Author: Ersan Pamungkas
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2024 Indonesian Presidential Election Will Most Likely Restore “Indonesia’s Style of Politics”
After gaining independence for 59 years, Indonesia in 2004 made history by holding its first ever direct presidential election, which saw Soesilo Bambang Yudhonono become the country’s first directly elected president. The election was participated by five presidential and vice-presidential hopeful pairs, each with their own rather vague platforms – typical in Indonesian politics that…
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Can Indonesia make history with its capital shift?
2024 will probably be an important year for Indonesia as the country is geared to hold general elections and to officially relocate its capital from Jakarta to Nusantara, a planned city situated in a far-flung regency in East Kalimantan province in the Indonesian part of Borneo island. The Indonesian government has announced that the relocation…
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Maybe It’s Time for Government Officials to Start Working From Home
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s work-from-home order, most of government officials in Indonesia began adopting a new way of working that will possibly become more and more common at government institutions in the future: working remotely. Working remotely, or working from home as it is popularly known lately, is clearly…
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Ganjar Pranowo: A Repeat of Widodo?
Back in 2010, Joko Widodo, mayor from the city of Solo in Indonesia’s Central Java province, made a national headline by winning an award as the third best mayor in the world for bringing reforms to city, among others by cleaning up the city’s slum areas. His popularity was then unstoppable following his election as…
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Diabetes Among Indonesian Children Can Be a Ticking Bomb
Diabetes is arguably one of the deadliest diseases in Indonesia. Data shows that the projected number of patients suffering from diabetes in the country is expected to reach about 9.5 million by 2024 when the population growth will decline slightly. With around 9.5 million people living with diabetes, the most populous nation in Southeast Asia…
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Jakarta – Bandung High-Speed Train: A Tale of Two Cities
Around twenty years ago, for those living in Bandung, the struggle of travelling to capital Jakarta was real. One had to spend around five hours to reach the capital with a very limited number of transportation modes available. Reaching the capital was both exhausting and time-consuming. Most of intercity buses connecting the two cities were…
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Cooking Oil Shortage Might Be A Blessing in Disguise
If there’s one thing most Indonesians can’t simply live without, perhaps it would be cooking oil. Suffice to say, cooking oil for most of us are as essential as rice, food, or even water. We rely heavily on it to cook most of our food. Inevitably, in the wake of the cooking oil shortage crisis…
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Why is it so hard for some football fans to graciously accept defeat?
Indonesia is back in global spotlight following a deadly incident at a football arena that saw 131 people killed and around 300 people injured. The incident broke out Kanjuruhan stadium in the city of Malang in the East Java province shortly after the conclusion of a match on Saturday (01/10) between Arema FC from the…
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