Indonesia has been there before. And it took the country nine years to recover.
The wise and sensible Paul Krugman’s said: “the world is Indonesia now”. He was referring to Indonesia’s economical crises, which did hit Asia and particularly Indonesia, a decade ago. Like the US and Europe now, in ‘97 it also was all about [...]
So, Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono will – probably – be running for the Indonesian presidency next year:
Promising candidature. He seems to have a number of assets going for him. First of all a reputation of being a relatively able and modern administrator as the governor of his special province, the intangible but powerful radiation of [...]
For John Lennon ( “A Day in the Life” ) the news was about a lucky man who made the grade, a guy who blew his mind out in a car and four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire. But guess what was in the papers today? What were the headlines shouting? What do they think [...]
It’s a disconcerting idea. But it appears there are quite a number of witnesses for the prosecution.
The awful versatile, energetic and prolific rimafauzi, who usually is in a upbeat mood on her blog but never unwilling to aim at some blatant abuse neither, recently wrote a post which looked like a sincere [...]
After the riots in 1998 and a collapsing economy, Soeharto steps down as president. Soeharto, the general who seized power from Indonesia’s first president Soekarno. Soeharto’s reign was one with a very centralised government. And a military one as well. Soeharto’s precidency was highlighted by, aside from a relative long and stable economic period, several [...]