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JAKARTA, Feb 08 (Reuters) - Fika Juliana Putri, a 19-year-old shopkeeper in East Jakarta, plans to vote in Indonesia's presidential election next week for a once-feared former special forces commander ...

There was a time when Prabowo Subianto's name would have spooked most Indonesians. But now young voters appear to be charmed by the defence minister's slick makeover. The fiery ex-special forces ...

The 73-year-old swept to victory at the polls in February this year, after previously running for – and losing – the presidency in 2014 and 2019 to his predecessor Joko Widodo, popularly known as ...