Curiosity Kills the Cat: the Case of Triomacan2000

Nov 4, 2014 | Profiles

The social media site Twitter contains a wealth of information. It is the crowd-sourced, information dissemination medium that netizens find attractive due to its simple, largely unfiltered, and widely accessible nature. Unfortunately, however, in this type of...

Hary Tanoe Financials & Guards

Nov 4, 2014 | Profiles

Hary Tanoesoedibjo is among key supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto. Almost all companies under his control have released financial statements for the period ended September 30, 2014. The cable TV unit, MNC Sky Vision, was still in red, while...

Cooperatives and Small-Medium Enterprises Minister Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga

Nov 4, 2014 | Profiles

One of the campaign promises of then presidential candidate Joko “Jokowi” Widodo was the promise of galvanizing cooperatives, traditional market and also small-medium enterprises. Now that Jokowi is the President, he made Anak Agung Gede Ngurah Puspayoga his Minister...

Cabinet Secretary Andi Widjajanto

Nov 4, 2014 | Politics, Profiles

In the morning of Nov. 3 President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo sworn in Andi Widjajanto as the new Cabinet Secretary in a rare closed-door ceremony. It’s a mysterious appointment for a somewhat mysterious member of the cabinet. Andi is known as someone close to Megawati...

Minister of Law & Human Rights Yasona Laoly

Nov 3, 2014 | Profiles

The office of the Ministry of Law & Human Rights is again led by a politician. He is Yasona Hamonangan Laoly of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the new Minister of Law & Human Rights. Only days after his inauguration, Yasona decided to...

Minister of Manpower Muhammad Hanif Dhakiri

Nov 3, 2014 | Profiles

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo  and Vice President Jusuf Kalla committed to improving the welfare of workers during the presidential campaign. The pair specifically promised adequate housing, access to education, free healthcare, tighter regulation on outsourcingm and...

SBY Aftermath: The Closure of Jurnal Nasional Newspaper

Nov 1, 2014 | Profiles

Staffs and journalists of Jurnal Nasional newspaper asked former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to find a solution related to the closure of the paper, Kompas.com reported Friday (Oct 31). They asked the chairman of Democratic Party to make sure that workers will...

Minister of Transportation Ignasius Jonan

Oct 31, 2014 | Profiles

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo answered the people’s expectation for improvement in transportation by appointing the CEO of PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI) Ignasius Jonan. Jonan has proven that he’s able to turn PT KAI from wreck to a viable public transportation...

Minister of Social Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa

Oct 30, 2014 | Profiles

The new Minister of Social Affairs Khofifah Indar Parawansa is a Muslim activist from the largest Islamic organization in the country the Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). But first and foremost, Khofifah is a seasoned politician. She has been involved in Indonesia’s political...

Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law & Security Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno

Oct 29, 2014 | Profiles

The position of Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law & Security is the position traditionally given to someone from the military. So it wasn’t a surprise that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo appointed retired Admiral Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno to the position. Other...