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True dat, due to geography, Indonesia is a de-facto meat shield for Australia, and for the most part, Australia has shown consistent goodwill so long as we continue to be a good meat shield for them. Simply said, its partially Australian influence that makes our eastern borders so peaceful...

I notice you cannot deny it. I'm glad you find it funny. Most people don't, especially right now. Anyway, sorry for bringing up politics in the first place. My bad everyone. I guess in the end, it is a choice people must make. I find it interesting how the guy basically tried to paint the...

The Governor is Ahmad Heryawan. He has been governor since 2008 and has been a PKS member since 1999. That is not a hoax, and is a fact.

It makes my blood boil knowing that the reason our security forces couldn't prevent it is because those politicians in Senayan quibbled about the definition of terrorism. Worse, when those same bloody politicians blame the government for being too 'soft' and, ffs if you want hard, responsive...

Congrats to all malay citizens here from this Indonesian! God save Mahatir and may his rule be prosperous! In this election, Malaysians made history. I know the old grandpa is controversial, but damn if it isn't admirable just how determined he is to fight for his country. Truely an elder...

Vietnam is more similar to NV than China. After all, even the CCP says that every nation must find it's own path to success. It's good that they try to emulate a nation with similar history of war and not try to follow an example that they are destined to fail to live up to. Propaganda is a...

You can't order such a strong persecution of the drug war without being a strongman. Not that the term 'Strongman' is inherently negative. That's just what the westies would want ya to believe. :toast_sign: Italy has had 60 administrations in 70 years, Australia has had 5 prime ministers in 8...

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Well, Indonesia isn't happy with it either. There have been developments as recent as March, including our renaming of our maritime territory. Thing is, both China and Indonesia are mature enough to remain businesslike, which means that we still received OBOR investments. Which is good. While...

REPORT Why China’s Land Grab Is Backfiring on Beijing Beijing is alarming its neighbors by building artificial islands in the South China Sea. From Tokyo to Jakarta, countries in the region are pushing back hard. BY DAN DE LUCE, C.K. HICKEY, KEITH JOHNSON | DECEMBER 7, 2015, 4:29 PM Japan is...

Gov't to Axe Complicated Regulations to Boost Oil & Gas Investment President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo told the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources on Wednesday (02/05) to continue axing several complicated regulations in a bid to accelerate more petroleum investment into Indonesia. (Antara...

Well, lets see how it pans out. Good to know the gov is at least aware and preparing the looming problem.

Ship-Based production unit via modular engineering: Happening in Indonesia! Ever forward :)

Problem is, muslim majority nations with a professional enough army (and political maturity) also tend to do something else equally if not more so wise: not get into wars in the first place.

INDONESIA’S HEALTH SCHEME DWARFS OBAMACARE. BUT THERE IS A PROBLEM Jakarta has gained much political capital by rolling out the world’s biggest universal health insurance programme. There’s just one snag: paying for it BY JEFFRY HUTTON Indonesia's President Joko Widodo and family. With key...

I tend to really appreciate stuff I can actually understand so: And the best Anime song from my favourite movie from SG:

Hey all, just wanted to pop in and ask if China has mandatory medical insurance like Obamacare? If so, what is it like, how is it financed, and what does it cover? Wanted to ask since Indonesia's system has a large deficit right now and was wondering how other nations handle the problem of...

Vietnam has gone so far from the dark days of the Vietnam War, its always good to see more economic cooperation between neighbours. Ever forward!

Fitch Ratings interviews Sri Mulyani Keypoints:

To be fair, Britain had the largest fleet in world back then. Their policy was "Our navy must be bigger than the 2nd and 3rd largest combined"