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On 30 September 1965, the Indonesian military, working closely with the US government, initiated a coup that would depose President Sukarno and install the brutal, 30-year dictatorship of General Suharto.
In the dark years that followed, the dictatorship massacred over a million Indonesian communists, with the CIA and US diplomats drawing up âkill listsâ for the Indonesian military. The operation would become a template for the USâs regime change operations for decades to come.
Major-General Suharto with Indonesian Army in 1966
In 1945, President Sukarno led Indonesia to independence from Dutch colonial rule. He championed the Non-Aligned Movement and hosted the historic Bandung Conference, a meeting of Afro-Asian states, in 1955.
First President of Indonesia Sukarno making a speech circa 1945
Opening the conference and forecasting what was to come, Sukarno said: âWe are often told âColonialism is deadâ. Let us not be deceived or even soothed by that⊠Colonialism also has its modern dress, in the form of economic control, intellectual control, actual physical control by a small, but alien community within a nation.â
Leaders attending the Bandung Conference 1955 in Bandung, Indonesia. From left: Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Ghanian Prime Minister Kwame Nkrumah, Egyptian Prime Minister Gamal Abdel Nasser, President Sukarno, and Yugoslavian Prime Minister Josip Broz Tito.
By 1965, Indonesia possessed one of the world's largest communist parties, the PKI. The PKI had a mass membership and mobilized vast numbers of people in the battle against Indonesiaâs ruling class.
Campaign of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) in September 1955.
Terrified by the strength and organization of Indonesiaâs people, the Indonesian militaryâs 30th September Movement began to purge the PKI.
Men suspected of being IPK members being transported under guard by an armed Indonesian soldier
In the early hours of 1 October, a group of military conscripts murdered six high-ranking generals. Blaming the deaths on the PKI, Suharto used the attacks as a pretext to seize power. CIA communications equipment allowed him to spread false reports around the country and begin a long campaign of anti-communist propaganda.
The US had tried to overthrow Sukarno for years; in 1958, the CIA backed armed regional rebellions against the central government. In 1965, they did all they could to aid Suhartoâs murderous power grab.
The campaign soon became genocidal. On islands like Bali, up to 10% of the population was massacred â and luxury hotels soon began to appear over the killing fields.
One US embassy staffer told the US press that Suhartoâs military âprobably killed a lot of people, and I probably have a lot of blood on my hands, but that's not all bad.â
Time Magazine referred to the killings as âthe Westâs best news for years in Asiaâ.
A cable from the US embassyâs first secretary, Mary Vance Trent, to the State Department referred to events in Indonesia as a âfantastic switch which has occurred over 10 short weeksâ. It also included an estimate that 100,000 people had been slaughtered.
Cementing his power, Suharto became president in 1967. His âNew Orderâ policy allowed Western capitalism to exploit Indonesiaâs cheap labour and plunder its natural resources. Civil rights and dissent were suppressed.
In one of the worldâs most populous countries, any possibility for the emergence of a new, democratic political project was eliminated. Richard Nixon described Indonesia as âthe greatest prize in Southeast Asiaâ. Suharto would not leave office until 1998.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan stands with Indonesian President Suharto in the White House South Lawn at the arrival ceremony for Suharto's State Visit. Oct 12, 1982
CIA officers described Suhartoâs rise to power and anti-communist purge as the âmodel operationâ and âJakartaâ soon became the codeword for anti-communist extermination programs in Latin America, where hundreds of thousands were massacred in regime change efforts engineered by Washington.
#cold war#us imperialism#american imperialism#western imperialism#indonesia#indonesian history#politicide#indonesian genocide#cia#world history#general suharto#president sukarno#anti imperialism#communist history#decolonization#colonialism#southeast asia#1965 genocide#30 September Movement#balinese genocide#bali#indonesian killing fields#progressive international#knee of huss
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i miss my fav couple (dahlia and stella) so hereâs a though about then with their side pieces (will and rut)
the four of them totally travel together this summer. like the girls organize everything and the boys are just like âokay đâ but they have so much fun.
i see them going to europe like croatia or somewhere near there cause the beaches are soooo pretty. or even thailand or indonesia. they like the nature aspect of the countries more than the cities.
the tiktoks and insta post are so cute and adorable during their trip too, like theyâre just always taking candid pictures of each other.
the girls would lowkey make a scrapbook when they get back đ€đ€
Ë àŒ đ roroâs notes ( omg our fav couple and there side pieces going on a vacation together . . . i love it đ€ )
au masterlist - you can find everything under #đ©đ»âđš ÍĄ ê± Stella Hughes!
