Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday before heading to Japan for similar top-level talks amid rising tensions over the South China Sea. Xi told Prabowo that China is willing to boost “all-round strategic cooperation” with Indonesia and make positive contributions to regional and world peace, China Central Television … Read more
Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s presidential candidate and defense minister, center, waves to supporters in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Prabowo declared victory in Wednesday’s presidential vote, citing independent pollsters, putting him on course to lead Southeast Asia’s largest economy after two failed attempts. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images JAKARTA — Indonesia’s Defense Minister … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Foreign leaders congratulated Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto on his apparent victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, while rights activists called him a threat. But how he’ll govern remains uncertain after a campaign in which he made few concrete promises besides continuity with the popular outgoing president. The 72-year-old ex-general has never held elective … Read more
Prabowo Subianto, a former general who was once banned from entering the United States because of alleged human rights abuses, looks set to become the next President of Indonesia, according to preliminary results hours after the Southeast Asian country of 270 million people voted on Wednesday in the world’s largest single-day election. Despite some weather … Read more
Indonesia’s presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gestures after he cast his ballot to vote in the country’s presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Bogor on February 14, 2024. Indonesians began voting for a new president on February 14 with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner to lead Southeast Asia’s biggest economy despite concerns … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Millions of people will take buses, motorcycles, boats or ferries on Wednesday to polling centers across the sprawling archipelago of Indonesia, where they’ll vote for a successor to President Joko Widodo. The vote follows months of debate over the extent of Widodo’s influence in the election and is being seen as a … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — When Joko Widodo was elected as Indonesia’s president a decade ago, he was widely seen as a symbol of hope. As the country’s first president not to come from the political or military elite, he was a testament, said diplomats and political pundits, to the rising strength of democracy in the world’s … Read more
Indonesia’s Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto has named the son of President Joko Widodo as his vice-presidential candidate. Prabowo, after reaching consensus among political party leaders backing him, chose Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 36, as his running mate despite Gibran’s absence during the announcement on Sunday. The eldest son of Jokowi, as the incumbent leader is known, … Read more