Joko targets ‘innovative’ Cabinet

Men of the hour: Students holding the pictures of Joko and Vice-President Ma’ruf Amin in Solo, Central Java province. The school had a ceremony to hang the two pictures in the school to mark Joko’s new term as president. Indonesian President Joko Widodo said he wanted “innovative” ministers in his Cabinet for [...]

October 23rd, 2019|Categories: ASEAN News|

How Jokowi became Indonesia’s accidental tech star

Jokowi smiles at the media upon arrival after his inauguration for his second term, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia. When political outsider Joko Widodo was first sworn in as Indonesia’s president five years ago, a little company called PT Go-Jek Indonesia was barely known. Their rise together since then has broken [...]

October 23rd, 2019|Categories: ASEAN News|
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