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Tenggara Backgrounder November 22, 2024
POLITICS
Confident Prabowo is “rowing between two reefs”
Prabowo Subianto's first foreign sojourn as president, which took him to China and the United States in quick succession this month, shows how confident he is in running Indonesia's foreign policy amid escalating tension between the two big powers.
KPK suffers another pretrial defeat, trust deficit
The South Jakarta District Court has dealt the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) a major blow after granting a pretrial motion filed by South Kalimantan Governor Sahbirin Noor, who claimed the KPK's move to name him a suspect was illegitimate....
Jakarta Law revised, but capital city relocation still uncertain
Amid the campaign session in the runup to the regional head elections on Nov. 27 and the final phase of capital city relocation from Jakarta to the future Capital City of Nusantara (IKN), the government and the House of Representatives agreed to revi...
East Java gears up for all-women gubernatorial race
Three women will compete for the governorship of East Java, the country's second-most populous province and a stronghold of the country's largest and most influential Islamic organization, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). Unlike a few other regional head electi...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Prabowo’s energy vision, backed by 1.2 billion euros in green financing
Indonesia received a significant boost of 1.2 billion euros (US$1.14 billion) in green financing from a German bank, Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW), at the United Nations Climate Change Conference's 29th meeting (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. Th...
Prabowo advances Indonesia’s agenda at APEC, G20 summits
President Prabowo Subianto marked his first overseas trip as Indonesia's leader with a high-profile debut at two major multilateral forums, achieving notable milestones for the country's foreign policy agenda. The president attended the APEC Summit i...
VAT to increase to 12 percent in 2025 despite public, business pushback
The government remains steadfast on raising the value-added tax (VAT) rate from 11 percent to 12 percent in 2025, as mandated by the Tax Harmonization (HPP) Law. The decision has sparked widespread criticism from the public, who are already grappling...
Tarnus graduate appointed CEO of debt-ridden Garuda
Capt. Wamildan Tsani, Lion Air Group's acting CEO and a graduate of Taruna Nusantara (Tarnus) high school and the Air Force Academy, has been appointed as CEO of the country's financially ailing flag carrier Garuda Indonesia, with two main tasks of r...
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