Valuing Ukrainian over Gazan lives is morally indefensible, says Prabowo Subianto.
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The potential inclusion of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) in the broad coalition supporting Prabowo Subianto remains a contentious issue, but the president-elect maintains that the Muslim-based party is welcome to join, according to a close aide.
Along with an emphasis on strengthening Indonesia’s maritime defence capacity, Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka hope to stimulate the nation’s economic transformation by turning IKN into a global maritime hub and leveraging it to enhance economic interest in eastern Indonesia.
While Chinese funding has helped Indonesia rise up the value chain, it is clear this comes at a high cost to local people and the natural environment, leading to exploitation, pollution and biodiversity loss.
Prabowo signalled that he will continue Jokowi’s work, but Jakarta and Beijing remain at odds over the South China Sea.
An Indonesian Air Force Super Hercules C-130 aircraft conducted an airdrop of humanitarian aid in Gaza, Palestine, on Tuesday in collaboration with the Royal Jordanian Air Force following talks between Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto and King Abdullah II.
Pope Francis will visit Indonesia in September, the country’s religious affairs minister has said, as concerns mounted over the 87-year-old pontiff’s health.
One of ‘the most intriguing and least known footnotes in Australia-Indonesia relations’ is the relationship between President Soeharto and a man whose name has been kept secret from the public for more than fifty years.
Prabowo Subianto has been officially confirmed as the winner of Indonesia’s presidential election but court challenges against the result are set to be launched.
President Joko Widodo has awarded presumptive president-elect Prabowo Subianto the honorary rank of four-star general, in a move condemned by activists.
Unofficial counts from Indonesia’s presidential election on 14 February suggest a comfortable victory for Prabowo Subianto. Like his political backer, outgoing president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, he brought a populist policy agenda to the table that appealed to Indonesia’s poor voters.
On February 14, 2024, Indonesia held its presidential, national legislative, and regional legislative elections on the same day.
Indonesians in Australia who voted in this week’s presidential elections have expressed scepticism about the provisional results and concerns about the future should the provisional winner, Prabowo Subianto, be officially confirmed as the country’s next president.
Indonesia has seen many faces of Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto over his decades in the public eye – the cheshire grin that accompanies his recent viral dance moves, flashes of his temper in fervent orations and the humiliation when he was dismissed from the military in 1998.
A former military general once banned from Australia over his human rights record has declared victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, with a preliminary tally showing a landslide win.
The Indonesian and Norwegian governments commenced the funding process based on the performance of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from lowered deforestation rates in the country for the 2019-2020 period.