I definitely see them going somewhere tropical !!! They have been planning it for weeks in there group chat . . . well Stella & dahlia planning it, and Rutger and will are just happy to be involved tbh !!!
the girls have the whole trip planned to a T, everyday they have something to do and something to see !! You are absolutely right, they definitely love the nature aspect. I can see them going hiking, and trying to find a waterfall and all the beautiful spots not a lot of people know about !!!
They take so many pictures and Stella has so much filming there trip, wanting to be able to look back on it with them in the future !!! I can literally picture them renting a jeep (or some sort of car with the roof can come off) one of the boys driving while the girls are in the back seat, there hair wiping wildly in the wind as they laugh and sing along to the music on the radio.
Oh they spend so much time at the beach !!! and they have so much fun trying new foods and learning about the cultures, itâs a wonderful experience they all have together, and they never want it to end !!!
ohmygod and the sleepovers ??? They have tons of snacks, playing games and watching movies and just having fun! And the night swimming at the hotel pool ,:&::):&:! Oh it would be sm fun !!!
They definitely post a tiktok where itâs like âwhen the trip leaves the group chatâ or however it is, there friends are def a little jealous from how much fun they look to be having but they canât wait until they get back and tell them all about it !!!
I see Stella and dahlia creating the scrap books at the lake house when they come to visit after the trip !!! and omg I also see the girls making matching friendship bracelets for them and the boys for the trip !!!
they are the best omg I love them sm :(
#đ©đ»âđš ÍĄ ê± Stella Hughes!#đstellahughes!#đ©đ»âđš ÍĄ ê± stella & dahlia#ౚৠbri#will smith hockey
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Seru banget deh kemarin lihat instastorynya Judith, dia dan rekan-rekannya di Kompas.id lagi nge-run investigasi series gitu berkaitan dengan angka pernikahan yang turun di Indonesia recently (as are in all other parts of the world). Terus ada satu tulisan yang judulnya âMencari Jawaban dari âKapan Nikah?â(4)â https://www.kompas.id/baca/investigasi/2024/10/21/mencari-jawaban-dari-kapan-nikah?open_from=Investigasi_Page (semoga nggak kena paywall ya, soalnya aku subscribe Kompas.id jadi bisa baca dengan mudah), dan ada part yang intriguing banget di salah satu quote interviewee-nya. Eh ternyata gak direct quote deng, udah di-intisari sama penulis artikel, tapi bunyi kalimatnya gini:
âAntonius pun sudah menempuh studi S-3. Menurut dia, perempuan yang dapat menjadi pasangannya dinilai dari segi wawasan, ketertarikan untuk mengobservasi sesuatu, selera seni, kemauan untuk belajar hal-hal baru, pengenalan diri, kemampuan memahami orang lain, serta kemampuan berpendapat dan mengartikulasikannya dengan baik. Dia melanjutkan, pasangan yang berwawasan, berpendidikan, dan mau untuk belajar membuat relasinya tidak membosankan. Ada beragam hal yang bisa dieksplorasi dan diobrolkan dengan pasangan.â
I choked when I read âselera seniâ karena iyasih emang gakpenting-penting banget kayanya bagi beberapa orang, tapi buat aku itu tuh penting banget buat dicari di pasangan! Begitu selesai baca artikel Kompas ini, otakku langsung wandering around ngalor ngidul: âIya yah, kalau nanti suamiku gak suka dengerin musik gimana⊠nggak ngerasa musik itu penting in life⊠Kalau belum pernah denger Stray Kids gapapa deh, bisa ku-perkenalkan, tapi kalau nggak sampai dengerin MCR⊠matilah aku.
Terus juga kalau dia gak bisa melukis atau gakpernah megang brush seumur dia hidup juga gapapa deh masih bisa kutoleransi, tapi minimal tahu van Gogh itu siapa dan bisa menikmati painting/sculpture the way I doâŠ
Kalau dia gakpernah nonton musical theatre aku bisa introduce juga, gapapa. Duh tapi kalau bisa, suamiku minimal pernah nonton konser YaAllah dan semoga dia juga senang ngeliatin minute details on stage engineering dan manajemen performance. Semoga dia pernah getting involved in any kind of art production deh: be it in a band, or plays, dance group, atau bahkan jadi sound engineernya aja pun gapapa.â
Udah tuh kan kekhawatiran tentang âselera seniâ-nya⊠Apakah berhenti di situ sodara-sodara? Tentu saja tidak.
