2019 elections – Page 2 – Asia Times

A supporter of deposed former Thai premiers Thaksin and Yingluck Shinawatra holds a small heart-shaped placard with their pictures. Photo: AFP/ Nicolas Asfouri

AT Finance, China, Malaysia, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, World

Thai junta dreams of a ‘Thaksin-free’ election

by Shawn W. Crispin June 1, 2018February 18, 2020

Indonesia President Joko Widodo (R) visits the bomb attack location at the Pentecost Church Central Surabaya (GPPS), in Surabaya, Indonesia May 13, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

AT Finance, Indonesia, South Asia, World

Is Indonesia’s Widodo soft on security?

by Erin Cook May 15, 2018February 18, 2020

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

A woman walks in front of an ANZ bank sign in the central business district of Sydney on August 12, 2014. Photo: AFP/Peter Parks

Australia, New Zealand, Oceania

Australian banks behaving badly

by Lachlan Colquhoun April 23, 2018February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Laos, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Thai junta deftly rebalances its US-China relations

by Richard S Ehrlich April 18, 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

Newspaper sets. Photo: iStock

India, South Asia, World

Indian media houses agree to run pro-Hindutva campaign, Cobrapost alleges

by Asia Times staff March 27, 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

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

Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha gestures during a news conference after a weekly cabinet meeting at Government House in Bangkok, Thailand, January 9, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha

Blind spots in Prayuth’s election promise

by Shawn W. Crispin March 2, 2018October 2, 2022

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

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement on the allegations in Jerusalem on Feb. 13, 2018. Photo: Israeli Pool/via Reuters

Australia, Israel, Middle East, Oceania

Israel PM Netanyahu could face corruption charges

by Asia Times staff February 14, 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

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

Indonesia's former House of Representatives Speaker Setya Novanto in a wheelchair before a hearing on his corruption charge. Photo: Andalou via AFP/ Eko Siswono Toyudho

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Middle East, Oceania

Nobody safe in Indonesia’s ‘trial of the century’

by John McBeth December 14, 2017February 18, 2020

Indonesian Islamic cleric Bachtiar Nasir is on the leading edge of a rising trend towards political Islam. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

AT Finance, Australia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Oceania, World

The Islamist to watch in Indonesia

by Luke Lischin December 13, 2017February 18, 2020

Indonesian parliament speaker Setya Novanto, is escorted from the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) building in Jakarta, Indonesia November 21, 2017. Photo: Antara Foto via Reuters/Wahyu Putro

AT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East

The man who knows too much in Indonesia

by John McBeth November 23, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Indonesia

Indonesia’s Mr. Teflon finally in the dock

by John McBeth November 20, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Malaysia, Middle East, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Syria, Thailand, World

Indonesian millennials lean towards xenophobia

by John McBeth November 18, 2017February 18, 2020

AT Finance, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania, Singapore, United Kingdom, World

Turnbull wobbles on citizenship kerfuffle

by Alan Boyd November 16, 2017February 18, 2020

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (C), accompanied by officials, switches on a tunnel boring machine for the Mass Rapid Transport system under construction in the capital city during a launch ceremony on September 21, 2015. Jakarta's first mass rapid transport system is expected to be finished in 2018. Photo: AFP/Romeo Gacad

AT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Public trumps private in Widodo’s Indonesia

by John McBeth October 21, 2017February 18, 2020

Hardline Muslims react to the verdict in Basuki "Ahok" Purnama's blasphemy trial outside the court in Jakarta on May 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters

AT Finance, Indonesia, Middle East, World

Racial politics gaining resonance in Indonesia

by John McBeth October 19, 2017February 18, 2020

Indonesian military Chief Gatot Nurmantyo gestures as he sits in his car after talking to reporters in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 5, 2017. Photo: Reuters/Beawiharta

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

Military ambitions shake Indonesia’s politics

by John McBeth October 9, 2017February 18, 2020

Members of Islamic Defenders Front (PFI) shout slogan during a an anti-communism campaign in Jakarta, Indonesia, on June 03, 2016. Photo: NurPhoto via Reuters/ Agoes Rudianto

AT Finance, Indonesia, World

Red scare still haunts Indonesia

by Erin Cook October 5, 2017February 18, 2020

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