Five years ago, I wrote an article arguing that the Indonesian government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic was undermined by its anti-expertise and anti-science attitude. Nowadays, such an attitude is rampant across all parts of the current government under President Prabowo Subianto. The current “Red and White Cabinet” clearly demonstrates this anti-expertise sentiment. The cabinet…
From Seoul to Singapore, Asian capitals are suddenly treating the Arctic as the next frontier of global shipping. South Korea has committed over $400 million to Arctic maritime infrastructure and plans to send a trial container vessel from Busan to Rotterdam this September, aiming to cut the journey from 40 days via Suez to around…
TikTok and YouTube have deactivated a total of around 4.7 million accounts belonging to Indonesian children since the country’s youth social media restrictions took effect in late March, the country’s communications and digital affairs minister said. Speaking late last week, Meutya Hafid told the press that TikTok had deactivated 4.1 million accounts since the imposition…
