Bad news can be good for Indonesia. A slowdown in economic growth and the prospective hit from US tariffs may be imposing some discipline on President Prabowo Subianto’s government. It’s a welcome change. The former general is only seven months into his term and some of the toughest decisions probably still lie ahead. Nonetheless, the … Read more
It didn’t take Prabowo Subianto long to abandon his carefully cultivated image as an avuncular figure devoted to his cats. The makeover, which propelled the former top general to the presidency of Indonesia after two failed attempts, served its purpose. His inaugural address in October was a very different story, replete with martial rhetoric and … Read more
The boxy, white buildings were supposed to be the offices of an online casino. But in February, Minh Duc Nguyen jumped from the second story in order to escape. Risky, but better than staying at the compound in the small Philippine town of Bamban, where the Vietnamese national had been detained, tortured and forced to … Read more