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Yerica Lai (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta   ●   Tue, January 17 2023 A report on alleged interference in the early stages of the 2024 elections by the General Elections Commission (KPU) has roused fresh debate, with whistleblowers demanding lawmakers investigate findings that have implicated several public institutions. A coalition of civil society groups […]

TAMPARULI, Sabah, 17 January 2023: The Monggiland cascades, which stand 121 feet tall, make one of the best canyoning trails in Sabah for hiking enthusiasts. Situated near Kampung Kelawat village (west coast Sabah), the Monggiland Waterfall Eco-Tourism trails opened for curious hikers in 2019. It’s popular for hiking and canyoning. Monggiland Waterfall Eco-Tourism chairman Rubby […]

For the past 17 years the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report has warned about deeply interconnected global risks. Conflict and geo-economic tensions have triggered a series of deeply interconnected global risks, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2023. These include energy and food supply crunches, which are likely to persist for […]

As the new year gets underway, there is much to anticipate in the Pacific islands region. Whether it is politics, economics, Pacific regionalism or the impacts of geostrategic competition, there is no shortage of fodder for discussion and analysis. Politics The political landscape of the region will be influenced to a large extent by the […]

Editorial board (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta   ●   Tue, January 17 2023 Last week, two lecturers, a student and a content creator joined forces in filing a judicial review motion with the Constitutional Court in their effort to remove controversial provisions from the new penal code, which they deem undemocratic as they could […]

Endy Bayuni (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta   ●   Tue, January 17 2023 The Indo-Pacific is becoming the most contested region in the world, particularly between the United States and China. It is not the Middle East or Europe, but it is here, in a vast land and maritime region flanked by two oceans, […]

Along with the inhuman sentences and the execution of the protestors, the Iranian regime has resorted to firing several university professors who had been identified to have participated in protests during the nationwide uprising. Hardly a day or week goes by without no news about the dismissal of professors or students from all corners of […]

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain While humans have been evolving for millions of years, the past 12,000 years have been among the most dynamic and impactful for the way we live today, according to an anthropologist who organized a special journal feature on the topic in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Our modern […]

A new year represents new opportunities to make travel dreams come true, but it’s important to plan and prepare to ensure each vacation lives up to its potential. As booking demand continues to grow for spring and summer trips, the travel experts at Bounce—including CEO and Founder Cody Candee—have compiled a list of tips and […]

Nayef Saymoua, a 62-year-old farmer, smells ears of wheat in a wheat field in Syria’s southern province of Sweida, July 2, 2022. (Photo by Ammar Safarjalani/Xinhua) The report, written in collaboration with Bain & Company, presents “repeatable models” from seven “early mover” countries in Africa, Asia, the Americas and Europe, whose performance have been comparatively […]