 2026
T. here should be no doubt that Indonesia is the natural leader of ASEAN and primus inter pares in Southeast Asia due to the sizable role it has played in pushing the regional bloc to become one of the most successful in the world ... .
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Indonesia’s businesses face a new human rights era

The Jakarta Post 11 May 2026
T. he global Business and Human Rights (BHR) agenda is moving in a direction that can no longer be ignored ... For companies within its scope, compliance obligations under these new measures will take effect no later than July 2029. .
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Analysis: Plan to slash ride-hailing commissions raises sustainability concerns

The Jakarta Post 11 May 2026
P ... The arrangement would place the state-backed investment body in a direct position to influence pricing and governance decisions within the company. The policy was later formalized through Presidential Regulation (Perpres) No ... .
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Why Indonesia’s emissions trading system needs revision

The Jakarta Post 11 May 2026
I. ndonesia’s emissions trading system (ETS) has been operational for three years, supported by a presidential regulation (Perpres), an implementing regulation, a national registry, a carbon exchange and a complete cycle of public trading data ... .
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Cities are getting hotter – and bigger

The Jakarta Post 11 May 2026
W. e tend to think of climate change impacts as dramatic and destructive. Storms and floods that bring down landslides and swamp streets, or raging wildfires that tear through forests and farmland.
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The consensus on China’s economy is strong, and wrong

The Jakarta Post 10 May 2026
I. s China’s development model short-changing domestic consumers? Although there is almost universal agreement that it is, that does not make it true ... For example, in Trade Wars Are Class Wars, Matthew C ... .
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Freeport Indonesia pushes back full copper mine restart

The Jakarta Post 10 May 2026
P. T Freeport Indonesia has delayed by a year the full restart of its Grasberg copper mine in Mimika regency, Central Papua, a move that is expected to worsen supply constraints already impacting the metal’s global market ... Read also.
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YOURSAY | Sorry state of Malaysian academia

Malaysia Kini 09 May 2026
‘This is enabled by universities that have failed in the pursuit of knowledge.’ .
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