The ‘Hunger Games’ election and intergenerational trauma
February 22, 2024
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TOKYO -- The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development announced Tuesday that it will open accession talks with Indonesia. If it joins, Indonesia will be the first OECD member from Southeast Asia.
JAKARTA -- Indonesia's peer-to-peer (P2P) lending sector, which has seen several prominent companies plunge into crisis recently, has made retail lenders and investors wary of the model that is now being put to the test.
The call comes despite comments by independent observers that there were no signs of systematic fraud in the world’s biggest single-day election, apart from matters such as outdated electoral rolls or polling delays.
JAKARTA -- Competition in Indonesia's electric vehicle market is intensifying as Vietnamese automotive manufacturer VinFast and China's BYD enter Southeast Asia's largest economy with passenger car debuts.
JAKARTA -- World leaders started congratulating Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto after he took a big lead in last week's presidential election, seeking to strengthen relationships with the probable next leader of a country with a growing international presence.
JAKARTA -- Indonesians cast their ballots Wednesday to choose the successor to Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in the world's largest direct presidential vote.
Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir is the Asian studies subject coordinator at the Asia Institute of the University of Melbourne and the author of "State of Disorder: Privatised Violence and the State in Indonesia."