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Judges found no evidence former minister Lembong had benefited personally from corruption, but still found him guilty My piece on the corruption trial that people close to Lembong say was driven by a political vendetta of former president Jokowi asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Forme…

Flynn and Giráldez's work on global silver cycles is fantastic. The great sucking sound was produced by the sheer scale and dynamism of Chinese commercial society. This is not the first time we're seeing global imbalances! China was exporting silks, ceramics and tea and sucking

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I just learned that Manchukuo, the Japanese puppet state from during the World War Two, still has a government-in-exile with a website and a Twitter account lol

I don’t know what they put in my coffee in Situbondo but I’m pretty sure a Labubu just helped me back onto the road.

“US popularity collapses worldwide -China now more popular worldwide than the US -Israel emerged as the country with the worst global reputation" The 2025 Democracy Perception Index canvassed more than 110,000 respondents across 100 countries. politico.eu/article/usa-po…

One in 20 Jakarta toddlers has suffered pneumonia, study says s.nikkei.com/44GFMmD

Incredible respect for Andrew Callaghan A Louis Theroux of this generation able to span interviewing Bigfoot enthusiasts to a three hour exclusive with Hunter Biden

Interesting story here - a dishonorably discharged Indonesian marine joined the Russian army to fight in Ukraine. The Indonesian government responded by stripping him of citizenship and said ex-marine is now begging for forgiveness and to get his citizenship back

Reshoring at work asia.nikkei.com/Business/Compa…

RECAP 11.20: - at lest 1 civilian reportedly killed in Surin by Cambodian missiles - Thai, Cambodian troops clashing at multiple points along border since Thu morning - Thai Embassy in Phnom Penh advises Thais to leave country - Thai fighter jets responding to missile strikes

Thai and Cambodian Troops Fire at Each Other as Relations Implode nytimes.com/live/2025/07/2…

It's true that since its inception in 1967, ASEAN can proudly tout the absence of war amongst member states. Though, that record doesn't count frontier skirmishes like this, escalating from small arms and light weapons to landmines, and now fighter jets. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Very useful thread for those following the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict ⬇️

This morning there is no Thai artillery being fired into Cambodia from around eastern Buriram/western Surin. Thai artillery are still emplaced along the road 10kms from the border. Yesterday there was almost constant artillery fire from this area.

Shunsaku Tamiya, who brought perfection to plastic race car models, dies at 90 bit.ly/4m6jHU8

An evacuation centre in Kantharalak sheltering 4200 people