Category: Politik
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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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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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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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