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Policeman guard as former Indonesian parliament speaker Setya Novanto (C) attends court for his verdict in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 24, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

AT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East

Many more to fall in Indonesia’s e-KTP scam

by John McBeth April 30, 2018February 18, 2020

Traditional lanterns on Seminyak beach on the tourist island of Bali, Indonesia. September 15, 2016

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, South Asia, World

Bali struggles to keep the lights lit

by John McBeth April 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Workers assemble cables at an extra-high voltage tower in Jakarta, February 16, 2018. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP Forum/Aditya Irawan

AT Finance, India, Indonesia, South Asia, World

Indonesia’s supercharged power plans come unplugged

by John McBeth April 26, 2018February 18, 2020

An Indonesian farmer works with a buffalo on rice terraces in Bali, Indonesia. Photo: iStock/Getty Images

AT Finance, Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Beef grief as Indonesia fails at self-sufficiency

by John McBeth April 20, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo poses with a Royal Enfield motorbike during his visit at Pelabuhan Ratu beach in Sukabumi, Indonesia, April 8, 2018. Photo: Antara Foto/Puspa Perwitasari via Reuters

AT Finance, Indonesia, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia

Indonesia moving toward a one-horse race

by John McBeth April 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Relatives of a man who died after consuming tainted homemade alcohol cry outside of a hospital in Cicalengka, Bandung Regency, West Java, Indonesia on April 9. Photo: Antara Foto/Raisan Al Farisi / via Reuters

AT Finance, Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Middle East, Oceania, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Rise in bootleg liquor deaths linked to tougher alcohol laws

by John McBeth April 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Sukmawati Sukarnoputri, sister of former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, shows her book to reporters in Jakarta on April 4, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

AT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East

Sukarno’s daughter in hot water over careless remarks

by John McBeth April 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Students studying in a classroom in the Sadah State Elementary School in Ciruas sub-district, Serang regency of Banten province, Indonesia on December 8, 2017. Photo: AFP via Anadolu Agency/
Eko Siswono Toyudho

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, Vietnam, World

‘Education emergency’ stymies Indonesia’s growth

by John McBeth April 5, 2018February 18, 2020

BP workers at the Tangguh natural gas project set for a massive expansion in Papua Indonesia. Photo: BP

AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Northeast Asia, South Korea, World

How BP got it right in Indonesia

by John McBeth April 3, 2018February 18, 2020

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) talks to Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in Sochi on May 18, 2016. Photo: AFP/Host Photo Agency

AT Finance, China, European Union, Indonesia, Malaysia, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Russia raises its head in Indonesia

by John McBeth March 31, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian journalists wearing masks observe World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, May 3, 2016. Photo: AFP Forum

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

Democracy takes a step back in Indonesia

by John McBeth March 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Then presidential candidate Joko Widodo gestures at a live nationwide television debate with opponent Prabowo Subianto from Jakarta on July 5, 2014. Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad

AT Finance, Indonesia, Vietnam, World

Pre-election politics heating up in Indonesia

by John McBeth March 21, 2018February 18, 2020

A student holds a placard during a protest at the PT Freeport Indonesia headquarters calling for the closure of its mine in Papua province, in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, World

Indonesian polls may delay Freeport settlement

by John McBeth March 15, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti has overseen the demolition of foreign fishing boats caught poaching in Indonesian waters. Photo: NurPhoto via AFP Forum/(Donal Husni

AT Finance, China, India, Indonesia, Middle East, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Indonesia’s ‘Fish Lady’ fights to stay the course

by John McBeth March 8, 2018February 18, 2020

Jono Simbolon (front), an Indonesian Christian, grimaces in pain as he is flogged in front of a crowd outside a mosque in Banda Aceh, Aceh province, on January 19, 2018. Photo: AFP/Chaideer Mahyuddin

Afghanistan, AT Finance, China, Indonesia, Jordan, Middle East, South Asia, World

