Yenni Kwok

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Indonesian Politics Reaches Racial Milesone

For the first time in 50 years, a non-Muslim will be calling the shots in Indonesia's capital city

By Yenni Kwok

Hong Kong Murders: The Victims' Stories

The media has been quick to describe as "prostitutes" the two dead women found in the Hong Kong apartment of British banker Rurik Jutting. The truth isn't that simple, and one victim may not have been a sex worker at all

By Yenni Kwok / Hong Kong

Jokowi's Cabinet of Compromise

Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was elected on a mandate of change but must now work within political realities

By Yenni Kwok

Indonesia Scraps Regional Polls

The move by an outgoing parliament is seen as a blow to democracy and a bid to undermine President-elect Joko Widodo

By Yenni Kwok

World

Israel-Hamas ConflictThe search for a cease-fire as the death toll mountsWith hundreds dead and thousands more wounded in the war between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas, international efforts to press the pause button...

By Yenni Kwok

Indonesia's New Chapter

For the first time, the world's biggest Muslim-majority nation, and third biggest democracy, has an Everyman for President

By Yenni Kwok

Agony, Disbelief in Malaysia

First a jet vanishes over the Indian Ocean. Now this

By Yenni Kwok

The World's Third Biggest Democracy Is in Political Limbo

Indonesia's highly polarized presidential election ends in a close call. The country must wait at least until final results are declared on July 22 to know the shape of its political future

By Yenni Kwok

Indonesia Will Decide Its Political Future

Indonesia's polarizing presidential race pits two hugely contrasting candidates and political philosophies against each other. The outcome could affect the future of the country's hard-won democracy

By Yenni Kwok

The Indonesian Politician Who Loves His Nazi-Style Video

As the candidate who it was made for, Prabowo Subianto, once said, "Do I have the guts, am I ready to be called a fascist dictator?"

By Yenni Kwok

Extremists in Iraq Are Getting Funds and Recruits From Southeast Asia

Militants from Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim nation, are being lured by ISIS's hard-line Sunni extremism

By Yenni Kwok

What Indonesia Can Teach Thailand and Egypt About Democracy (and Vice Versa)

With democracy besieged in much of Asia and the Muslim world, Indonesia is something of a beacon. The world's most populous Muslim nation has successfully rid its politics of military intervention, and is about to embark on another free and fair direct election for its next leader

By Yenni Kwok

'Indonesia's Obama' Is Actually Nothing of the Sort

Indonesia's presidential candidate Joko Widodo has drawn comparisons to Obama, and he too has chosen a seasoned politician, Jusuf Kalla, as his running mate. But there are only very few similarities between the two youthful politicians

By Yenni Kwok

Brutal Assault Highlights Aceh's Bizarre Moral Crusade

The appalling treatment meted out to a 25-year-old widow has drawn attention to the application of Shari‘a law in the Indonesian province of Aceh. But with Brunei having just adopted the code, the controversy over Shari‘a in Asia is only just heating up

By Yenni Kwok

Indonesia's Elections: The 'Jokowi Effect'

The presidential candidacy of the wildly popular Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, nicknamed Jokowi, is credited with ending voter apathy in elections being held in the world's most populous Muslim nation

By Yenni Kwok

Indonesia's Elections Feature Plenty of Women

The world’s largest Muslim-majority nation has imposed a strict quota on women standing in this year’s parliamentary elections, but critics say the plethora of celebrities and political scions show they are pawns manipulated to prop up the established elite

By Yenni Kwok

Indonesia Bans Noah

The Hollywood biblical blockbuster contradicts Islam, say film censors in the world's most populous Muslim nation

By Yenni Kwok
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