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Politics 1 year ago
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Will Prabowo’s bloated cabinet face same fate as Sukarno’s?
Newly inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto has sworn in his Red and White Cabinet consisting of more than 100 officials, the largest the country has seen in decades since first President Sukarno formed in 1966 the second Dwikora Cabinet with a line-up of 132 ministers, but which only lasted for a month.
Academia 1 year ago
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The ghosts of G30S: Deconstructing the 'red scare'
The aftermath of the so-called G30S incident on Sept. 30, 1965, as well as the normalization of violence during Soeharto's authoritarian regime, continues to shape sociopolitical discourse that leads to nostalgia and disillusionment.
Politics 2 years ago
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Javanese renaming tradition behind Jokowi birth name fuss
Social media users have increasingly used Mulyono to refer to the President in recent days to register their discontent with his efforts to secure lasting, dynastic influence in the government, political parties and state institutions.
Academia 2 years ago
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Real food for thought is what children most need
Neither malnutrition nor rice dependency is a new issue in Indonesia, and we should refer to successful programs in the past, even back to the colonial era, to tackle root causes like nutrition illiteracy for the development of quality human resources; instead of simply handing out free lunches.
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