on November 10th, 2009

The current electricity crisis in South Sulawesi is a typical example of how crony capitalism is still alive and well in post Suharto Indonesia. Every year for the last 15 years there has been a shortage of electricity when the dam which feeds the Bakaru hydro-electric plant gets low on water before the wet season [...]

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on September 9th, 2009

Instead of getting annoyed about a TV promotion (made by a third party and withdrawn as soon as they were aware of a problem) perhaps Indonesia needs to learn from the way their neighbour reacts when a religious group gets out of hand. SHAH ALAM, Malaysia – A Malaysian court charged six Muslims with sedition [...]

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on April 30th, 2009

The electoral results are coming in slowly but data from the KPU and quick counts tally fairly closely for the more popular parties. Out of the thirty-eight parties that contested the election only fourteen managed to get more than one percent of the vote in the official results to date. Only nine parties managed to [...]

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