16 Dec 2014

Global Neighbours Indonesia

From Nights, 8:40 pm on 16 December 2014

Editor of Asia Calling Rebecca Henschke reports from the world's fourth most populous nation with the largest population of Muslims, the Republic of Indonesia, pop. 237,424,363 (census. 2011). Asylum seekers stuck in limbo; the new president Joko Widodo, known better as Jokowi, is wrangling with Indonesia's oil and gas mafia to reduce the petrol subsides; and a traditional market in Jakarta is fast becoming a the place to be for trend setters.