Softening his image might have been the genius move that has won this man Indonesia’s presidency.

CHILDREN nowadays seem to be born with the ability to use computers – all forms of digital tech, really.

For anyone outside Indonesia, it is surreal to hear that the result of the presidential election was announced by pollsters and not the official governing body.

IT was exactly 20 years ago that Bryan Nickson Lomas was interviewed by the renowned Time magazine in a city steeped in Olympic tradition.

THE sun has long set on the political career of Tun Taib Mahmud but who could have imagined that the final stage of the former Sarawak governor and chief minister's life journey would be playing out publicly in such a dramatic fashion?

THERE’S a parallel between the results of Wednesday’s Indonesian presidential election and the presidential polls in the Philippines in May 2022.

WHEN I was younger, I used to joke that I was eligible to receive ang pow from my married Chinese friends. In fact, I still go around asking for the red packets, just for the fun of it. After all, I am still single.

WE are now living in a 24-hour society where most activities can be carried out at any time without restrictions, mostly thanks to technology.

The process of obtaining the Unesco World Heritage Site status is a lengthy and complicated one.

ABOUT 202 million voters in Indonesia, the third most populous electoral democracy in the world, go to the polls today.

About 202 million voters in Indonesia, the third most populous electoral democracy in the world, go to the polls tomorrow.

LITTLE did I realise the five-minute conversation with Khalid Ali at the University Malaya Medical Centre a week ago was to be the final farewell.