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Tall, urbane and articulate, the former Central Java governor did not start out that way. He soared in the surveys soon after grabbing the sought-after prize of being named the presidential nominee from the country’s ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).
Under the envisioned system, foreign digital nomads, who travel while working remotely for companies, will be able to live in Japan for up to six months by obtaining the designated activities visa, a rise from the current 90 days allowed under the short-term tourist visa, according to the Immigration Services Agency.
Vice-President Sara Duterte-Carpio ranked as the most favoured potential presidential candidate in a survey released on January 25 by independent pollster WR Numero, with 35.6 per cent. Broadcaster and senator Raffy Tulfo came in at 23 per cent, and former vice-president Leni Robredo, who was defeated by Marcos Jnr in the 2022 election, received 9 per cent in the survey, which was conducted from November to December and had more than 1,000 respondents.
Singapore remains the only Asian country to have been placed in the top 10 since the index was first published in 1995. It was third in 2018 and 2020, fourth in 2019 and 2021 and dropped to fifth in 2022 and 2023.
Fransiska Candra Novitasari, a 25-year-old model and content creator also known as Siskaee, was arrested by Jakarta police at her flat in Yogyakarta on January 25. She and 10 others had been named suspects in the production of an adult film that was released online.
Talk of war is getting louder in the West. The German minister of defense proclaimed this month that Germany has to rebuild its army, as did his British colleague.