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JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo secured a second five-year term on Wednesday in the country's fourth presidential election since former President Suharto's dictatorship collapsed in 1998. [1]

CommentWidodo's VP choice signals Indonesia's rising religious intolerance Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin has potential to be future kingmaker Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, and Islamic cleric Ma'ruf Amin, his running mate for the 2019 presidenti... [2]

BANGKOK -- Sri Lanka's hawkish President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family are facing an unprecedented explosion of street protests, putting their future in doubt. [3]

In a vibrant region that has achieved significant economic development in recent decades, Burma could have done better—at least economically. It has not. (confirmed by 3 sources) [4]

President Joko Widodo's seemingly decisive victory over his challenger Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia's presidential election confirms that Indonesians prefer a unifying and reliable status quo to unpredictable change and uncertainty. [5]

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[1] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-04-19 · 82% match

Indonesia's presidential election puts SE Asia's democracy to the test

JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo secured a second five-year term on Wednesday in the country's fourth presidential election since former President Suharto's dictatorship collapsed in 1998.

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-08-22 · 52% match

Widodo's VP choice signals Indonesia's rising religious intolerance

CommentWidodo's VP choice signals Indonesia's rising religious intolerance Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin has potential to be future kingmaker Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, and Islamic cleric Ma'ruf Amin, his running mate for the 2019 presidenti

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-04-07 · 51% match

Sri Lanka rages against the Rajapaksas: 5 things to know

BANGKOK -- Sri Lanka's hawkish President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family are facing an unprecedented explosion of street protests, putting their future in doubt.

[4] MM election.irrawaddy.com · 50% match

The Irrawaddy Burma Election 2010

In a vibrant region that has achieved significant economic development in recent decades, Burma could have done better—at least economically. It has not.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-04-19 · 40% match

Indonesia -- a nation redivided

President Joko Widodo's seemingly decisive victory over his challenger Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia's presidential election confirms that Indonesians prefer a unifying and reliable status quo to unpredictable change and uncertainty.

[6] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-03 · 40% match

Latest Jakarta demonstration reflects deeper power struggle

JAKARTA -- Muslims from across Indonesia gathered in central Jakarta on Friday for what is thought to have been the country's largest demonstration since those preceding the collapse of the Suharto regime in 1998.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-07 · 40% match

Indonesian hard-line Islamist groups flex their muscles

PoliticsIndonesian hard-line Islamist groups flex their muscles Growing protest movement against Jakarta governor challenges political establishment Protesters chanting during the Dec.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-11-10 · 33% match

What a Trump presidency means for East Asia

Donald Trump will be the 45th president of the United States. Whatever they may say in public, few East Asian governments will greet the news with much enthusiasm -- and all will harbour a degree of unease.

[9] FI yle.fi · 2025-08-06 · 31% match translated from fi

New York Times: Trump aikoo tavata Putinin ehkä ensi viikolla – kertoi asiasta ryhmäpuhelussa, jossa mukana myös Stubb

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, is going to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, perhaps next week, writes the New York Times.

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[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-05 · 30% match

Philippine vice president vows to fight 'dictatorship'

MANILA -- Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday vowed to oppose a new authoritarian regime in the country, after political differences with President Rodrigo Duterte forced her to quit the cabinet.

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