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Prabowo Subianto

Prabowo Subianto
Prabowo Subianto
Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo is Indonesia’s eighth president, representing the Gerindra Party. He took office in October 2024. A former military general previously accused of human rights abuses during the presidency of his father-in-law Suharto, Prabowo served as defence minister under former president Joko Widodo, who defeated him in two prior elections.
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17 Oct 1951
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President of Indonesia
A tugboat carrying coal barges at a port in Palembang, South Sumatra province, Indonesia. Photo: Antara Foto/Reuters
A tug boat pushes a barge carrying coal on Mahakam river in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo: AP
Indonesia

Indonesian coal deal fuels doubts over production quota approvals

The sale of a stake in Bayan came as the coal miner was facing a delay in getting approval for three subsidiaries’ production quotas.

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Malaysia

‘Open, close, reopen’: return of choking haze traps Malaysian schools in limbo

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Indonesia

Indonesia commissions first aircraft carrier, bolstering sea defence

Indonesia

Can Indonesia speak for the Global South in its UN Security Council bid?

Jakarta wants a fifth term on the council, but faces accusations of hypocrisy and being a ‘fence-sitter’, analysts say.

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York in September 2025. Photo: Xinhua
Malaysia

Malaysia deploys air force aircraft for cloud seeding to combat worsening haze

An Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft will be used as the main asset for the cloud seeding operations.

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Vladimir Putin

Opinion | Why the Global South keeps its doors wide open to Russia

Far from being isolated, Moscow’s relationships across the non-Western world are a geopolitical constant the West cannot break.

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Indonesia

Pride or practicality? Indonesia welcomes first aircraft carrier

Jakarta has approved US$450 million for the aircraft carrier programme but some lawmakers warn the final bill could be higher.

Former Italian Navy aircraft carrier Giuseppe Garibaldi docks at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on Friday. Photo: AFP
Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi arrives at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta on Friday. Photo: EPA
Former Italian Navy aircraft carrier ITS Giuseppe Garibaldi (right) sails in Indonesian waters on Thursday. Photo: EPA
Indonesia

Indonesia’s Prabowo mulls labelling wildfires as ‘ecological terrorism’

Indonesia is battling its most intense wildfires in 11 years, with the hazardous haze also affecting neighbours Singapore and Malaysia.

South China Sea

‘Wolf in sheep’s clothing’: why Japan’s Natuna port plan raises alarm in China

Tokyo offers port upgrades to boost maritime security, but analysts say Jakarta is being pragmatic, not taking sides against Beijing.

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Singapore

Singapore ministers earn millions. What do other Asian leaders make?

Political pay structures elsewhere in Asia are shaped by factors including bureaucratic hierarchy, austerity and symbolic restraint.

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Singapore Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s annual pay benchmark will rise to S$3.6 million (US$2.83 million) on October 15. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Indonesian finance minister notified of his firing in mid-meeting call

Purbaya ⁠Yudhi Sadewa said he was ‘upset’ over losing the top finance job, a move that also surprised markets.

Purbaya ⁠Yudhi Sadewa, who was sacked as Indonesia’s finance minister, addresses the media in Jakarta on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Indonesia

Indonesia’s Prabowo appoints third finance minister in under 2 years

Suahasil Nazara takes over amid growing pressure on the budget, with analysts expecting a more cautious approach to fiscal management.

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Indonesia

Wildfires threaten Indonesia’s new capital as carrier ordered in

The president has ordered water-bombing drones and an aircraft carrier to Kalimantan as 400 hectares burn near Nusantara.

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Indonesia

Why Indonesian students are still falling ill despite free meal safety rules

In three days last week alone, close to 2,000 students suffered from food poisoning after eating meals from Prabowo’s flagship programme.

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Paramedics guide students suffering from food poisoning to receive medical treatment at the Manbaul Hikam Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java, on September 2. Photo: EPA
Indonesia

Indonesia knew a volcano was erupting. Could it have prepared better?

An expert advises Jakarta to take steps such as announcing evacuation routes and releasing maps following a pre-eruption alert.

Mount Krakatoa in the Sunda Strait, South Lampung, spews smoke and volcanic ash during an eruption. Photo: AFP/Indonesia’s Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation
Indonesia

Can Prabowo’s Putin camaraderie deliver real economic gains for Indonesia?

Good relations with Russia show ‘our president can work with all sides across the geopolitical divide,’ an analyst says.

Indonesia

Over 1,700 Indonesians get food poisoning after eating state-issued free meals

As of Tuesday, 50,000 individuals ‌contracted food poisoning, according to a lawmaker who criticises the ‘failure of the system’.

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The Philippines

Manila’s ‘acutely unhealthy’ air due to Indonesian haze spurs health warnings

The haze has led Quezon City to suspend classes in schools and health experts to urge residents to wear N95 masks outdoors.

A thick haze shrouds Metro Manila due to smoke from ongoing fires in Kalimantan, Indonesia, on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
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Indonesia-US joint military drills with allies kick off with 4,700 soldiers

The exercises, which have been held for nearly two decades, will include special forces infiltration training and cyberdefence drills.

Asean

Opinion | Why Southeast Asia isn’t buying the US’ offer of ‘flexible realism’

Pentagon policy chief Elbridge Colby talked up US partnerships with Asean nations during his trip to the region, but Washington’s actions contradict its ‘Asia first’ rhetoric.

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Malaysia

Smog without borders: Indonesia opens its skies to Malaysian rainmakers

Joint cloud seeding efforts offer immediate relief from the haze, but experts warn fire prevention at source is the real battle.

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Firefighters extinguish a peatland fire at Tambang in Indonesia’s Riau province on Tuesday. Photo: Wahyudi/AFP
SCMP Highlights

Viral Malaysian professor sacked; Marcos’ US$3b estate tax: 7 Asia highlights

From child-free Singaporeans to a Malaysian politician’s rant against the US, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia reporting.

Controversial Malaysian academic Solehah Yaacob seen in a still from a live-streamed lecture. Photo: Facebook/profsolehah
Indonesia

As toxic haze spreads, can Indonesia make land burners pay?

With thousands of fire hotspots traced to corporate land, the president has vowed action – but past efforts to collect fines have failed.

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Indonesia

Indonesia takes on Malaysia in battle over palm oil pricing

Palm oil is just the start. Indonesia’s new trade exchange also aims to oversee nickel and coal export volumes, prices and taxes.

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Indonesia

1,500 Indonesian soldiers deployed to fight Borneo wildfires

Fires between January and July burned over 200,000 hectares of land, driven by a powerful El Nino weather pattern causing dry conditions across the country.

The Kampung Bahagia water village after a fire, in Sandakan, on Malaysia’s Borneo island on April 19. Photo: AFP
Indonesia

‘Clothes went everywhere’: Indonesian quake survivors recall all-day aftershocks

Officials say there were 4,256 aftershocks since the quake off Flores, which killed 78 people and injured more than 900.

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Rescue personnel work at the scene of a collapsed building in East Manggarai following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck Indonesia’s Flores island on August 15. Photo: AFP/Indonesia’s National Search and Rescue Agency
Indonesia

Can Indonesia build a lasting EV ‘ecosystem’ and not just a market?

Analysts say stricter local-content rules and a stronger production framework will be needed to boost Indonesia up the EV supply chain.

Indonesia

Indonesia celebrates National Day with parade, flag-raising ceremony

Indonesia marks its 81st anniversary of the country’s proclamation of independence from the Netherlands in 1945.

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