Concerns grow as Prabowo places army officers in non-military positions
Former general Prabowo Subianto won the Indonesian presidential race in February 2024 after a campaign based on his "gemoy" or cute image showing a softer side that was far removed from his stern ...
Concerns grow over military’s role in Indonesia as Prabowo appoints officers to civilian posts
Former general Prabowo Subianto won the Indonesian presidential race in February 2024 after a campaign based on his "gemoy" ...
Chinese-Indonesian group backs Prabowo as austerity drive bites
At the organisation’s Lunar New Year event in Surabaya on Sunday, its National Honorary Board Chairman Teguh Kinarto urged ...
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Prabowo Subianto is drastically cutting Indonesia’s budget
Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s president, launched Danantara, a sovereign-wealth fund. At his disposal will immediately be the ...
Indonesian punk band’s apology for anti-police song sparks outcry over perceived censorship
Activists say there may now be a ‘chilling effect’ of artists censoring themselves to avoid persecution from authorities.
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IFFR 2025: Another World
Rise up: a special retrospective series at this year‘s festival captured the revolutionary promise of the historic Afro-Asian ...
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Students in Indonesia’s Papua region protest free-meal program, demand free education instead
More than 1,000 students in Indonesia’s restive Papua region took to the streets to protest a government-sponsored free-meal ...
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Benny Wenda: Interim President: Prabowo reviving Suharto’s New Order in West Papua
Indonesia is now waking up to what I said after Prabowo Subianto was elected last year: that the ghost of Suharto has ...
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The Dark Indonesia Protests Are Challenging Prabowo’s Rule
Indonesia’s right-wing president Prabowo was elected with a commanding share of the youth vote in 2024. This year, a new ...