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AYODHYA, India (AP) — About 80 chartered flights have landed at the new international airport of India’s holy city of Ayodhya for Monday’s partial opening of the controversial grand temple for one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, Lord Ram.
JAKARTA — Indonesia's finance minister "continues to carry out her duties in managing state finances," her ministry said in a statement on Friday (Jan 19), amid reports she may resign from cabinet ahead of the Feb 14 presidential election.
Indonesian Bali bomber Ali Imron says he is “tired”.
One of three front-runners to become Indonesia’s vice-president attacked Joko Widodo’s policy of forcing foreign companies to invest in mineral processing through export bans, stepping up criticism of the outgoing head of state’s economic record.
In recent weeks, officials backing former Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo and former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan discreetly met several times to discuss a possible pact. That may include intensifying their campaigning in areas dominated by Prabowo in an attempt to dilute his votes and force a run-off election, according to people from both camps who declined to be named as the matter is sensitive.
On December 30, one day before Indonesia’s Asean chairmanship lapsed, the region’s foreign ministers issued a statement articulating their “concern” over “recent developments in the South China Sea that may undermine peace, security, and stability in the region”.
While Widodo has claimed he is impartial and has not officially endorsed any of the three presidential candidates running in next month’s poll, observers say there is no denying he has thrown his tacit support behind Prabowo, given that his running mate, Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka, is also Widodo’s eldest son.
East Java, home to 31 million voters and a traditional electoral bellwether, voted for Jokowi, as the outgoing leader is popularly known, in the last two elections.