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Resty Woro Yuniar
Resty Woro Yuniar
Resty Woro Yuniar is a Jakarta-based reporter who covers Indonesian current affairs and Southeast Asia's tech scene. She was previously Indonesia correspondent at the BBC and tech reporter with The Wall Street Journal

Presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto projects 8 per cent growth for Indonesia in the next five years, at a time when the country is facing economic headwinds.

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Several analysts say Prabowo is unlikely to do anything to upend the economic cooperation that outgoing president Joko Widodo has established with China over the years.

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Widodo’s pragmatic approach created a stable political climate and economic growth, but critics say democracy and human rights have regressed under his rule

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Indonesia’s presidential hopefuls spent a frenzied final day of campaigning on Saturday, with front runner Prabowo Subianto using his rally to air grievances about ‘foreign nations’ sowing division.

President Joko Widodo has been accused of meddling in the February 14 election, in which Prabowo Subianto named Widodo’s son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, as his running mate.

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The presidential front runner denied making a ‘very cruel’ comment on voters’ intelligence, as he fended off questions about women’s rights and his multibillion-dollar plan to provide free meals.

Controversy around his remarks also reflected widening rift in Widodo’s cabinet, with speculation that some of his ministers are considering resigning over the president’s election meddling.

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Gibran Rakabuming quizzed fellow vice-presidential contenders on ‘difficult’ questions such as greenflation and lithium iron phosphate batteries.

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A report has accused a Chinese-funded industrial estate of causing ‘significant’ environmental destruction and violating the rights of indigenous people.

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Analysts said while none of the three candidates stood out, Anies displayed the most ‘strategic vision’ while Prabowo was constantly on the back foot.

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Much of the resistance to Rohingya refugees stems from online misinformation, human rights activists say, as well as organised attacks against the United Nations and its refugee agency.

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Anies Baswedan shone with his oratory skills, while Ganjar Pranowo scored points by reminding voters of Prabowo Subianto’s past human rights controversies.

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With northern Gaza ‘destroyed’, volunteers at the bombed Indonesian Hospital have joined thousands of others in seeking refuge in the south of the strip.

Confusion over Jokowi’s legacy project to shift the nation’s capital, as well as ‘election drama’ and high interest rates are pushing investors to adopt a wait-and-see approach, critics say.

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The facility had sought to keep services open with cooking oil-fed generators and the service of volunteers, who sometimes worked in “total darkness” through the “terror of Israeli bombs”.

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Defence minister Prabowo Subianto calls for a ‘rebalancing’ whereby Indonesia should learn from countries such as China and India rather than continue looking to the West.

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The Indonesian Hospital in Gaza, built in 2011 with US$8 million in donations from Indonesians, is running low on supplies as bodies pile up amid a manpower shortage.

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