April 25, 2017 edition
Defying the predictions of pollsters, Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno won the race for Jakarta governor, decisively defeating incumbents Basuki Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat. Various campaign maneuvers significantly changed the voting map. The victorious party benefitted from racial and religious issues, while the defeated team gambled their credibility by distributing basic foodstuff just before the election, and lost. A conflict between an ethnic Chinese youth with the Governor of West Nusa Tenggara in Singapore added to the losing trend.
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April 18, 2017 edition
In addition to pitching their programs and plans to develop Jakarta, the candidates running for governor used religious sentiments to bring in votes in the second round of the voting. Numerous tactics were used, from working with Islamic political parties to campaigning with the kiai and habib. Mosques have become stages for campaigning.
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April 11, 2017 edition
The murder of Kim Jong-nam at Kuala Lumpur International Airport 2 by a group of people said to be North Korean secret agents has implicated Siti Aisyah. Along with a Vietnamese woman, she is charged with committing premeditated homicide against that half-brother of North Korean President Kim Jong-un. A secret cable from the Indonesian government details Siti's testimony from behind bars. Tempo traced Siti's time in Malaysia, from the moment she was recruited into the murder plot, until its execution.
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March 21, 2017 edition
After increasing slowly for over a decade, the economic disparity rate has seen a tendency to decline over the past two years. However, this achievement has not seen improvement among the low-income groups. Their purchasing power has weakened. Poor nutrition among expecting mothers, babies, and children under five are signs of poverty. Because child growth and development is not optimal, this upcoming generation will find it difficult to improve family prosperity levels. At the same time, the middle class has seen greater growth. It is no surprise that those who are well-off have made rapid progress, adding to their wealth through land concessions for mining, plantations and infrastructure projects. Meanwhile, poverty has tended to continue around mining areas. Economic growth has not automatically reduced poverty.
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March 14, 2017 edition