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Tenggara Backgrounder November 06, 2020
POLITICS
Pushy Trump or meddling Biden: It makes no difference to Indonesia
Relations between Indonesia and the United States will not likely change significantly whoever wins the US presidency this week. When it comes to US foreign policy, the differences between Joe Biden and Donald Trump will primarily be of style – and t...
Jokowi condemns Macron amid pressures, misunderstanding
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s bold response to the controversial statement of French President Emmanuel Macron on Islam has raised many eyebrows. Jokowi’s condemnation is deemed as long overdue compared with that of other leaders in the Muslim wor...
Islamic groups seize moment to advance anti-Jokowi agenda
Hundreds of people, including members of hardline Islamic groups, rallied on Nov. 2 to condemn French President Emmanuel Macron’s defense of a cartoon which they considered insulting to Islam. Given their participation in protests against the recentl...
PT DI scandal unveils prevalent graft in military procurement
In June, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) detained former president director of PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PT DI), Budi Santoso, and former commerce director Irzal Rinaldi Zailani for their alleged role in fictitious procurement projects at...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
New zoning system to help investors enter Komodo National Park
Only two years after the Environment and Forestry Ministry introduced a new zoning system in Komodo National Park in 2012, the government gave away 465.17 hectares of land from the previously core zone and jungle zone for infrastructure development....
Bakrie’s Arutmin gets last-minute concession extension
Coal miner PT Arutmin Indonesia, part of the Bakrie Group, finally got an extension of its 57,000 hectare expiring concession in South Kalimantan under the newly passed Minerba Law. The extension only confirms that the controversial law was meant to...
Bidding for presidency by raising minimum wage
Despite the circular from Manpower Minister Ida Fauziah to maintain wages at the current level, five governors have decided to make their move by increasing the minimum wage in their jurisdictions. Interestingly, most of the governors who raised the...
Indonesia officially falls into recession
Indonesia has officially fallen into recession – defined as two consecutive quarters of negative gross domestic product (GDP) growth – for the first time since 1998. The announcement was made by Statistics Indonesia (BPS) on Thursday. The country rec...
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