Yerica Lai
Journalist at The Jakarta Post
Politics reporter @jakpost | Feedback & tipoffs to [email protected]
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6 days ago |
thejakartapost.com | Yerica Lai
As great powers loom large over the Indo-Pacific, the United States and France competed for clout at the region's security forum in Singapore over the weekend. In a ballroom full of senior officials from governments, militaries and diplomats around the world at the three-day Shangri-La Dialogue that was hosted by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and French President Emmanuel Macron made their bold bids to court Indo-Pacific nations.
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1 week ago |
thejakartapost.com | Yerica Lai |Yvette Elizabeth Tanamal
President Prabowo Subianto hosted France’s President Emmanuel Macron in Magelang, Central Java, on Thursday as the two leaders pledged closer ties, particularly in defense, to navigate a world bereft of trust and full of conflict.
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1 week ago |
thejakartapost.com | Yerica Lai
Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka inspected some of the infrastructure projects in the nation’s future capital city, Nusantara, on Wednesday, marking his first official trip to the site since assuming office last October. The Rp 466 trillion (US$28.5 billion) project to build the city over the course of several decades was initiated and championed by Gibran’s father, former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, who tacitly backed Gibran and President Prabowo Subianto in last year’s election.
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2 weeks ago |
thejakartapost.com | Yerica Lai
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the only de facto opposition party in the legislature, reiterated its historical ties to the country’s Reform movement, pledging to remain committed to upholding its agenda. On Wednesday, Indonesia marked the 27th anniversary of the fall of Soeharto’s authoritarian regime and the start of the Reform Era—a turning point that dismantled the military’s dual role, expanded press freedom and ushered in democratic governance.
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2 weeks ago |
thejakartapost.com | Yerica Lai
President Prabowo Subianto will reportedly appoint Lt. Gen. Djaka Budi Utama, a military officer and former member of a special forces team implicated in the abduction of activists, to lead the country’s customs office. This move is seen as part of the President’s growing reliance on military figures to fill key civilian posts.
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