Malaysian prime minister Anwar Ibrahim has stoked controversy after comments read as not only reinforcing a view of Taiwan as part of China, but also expressing support for China retaking Taiwan by force if necessary...
Taiwan has called on the Indonesian government to clarify joint exercises it intends to hold with the People’s Liberation Army in waters east of Taiwan. In particular, the Taiwanese government has criticized the exercises as intended to reinforce claims over Taiwan...
Starting in late August, protests have broken out in cities across Indonesia. The demonstrations initially broke out in anger against luxurious housing subsidies received by members of the legislature, to which Indonesian police responded with overwhelming force. But after a delivery driver, Affan Kurniawan, was killed by police, this led to a new wave of demonstrations. To shed light on the situation, New Bloom's Brian Hioe spoke to Iftitah Sari, researcher at the Institute for Criminal Justice Reform...
Thousands of Indonesian students across the country are taking to the streets protesting the current Prabowo administration. This comes as the controversial former military general reaches five months in office, with great dissatisfaction with the current political situation across the country. Various issues from police reform, a 3-kg LPG controversy, mining licenses, land clearing in West Papua, and a re-evaluation of Prabowo’s ‘fat ministry’ are riveting the nation–but at the heart of public anger is the “budget efficiency policy” of Prabowo...
