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        <title><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Founder Jailed for Nine Years in $300 Million eFishery Case]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:11:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why the Hormuz Crisis Is Raising Concerns About the Malacca Strait]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:21:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia Rules Out Tolls for Malacca Strait Ship Transits]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 01:19:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Malacca Ship Tolls Divide Emerges Between Indonesia, Singapore]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 03:56:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Hormuz Fight Stirs Tension in Malacca Strait Near Singapore]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 02:00:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Startup Founder Faces Decade in Jail After $300 Million Meltdown]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:08:32 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>eFishery Founder Gibran Huzaifah in 2022.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Putin Highlights Economic Ties at Talks With Indonesia’s Prabowo]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:32:48 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Vladimir Putin, right, greets Prabowo Subianto during a meeting in Moscow, on April 13 Photographer: Igor Ivanko/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia Weighs Proposal Allowing US Military Overflights]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 09:17:47 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia’s ‘Gasoline Godfather’ a Suspect in Second Graft Case]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 05:38:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Pertamina fuel storage facility at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Japan, Indonesia Pledge Deeper Ties Amid Energy Concerns]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:13:45 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Prabowo Subianto and Sanae Takaichi in Tokyo on March 31. Photographer: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia Prosecutors Detain Coal Tycoon Samin Tan in Graft Case]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 08:47:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War Brings Fuel Risk to Indonesia Ahead of Eid Travel Surge]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Spence]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia Says Pakistan, UAE Back Prabowo as Iran Mediator]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 09:23:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia Says Board of Peace Talks Paused as Iran Crisis Rises]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 07:13:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>President Prabowo Subianto during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace in Washington, DC, on Feb. 19.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Son of ‘Gasoline Godfather’ Jailed in Indonesia Graft Case]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eddie Spence]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2026 02:07:05 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Muhamad Kerry Adrianto Riza arrives for a sentencing hearing in Jakarta on Feb. 26. Photographer: BAY ISMOYO/AFP</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump, Prabowo Finish Trade Deal Slashing Tariff Rate to 19%]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:25:07 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prabowo Defends Free Meals as Growth Driver Amid Fiscal Concerns]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Grace Sihombing]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 10:59:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indonesia Weighs Sending Up to 8,000 Troops for Gaza Peace Plan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chandra Asmara]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:04:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>TOPSHOT - A boy makes his way through debris following a reported Israeli strike on a camp housing displaced Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on February 4, 2026. Despite a US-brokered truce entering its second phase last month, violence has continued in the Gaza Strip, with Israel and Hamas accusing each other of breaching the agreement. (Photo by Bashar Taleb / AFP via Getty Images)</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Prabowo’s Approval Rating Rises in Survey Before Market Turmoil]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Prima Wirayani]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:10:42 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia&apos;s president, at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. Regional and global leaders are gathering for one of the most closely watched meetings of the year, with US President Donald Trump slated to meet a host of Asian leaders during his three-nation tour of the region.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fears of Prabowo’s Path for Indonesia Loom After Stock Rout]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Claire Jiao]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2026 03:30:11 GMT</pubDate>
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