Makin parah sekarang spiralnya pindah ke keilmuan⊠(palm face). âKalau dia gak se-fascinated itu ngelihat fossil gimanaâŠ? Atau meteorite? Atau just plain burung making sound in the park??? Aku harus sama orang yang appreciating nature juga Ya Allah, kayanya biologist wouldnât be a bad option⊠atau orang yang belajar space engineering/aviation juga gapapa deh minimal dia bisa appreciate betapa kerennya burung bisa terbang dengan segala aerodinamisitasnya (is that even a word?)â
Setelah profesi/keilmuan, pindah ke lifestyle/hobby⊠âTerus harus suka baca juga ni orang, jangan sampe amit-amit gak suka baca. Kalau bisa tapi jangan yang bacanya self-help book gitu Ya Allah karena cringe banget gabisa banget akutuh sama abang-abang/dedek-dedek yang paling iye ngerasa paling ngerti gimana dunia bekerja cuma gara-gara selesai baca âThe Psychology of Moneyâ (I have no beef on this book whatsoever and I also havenât read it, but you know what I mean, you guys know this very specific group of people and how annoying they can be). Selain suka baca, I would be really grateful YaAllah kalau ni orang well-traveled, minimal pernah nyusun itinerary travel sendiri, knows how to book flights, hotels, making visa. Intinya amit-amit banget kalau sampai harus deal sama cowok yang gak bisa ngapa-ngapain sendiri atau cuma bisa nyuruh-nyuruh orang doang. I donât mind sih kalau dia emang belum banyak visited places, tapi minimal banget mau belajar dan adaptasi aja udah cukup kok YaAllah. Sama I would really appreciate kalo orang ini juga suka belajar new languages, how fun the house will be kalau kita keep switching languages dan baca buku berbagai macam bahasa sambil travelling ke banyak tempat buat practice ngomong bahasa itu??! (Ok udah agak a stretch, sekarang jadi kayak imajinasi tingkat tinggi).â
Tau gak beres dari mikir ini apa yang kepikiran di otakku? âBuset Non lu mau cari suami atau cari mahasiswa bimbingan skripsi???â Tapi WAJAR KAN??! Orang ini adalah orang yang aku akan spend the rest of my life with?! Tentu aja aku bakal harus compromise for certain things and he will do, too. But it never hurts to be specific on who you want to share your life with???
Ujung-ujungnya tapi melihat track record aku, most of the time, kalau aku sudah SUKA banget sama orang, sampe head over heels, udah kek kena santet, biasanya ya donât matter juga mau ni orang dengerinnya ST12 juga (donât at me, I love ST12, and RADJA too, I think they are geniuses). Tapi being single over 30 now dan setelah mengakumulasi cukup lumayan pengalaman hidup berrelasi dengan orang-orang, at least aku tahu kualitas apa yang aku GAK MAU ada di calon pasanganku kelak. And itâs a really good filter.
Pada akhirnya, pas dipikir-pikir lagi, teman-temanku pun nggak dengerin Stray Kids tapi aku bisa-bisa aja berteman sama mereka, teman-temanku sekarang nggak semuanya bisa appreciating fossil the way I do but I have no problem. Mereka juga nggak nonton konser, makanya ku selalu nonton konser sendirian. Beberapa ada yang suka baca, tapi mayoritas nonton tiktok dan aku masih mau temenan sama mereka. Beberapa ada yang learning 3rd, 4th language, tapi mostly ya cuma bisa Bahasa Indonesia dan English and I am fine with that. Mungkin emang kayanya standarku tinggi banget tapi pas dilihat-lihat lagi, rasa toleransiku sepertinya jauh lebih tinggi/besar daripada âickâ-ku sama orang. Pada akhirnya aku tetap sayang sama teman-temanku ini, kalimat andalanku: âWell, if they are happy, so am I.â.
Seperti yang baru aja ku-post di instastory kemarin, sebetulnya ku cuma butuh suami yang hobi masak dan bersih-bersih rumah karena jujur capek banget kerja seharian nulis tesis tuh, apalagi kalau ngelab YaAllahhhh. Pulang-pulang masih harus mikir masak apa, motongin onions, berdiri depan kompor⊠Marilah kita berdoa dan wujudkan suami yang punya âselera seniâ yang sama denganku dan jago memasak itu. Aamiin. (Kata orang kalau doa di-spell out baik out loud verbally atau dalam bentuk tulisan, biasanya akan jadi lebih mudah termanifestasi, karena otak kita sudah tahu apa yang kita mau).
30.18 31/10/2024 15:07
(I really should be writing my thesis but here I am, writing what I want in my future husband).
