Election Body Pressured / Lippo Tested / FDI / AGO Martyrs Foe / SMI on GDP / Matchfixing / CPO Fuel
Police interrogated members of the independent General Election Commission (KPU), pursuant to a spurious case in which a coordinating minister has...
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IDR, CPI, Oil, Trans-Java & Freeport Strengthen Widodo / Lippo Case Escalates / Efta Cepa / Debates
Prabowo has yet to dent Widodo's 20-point lead in polls and, meanwhile, certain key macro-economic figures are finally swinging in the incumbent's...
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The Week that Was in ASEAN@Smartkarma - Indonesian Telcos, The Freeport Saga, and Amata in Vietnam
This past week's offering of Insights across ASEAN@Smartkarma is filled with another eclectic mix of differentiated, substantive and actionable...
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Environment Minister Removes Last Hurdle to Nationalization of Freeport (FCX US) Mine
29 November marked a turning point in the half-century history of the world's largest gold mine (and 2nd largest copper mine), PT Freeport...
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Indonesia Politics: Freeport Tailings Impasse Looms; Prabowo Mocks Economy; Uno-Linked Firm on Trial
Parliamentarians support the environment minister's strict curbs on riverine tailings disposal, which blocks bank financing for the nationalization...
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