Will Indonesia’s desire to host the 2036 Olympics go up in flames over economics, geopolitics?
During the visit, the pair met International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach to reaffirm Indonesia’s ambition to host the games.
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Indonesia’s Widodo delays move to new capital, amid Prabowo’s potential shift on Nusantara
Widodo last month said he would start working from the new capital – Nusantara – in July, hoping to restore confidence in the costly megaproject plagued by delays and insufficient funding.
Indonesia’s Widodo and son Gibran no longer ruling party members for supporting Prabowo in election: official
Komarudin Watubun, who heads the ethical division of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), told Reuters on Tuesday that Widodo and Gibran were not expelled but had ceased to be members after they chose not to endorse the party’s presidential candidate Ganjar Pranowo.
With wary eye, China courts Indonesia's incoming leader Prabowo
JAKARTA — Soon after Indonesia's incoming leader Prabowo Subianto won the February presidential election, the Chinese embassy in Jakarta sent him a cat tree and a stuffed toy for his beloved pet Bobby, according to the cat's official Instagram page.
Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto congratulated by China’s Xi, US’ Blinken over victory amid election challenges
“I attach great importance to the development of China-Indonesia relations and look forward to working together with President-elect Prabowo to lead the construction of a community with a shared future between the two countries to achieve greater results, create an example of major developing countries sharing a common destiny, unite, cooperate and seek common development, and serve as a model for the two peoples, that will bring more benefits to our people and inject strong impetus into regional and global prosperity and stability,” Xi said in a statement given to Chinese state news agency Xinhua on Thursday.