Draconian legislation could transform Indonesia

by John McBeth March 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Members of the Sahrawi People's Liberation Army take part in a ceremony to mark 40 years after the Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) in the disputed territory of Western Sahara on February 27, 2016 at the Sahrawi refugee camp of Dakhla. Photo: AFP/Farouk Batiche

AT Finance, Australia, China, India, Japan, Middle East, New Zealand, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Sahrawis top New Zealand in legal test case

by John McBeth February 27, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) shows the way to China's President Xi Jinping during a bilateral meeting in Jakarta on April 22, 2015. Photo: AFP/Pool/Adi Weda

AT Finance, China, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Vietnam, World

Indonesia needs China to get back on track

by John McBeth February 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Members of Indonesia's special forces Kopassus march during celebrations for the 72nd anniversary of the Indonesia military, in Cilegon, Banten province, October 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Syria

Indonesia’s military craves more power

by John McBeth February 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Then presidential candidate Joko Widodo gestures at a live nationwide television debate with opponent Prabowo Subianto from Jakarta on July 5, 2014. Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad

AT Finance, Indonesia, Jordan, Middle East

Widodo steams towards easy second term

by John McBeth February 7, 2018February 18, 2020

Untreated phosphate dropped at the end of a conveyor belt at the Marca factory of the National Moroccan phosphates company (OCP public), near Laayoune, the capital of Moroccan-controlled Western Sahara in a 2013 file photo. Photo: AFP/Fadel Senna

AT Finance, Australia, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Middle East, New Zealand, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

Sahrawis and Kiwis in a fight over fertilizer

by John McBeth January 26, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo waves at an ASEAN summit event at Clark, Pampanga, northern Philippines November 12, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Erik De Castro

AT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia

Widodo’s smoke and mirrors hide hard truths

by John McBeth January 23, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (2nd R), accompanied by top General Moeldoko (L) and General Gatot Nurmantyo during the inauguration of an Indonesian army military exercise in Baturaja, southern Sumatra island in 2016. Photo: AFP/Presidential Palace/Rusman

AT Finance, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East

Widodo puts more starch in his ranks

by John McBeth January 19, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian students burn a Golkar party flag in front of their campus in Jakarta in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Choo Youn-Kong

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania

Hartarto: “We’ve already hit rock bottom”

by John McBeth January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesia's Golkar Party chairman and industry minister Airlangga Hartarto in a 2016 file photo. Photo: AFP

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Oceania, World

Can this man save Indonesia’s Golkar?

by John McBeth January 18, 2018February 18, 2020

An Indonesian casts his ballot during voting in elections at a polling station in Gowa, South Sulawesi in a 2014 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Yusuf Ahmad

AT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, World

All politics is local in Indonesia

by John McBeth January 15, 2018February 18, 2020

2016年9月7日，老挝舞蹈员在老挝永珍国家会议中心举行的东南亚国家联谊晚宴上表演。相片：法新社/ Sol Loeb

AT Finance, China, Laos, Vietnam

老挝在中越之间探戈

by John McBeth January 12, 2018February 18, 2020

Lao dancers perform during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations' gala dinner at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos, September 7, 2016. Photo: AFP/Saul Loeb

AT Finance, Australia, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Laos dances to survive between China and Vietnam

by John McBeth January 9, 2018February 18, 2020

Air America helicopters land on top of Phou Pha Thi mountain during the US' 'secret war' in Laos. Photo: Walt Darran

AT Finance, Australia, China, Laos, Northeast Asia, Oceania, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Revolutionary monument to CIA’s fall in Laos

by John McBeth January 2, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (right) inaugurates Air Force Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto as the country's new military chief at the presidential palace in Jakarta on December 8, 2017. Photo: AFP / Gagah Adhaputra

AT Finance, Australia, China, Indonesia, Iran, Middle East, Oceania, World

Jokowi ally restores ‘neutrality’ in Indonesian military

by John McBeth December 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Indonesia's creaking railway network desperately needs to be upgraded. Photo: iStock

AT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Northeast Asia, World

Indonesia’s mega fast-rail project runs into trouble

by John McBeth December 21, 2017February 18, 2020

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