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JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ushered in several new ministers on Monday in a cabinet reshuffle two months before his term ends, with figures close to incoming leader Prabowo Subianto taking key posts.
Alldo Fellix Januardy is a managing partner of Jakarta-based AVYA Law Firm, specializing in family enterprises and multigenerational estates. He is also a co-founder of LogikaRasa, a startup promoting Indonesian literature. Muthia Zahra Feriani is the director of Arseri Creative House, an independent art production house. She also co-founded LogikaRasa.
JAKARTA — Outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday (Aug 19) he has appointed people close to his successor in a cabinet reshuffle, including new energy and investment ministers, two months before he is due to step down.
During an inauguration ceremony on Monday morning, the incumbent swore in his close aide and former investment minister Bahlil Lahadalia as the new energy and mineral resources minister and Rosan Roeslani, who headed Prabowo’s presidential campaign, replaced Bahlil as the country’s new investment minister.
During a recent meeting with the Nusantara Capital Authority in Jakarta, an unnamed representative from the National Cyber and Crypto Agency voiced a rather unexpected concern about the big move. She revealed that she’s terrified of santet – a traditional Indonesian practice involving spells, charms, and dark supernatural forces used to harm others from afar. The official claimed her own husband had previously fallen under a santet curse while deployed to the West Kalimantan provincial capital of Pontianak.
NUSANTARA/BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia -- The government of Indonesia's plan to move the capital from Jakarta to Nusantara reached a milestone Saturday, as President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo for the first time led the country's Independence Day ceremony in the city emerging out of the Borneo jungle.
JAKARTA -- Indonesia is experiencing a wave of construction of large outlet malls.
Indonesia marked 79 years of independence on Saturday with a ceremony in the unfinished future capital of Nusantara, which was planned to relieve pressure on Jakarta but whose construction has lagged behind schedule.