Indonesia’s Prabowo defends record, touts food self-sufficiency in Independence Day speech

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto said on Friday his country faced problems but his administration had started to resolve some of those and he believed economic growth of 6 per cent could be achieved this year. In remarks during his Independence Day speech at a time of falling approval ratings and growing investor scepticism over his ambitious policies and plans to control commodities exports, Prabowo acknowledged Indonesia had encountered issues, but said those were on the way to being...