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    • Wednesday, 11 January, 2023
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      Indonesia's secret to economic success

      The FT’s Mercedes Ruehl explains how Indonesia has thrived amid a shaky past few years for the global economy

    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
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      Bauxite: holding resources hostage will impede Indonesia’s growth Premium content

      President Joko Widodo is playing a dangerous game

    • Monday, 12 December, 2022
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      Balancing act of Indonesia’s morality law upsets activists and Islamists

      Ban on sex outside marriage disturbs rights advocates while angering conservative groups

    • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
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      Indonesia to ban insults against president under new criminal code

      Parliament approves changes that also outlaw sex outside marriage

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
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      Indonesia’s president steps on to world stage as G20 host

      Joko Widodo prepares for geopolitical balancing act with Ukraine war raging and US-China tensions high

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
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      Host Joko Widodo tells FT he reached the conclusion after speaking to Russian leader last week

    • Monday, 7 November, 2022
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      Joe Biden and Xi Jinping may meet at the G20 in Indonesia, whose president embodies an older non-aligned tradition

    • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
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      Indonesia on the hunt for investors to back its new capital

      Jakarta is sinking but experts warn government cannot afford Joko Widodo’s ambitious legacy project

    • Tuesday, 20 September, 2022
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      Indonesia’s unexpected success story

      The economy is prospering despite the sense of crisis elsewhere but the country’s politics could become more unstable

    • Monday, 12 September, 2022
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      Indonesia’s president Widodo to consider ‘all options’ on Russian oil

      Leader of south-east Asia’s largest economy wants to buy cheaper fuel to tame soaring energy costs

    • Friday, 19 August, 2022
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      November conference raises prospect of a meeting with Biden in wake of growing tensions with west

    • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
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      Critics object to ‘Java-centric’ name amid claims of hasty legislation and corruption concerns

    • Sunday, 24 January, 2021
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      Luhut Pandjaitan has emerged as President Joko Widodo’s right-hand man

    • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
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      With Covid-19 cases rocketing, Jakarta bets on inoculating 180m citizens across 10,000 islands

    • Sunday, 6 December, 2020
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      Indonesia looks to Biden for more ‘professional’ stance on China

      US faces task to win back strategically important nation after Beijing makes inroads

    • Monday, 5 October, 2020
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      Overhaul of tax and labour market laws rushed through parliament despite union protests

    • Tuesday, 22 September, 2020
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      President’s infrastructure success has defined him. But he relies on personality not process

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      Government’s incoherent response to outbreak raises contagion fears during Ramadan exodus

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    • Wednesday, 23 October, 2019
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      Indonesian ex-general accused of rights abuses is named defence chief

      President Joko Widodo appoints Prabowo Subianto to new cabinet for his second term

    • Friday, 27 September, 2019
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    • Friday, 20 September, 2019
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      A climate of impunity over violence against reporters is strengthening

    • Monday, 26 August, 2019
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      Joko Widodo names Borneo site for new Indonesian capital

      East Kalimantan to host planned $33bn city to replace sinking Jakarta megacity

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