The Jakarta Post

Indonesia’s decision to join the Board of Peace for the rehabilitation of Gaza and the broader Palestinian question marks a significant diplomatic moment. It places Indonesia, long regarded as a moral voice of the Global South, inside a new and powerful multilateral forum dominated by global powers, including the United States.

This step should not be read simplistically as alignment or concession. Rather, it represents a strategic test: Can Indonesia transform elite multilateral platforms into instruments of just peace, rather than mere mechanisms of conflict management?

Opinion by Hery Haryanto Azumi.

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The Jakarta Post

Poor oversight of plantations and urban developments have reduced water absorption capacity, a factor academics and environmental groups say contributed to a deadly landslide in Pasirlangu village in West Bandung, West Java.

Story by Maretha Uli.

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The Jakarta Post

Rows of tall trees rise skyward in Megamendung district, Bogor regency, West Java, their dense canopies closing overhead to create a rare pocket of shade in an area better known for disappearing green space.

But this green oasis was not always so lush.

Just a few decades ago, it was barren land with little vegetation.

The transformation is the result of decades of dedication by 64-year-old Rosita Istiawan and her late husband Bambang Istiawan, who nurtured the soil back to life.

"My late husband worked in an oil drilling company and only came home once a year. He dreamed of spending his later years living in a house on the edge of a forest. But in Megamendung, where we live, there were no forests, so we challenged ourselves to create one and make his dream a reality," she told The Jakarta Post recently.

Story by Theresia Sufa.

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The Jakarta Post

A dome-fronted submersible sinks beneath the waves off Indonesia, heading down nearly 1,000 meters in search of new species, plastic-eating microbes and compounds that could one day make medicines.

This month, AFP boarded one of two submersibles belonging to OceanX, a non-profit backed by billionaire Ray Dalio and his son that brings scientists onto its OceanXplorer ship to study the marine world.

Story by AFP/Sarah Hussein.

Photos by AFP/Yasuyoshi Chiba.

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The Jakarta Post

Nearly 92,000 people displaced by devastating floods in Aceh province remain in tents two months after the disaster, with progress on temporary housing lagging far behind survivors’ needs.

Story by Apriadi Gunawan.

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The Jakarta Post

As Indonesia’s largest urban region grows into the world’s most populous, residents balance hardship and hope in a city that remains the country’s strongest economic magnet.

Story by Ramadani Saputra.

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Transmigration Minister M Iftitah Sulaiman Suryanagara has welcomed proposals from local governments to develop 60 transmigration areas in their respective regions.

Story by Ni Made Tasyarani.

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When an Indonesian teenager was arrested in Jordan last year for allegedly supporting Islamic State (IS) online, the initial reaction was familiar: concern about terrorism, questions about security loopholes and anxiety over digital radicalization.

But beneath the headlines lay a deeper, more uncomfortable question: Why would a young person, far from any battlefield and without contact with an extremist organization, be drawn to such ideas in the first place?

The answer has less to do with ideology and far more to do with identity, dignity and meaning.

Opinion by Noor Huda Ismail.

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Tucked behind narrow alleys in one of Jakarta’s densely populated neighborhoods, a modest activity space has quietly become home to a community built on constant motion.

Here, children jump, flip and practice acrobatics amid tightly packed houses, turning a residential alley in North Jakarta into an improvised training ground.

Indosalto is an acrobatics community for children aged 5 to 13, based on Jl. Pluit Dalam III, a small alley in Penjaringan, North Jakarta.

The group offers free training that combines tumbling, acrobatic kicks, backflips and basic gymnastics techniques.

Without mirrors, mats or professional equipment, the sessions rely on repetition, body awareness and mutual trust.

Founded about three years ago by Yoga Ardian, 35, Indosalto emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic, when his work as an acrobatics coach came to a halt.

Story and photos by Iqro Rinaldi.

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The Jakarta Post

The public backlash against the proposal to revise the Regional Head Elections (Pilkada) Law has resurfaced. Political parties within the government coalition are once again pushing to return the power to elect regional heads to the Regional Legislative Council (DPRD).

The arguments are familiar: cost efficiency, stability in local government and reducing the risk of grassroots electoral conflict. Yet, this discourse remains highly controversial and faces widespread resistance.

Opinion by Wawan Sobari.

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