Randy Mulyanto

Not just the US and Chi­na; In­dia, In­done­sia and South Ko­rea are scram­bling for in­flu­ence in a strate­gi­cal­ly vi­tal re­gion

Ex-So­vi­et re­pub­lic is open­ing up to for­eign vis­i­tors af­ter decades as one of the world’s most iso­lat­ed coun­tries.

The eth­nic mi­nor­i­ty can now open­ly ex­press their cul­tur­al iden­ti­ty but re­main vul­ner­a­ble to prej­u­dice.

Jakar­ta’s tem­po­rary block­ing of web­sites high­lights ten­sion be­tween de­sire to rein in in­ter­net and grow dig­i­tal econ­o­my.

Those born af­ter bloody sep­a­ra­tion from In­done­sia see strength of eth­nic her­itage and dream of eco­nom­ic progress.

No­bel lau­re­ate Jose Ramos-Hor­ta will be in­au­gu­rat­ed on Fri­day as his coun­try eyes new oil and gas de­vel­op­ment.

The COVID-19 pan­dem­ic has ex­posed the world’s deep in­equal­i­ties – nowhere more than in ed­u­ca­tion.

South­east Asia’s newest, and poor­est, coun­try took swift ac­tion as it looked to pro­tect its frag­ile health sys­tem.

Strict mea­sures will be in force at polling sta­tions, but some fear it is still too risky giv­en COVID-19 in­fec­tions.

In­done­sia’s death rate due to the dead­ly in­fec­tion stood at 9.1 per­cent com­pared to 5.2 world­wide as of Fri­day.