Febrie’s case & high-profile names (2)

Jul 30, 2026 | Law

Extortion is daily menu in Indonesia’s law enforcement agencies. Some business people paid US$60 million to escape prosecution, while S$5 million could be enough only for avoiding such process in four years before eventually being named suspect in bribery case....

Dedi Mulyadi’s rising electability

Jul 30, 2026 | Politics

The latest survey by Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC), released on Wednesday (29/07), revealed a striking shift in Indonesia’s early 2029 presidential landscape. West Java Governor Dedi “KDM” Mulyadi emerged as the candidate with the highest electability,...

Dasco, here and everywhere

Jul 30, 2026 | Politics

In recent months, one political figure has become increasingly difficult to ignore—not because he is introducing landmark legislation or leading parliamentary debates, but because he seems to appear wherever there is a crisis waiting to be resolved. Whether the issue...

The real cost of local democracy

Jul 30, 2026 | Law, Politics

Every time another regional leader is arrested in a corruption sting, Indonesia responds with the same ritual: public outrage, criminal prosecution, and promises of tighter oversight. Yet the arrests keep coming. The latest response from the House of...

AI Washing: The next digital illusion

Jul 30, 2026 | Market

Indonesia has wasted no time embracing artificial intelligence. Within months, the government has announced plans for AI governance, proposed regulations on AI-assisted identity verification and cryptography, and recently established a dedicated Directorate of...

Chandra Asri’s squeezed margins

Jul 30, 2026 | Market

Shares of Chandra Asri Pacific (TPIA), the largest petrochemical company in Indonesia, ended substantially higher by 5.3% to Rp2,200 Wednesday (Jul 29) even when the Prajogo Pangestu-controlled entity reported substantially smaller net profit margin in the second...

What’s next: Printing more money?

Jul 30, 2026 | Market

Bank Indonesia leadership is taken! State security printing company Peruri, which produces bank notes, has also been brought under full control. What’s next might be printing more money ahead of 2029 election? “That’s what I’m afraid. This government might order the...

Why Starbucks operator’s loss expanded 51%?

Jul 30, 2026 | Market

Shares of MAP Boga (MAPB), subsidiary of Mitra Adiperkasa (MAPI), ended lower by 1.7% to Rp1,175 Wednesday (Jul 29) to make a market capitalization of Rp2.81 trillion. MAPB, operator of global brands like Starbucks and Subway, is now only half the value of local brand...

The Whip Pink case

Jul 29, 2026 | Market

Earlier this year, questions arose over Whip Pink’s marketing of its culinary products as a lifestyle brand associated with parties and nightlife. Now, months later, the brand has found itself at the center of a police investigation into the production and...
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