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Tenggara Backgrounder October 4, 2024
POLITICS
KPK pressured to investigate Jokowi's jet-setting son
All eyes are still on Kaesang Pangarep, the youngest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, who became embroiled in a controversy over his use of a private jet for a recent trip to the United States. The controversy has only increased since Kaesang p...
How important is Anies factor in Jakarta gubernatorial race?
The campaign period for the Jakarta gubernatorial election kicked off this week, but conspicuously missing from the race is former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan, who all surveys say is the most popular figure for the job. The man who held the job i...
Jokowi’s ambition to relocate capital city faces reality check
Outgoing President Joko ‘'Jokowi'' Widodo has yet to sign a presidential decree that will effectively relocate Indonesia's capital city to Nusantara, East Kalimantan. The Nusantara project may face a serious impediment as president-elect Prabowo Subi...
Doubts cast over nutritional quality of Prabowo’s free meals program
With the succession of national leadership fast approaching, the realization of president-elect Prabowo Subianto's flagship free meals program is facing an arduous challenge. Due to budget constraints, several adjustments will have to be made to the...
BUSSINES & ECONOMICS
Jokowi seals downstream legacy with Freeport, AMNT smelters
Less than a month before his second and final term comes to an end, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo inaugurated two of the world's biggest copper and gold smelters on Sept. 23, essentially sealing his legacy in expanding the country's mineral downstre...
Jokowi’s last goal, to join CPTPP free trade agreement
Indonesia, now a member of the world's biggest free trade agreement, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEPP), has applied to join the world's next biggest Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), w...
Jokowi inaugurates foreign investment projects in Nusantara
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has inaugurated the construction of several foreign investment-funded projects in Indonesia's future capital in Nusantara, East Kalimantan. The groundbreaking ceremony comes less than a month before Jokowi is succeeded...
BI cuts rate ahead of US Fed, further drives Indonesian bond rally
Bank Indonesia (BI) gave the market a surprise recently by cutting its benchmark rate ahead of the United States Federal Reserve. The rate cut, announced on Sept. 18, fueled the ongoing rally in Indonesian securities that started in August. The rupia...
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