Major Issues in East Asia Pacific, Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Major Issues in EAST ASIA PACIFIC Tuesday, May 14, 2019 INDONESIA 32,000 police and soldiers to secure election agencies amid alleged terror threat. The state security agencies will deploy 32,000 police and military personnel to secure the General Elections Commission (KPU) building ahead of the announcement of the official election results on May 22. The security officers will be deployed on May 19 as a precautionary measure against possible attacks by..
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Major Issues in South Asia, Monday, May 13, 2019

Major Issues In SOUTH ASIA Monday, May 13, 2019 PAKISTAN Separatist insurgents attack five-star hotel in Gwadar. The Pearl Continental Hotel in Gwadar was attacked by separatist insurgents on Saturday, May 11. The attackers were members of the Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) insurgent group which claimed responsibility for the attack. No foreigners were staying in the hotel during the attack.
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Major Issues in East Asia Pacific, Monday, May 13, 2019

Major Issues in EAST ASIA PACIFIC Monday, May 13, 2019 INDONESIA Prabowo supporter arrested for threatening to behead Widodo. The Jakarta Police yesterday arrested a supporter of presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto who threatened to behead President Joko Widodo in a video that went viral on  May 11. The man, identified only as HS, was arrested in Parung district of Bogor, West Java. In the video, the man said...
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Major Issues in South Asia, Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Major Issues In SOUTH ASIA Tuesday, May 7, 2019   INDIA Fifth phase of general elections marred by violence.  Several people were injured in clashes between political parties in West Bengal during the fifth phase of voting in the general elections yesterday. Clashes between the political parties near the polling stations in Arambagh, Barrackpore, and […]
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Major Issues in East Asia Pacific, Tuesday, May 7, 2019

Major Issues in EAST ASIA PACIFIC Tuesday, May 7, 2019 INDONESIA GDP grows 5.07% in first quarter. The Indonesian economy grew 5.07% in January-March, according to data provided by the Central Statistics Agency (BPS). The growth rate is slightly higher than the 5.06% growth in the same period last year. However, it is below expectations. The central bank predicted 5.2% growth for the quarter, and Reuters and Bloomberg estimated 5.18% and 5.2% respectively. Exports contracted 2.08% during the quarter while investment..
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Major Issues in South Asia, Monday, May 6, 2019

Major Issues In SOUTH ASIA Monday, May 6, 2019 INDIA Fifth phase of voting set today.  The fifth phase of the seven-phased 2019 general elections will be held today in seven states including Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Bihar, and West Bengal. More than 80 million people are eligible to vote in about 96,000 voting stations to elect members of parliament from 51 constituencies where
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Major Issues in East Asia Pacific, Monday, May 6, 2019

Major Issues in EAST ASIA PACIFIC Monday, May 6, 2019 INDONESIA Two JAD terrorists killed, three others arrested. Two alleged Jamaah Ansharut Daulah (JAD) terrorists were killed in an explosion they had triggered themselves to avoid arrest by anti-terror squad Densus 88 in Bekasi, West Java, yesterday. Densus 88 was led to the terrorists following the capture of three suspected JAD members in Babelan, Bekasi regency and Tegal, Central Java, on May 4. The police said that during the interrogation of the three suspected JAD terrorists, they confessed to
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Major Issues in South Asia, Tuesday, 30 April 2019

Major Issues In SOUTH ASIA Tuesday, April 30, 2019 SRI LANKA Search operation continues, suspects in Kerala detained.  Security forces continued their nationwide operations to hunt terror suspects behind the Easter Sunday blasts. Several towns including Kamunai in the eastern province remain under curfew. Security forces have found..
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Major Issues in East Asia Pacific, Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Major Issues in EAST ASIA PACIFIC Tuesday, April 30, 2019 INDONESIA Widodo wants to move capital out of Java. President Joko Widodo has decided to move the country’s capital city away from the crowded main island of Java. Planning Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro announced this in a press conference yesterday, after a cabinet meeting where the move was discussed.
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Major Issues in South Asia, TUESDAY, 23 April 2019

Major Issues In SOUTH ASIA Tuesday, April 23, 2019 INDIA Third phase of voting set today. The third phase of polling in general elections will be held today with 117 seats going up for grabs in 15 states including Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. More than 180 million people are eligible to vote in the third phase. The first and second phases of voting culminated
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