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In honor of the big win, could I request a Rick O'Connell X Fem!Reader and they both go treasure hunting? Maybe the reader saves Rick or something? Super fluff and a bit of some teasing? Thank you! đ
OMG FINALLY I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO WRITE FOR THE MUMMY! â€ïž
You'd be lost and alone without me
Pairing: Rick O'connell x reader
Description: You and Rick confess your feelings for each other after saving him on your journey in Indonesia
You ran as fast as you could being chased by the group of people after the ancient artifact that you and Rick had been after and found to take to a museum in the US. The two of you had heard of an ancient jewel that was hidden in ruins of the Indonesian jungle immediately agreeing not only to go and bring it back to the states but also going together surprising the both of you who didn't know about each other for the first bit until you saw each other smiling and hugging, you and rick had been on expeditions before in Italy, Spain, and Israel meeting through your mutual friend Ardeth Bey who you had known for years since childhood growing up for a few years in Egypt where the two of you met and were friends before moving back to the US meeting him again when he joined the two of you in Spain and joining the two of you on your expedition in Israel. You both developed feelings for each other half way through your Italy trip and they soared during and after the two trips after as you both secretly thought of how to tell the other and what to do if the other rejected but all the plans for that went out the window when you saw him on the ground surrounded filling you with fear and anger jumping off the tree you had climbed running top speed jumping on one of the men hitting him with a rock followed by pulling 4 men off of rick and using your gun shooting them not to kill them but to wound them enough so they couldn't move for a bit. You grabbed rick's hand and the both of you ran until you were on the side of the road not too far from the hotel you were both staying at where ardeth was waiting for you both to come back with the jewel taking a few breaths before walking back checking behind you to make sure it was just the two of you and no one following behind grabbing waters and fruits from locals who could tell you were out of breath, you met with ardeth giving him the jewel to keep and hide until the next morning when you would meet up with him before going to the airport heading back for your home in the US staying your final night together in the hotel eating dinner and watching tv until you both fell asleep in your beds waking up to get a drink quietly hearing the fridge a few feet away from you open.You turn seeing a half asleep rick talking to each other as you went back to the other room watching tv until he walked over sitting next to you feeling a sudden feeling of warmth and comfort. You looked at each each other slowly leaning towards each other only a few inches away "I have loved you since we met and I haven't been able to not love you" before you could finish or stop for him to say something back he grabs your face pulling you to him with his hands on your face and in a kiss that was way more than you ever imagined when you thought about having a kiss with rick making you feel even more warmth holding each other smiling as you fell asleep with your head on his chest.
#the mummy#rick o'connell#brendan fraser#rick o'connell x reader#brendan fraser x reader#the mummy x reader
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Modern au where the girls meet in college and get assigned random roommate and theyâve never met before because they are all study abroad students spending a year in the US. Lily from England is with Dorcas from an African country ( I donât know which one to choose if I donât choose mine lol so Iâll leave that to you). Mary ( not sure which country but Iâm getting middle eastern vibes) is with Pandora ( I kind of want to give her mythology roots like Greek yk ? ). Marlene ( I want to give her Indonesia what do you think ?) with Alice ( definitely Europe vibes here )
Anyway they meet and bond about discovering American culture and how ridiculous some of the stuff is and they do make American friends but they keep coming back to each other and they become closer and closer but also the time comes that they each have to go back to their countries and you have a really tearful/angsty goodbye
Just feel like giving them really different backgrounds because itâs women history month and women from all around the world should be celebrated and also people from a lot of different countries are just really cool as a friend group
Anyway some head cannon for this au
Each of their dorm is fully decorated to the point you can see their personality when you enter the room
Mary is the kind to stay up to do homework and Pandora wakes up really early which creates some funny situations between them
All of them fight over who has the best cultural food ( Lily is not allowed to participate she is British/lh)
They do the American college thing to the full extent like going to football games, having parties and stuff and still aces their classes somehow
That was really long but oh well here are my two cents lol hope you like it <3 I really like your writing btw
Hi hi!!! Sorry for taking so long to respond to this, I saw it a few days ago and was too tired to respond and Iâve just been in a state of brain mush ever since.
Okay, I love this idea SO SO much! Especially them all coming together to be confused about American culture lol, I think thatâs so funny.
I 100% agree with all of these ethnicities for them as well, I can see it all clearly (the Pandora being from Greece just makes sense idk why more people donât HC this).
One headcannon Iâve been having lately is that Marlene is Australian because like, she is literally the definition of an Aussie bogan in my head (if youâve never heard of Amyl and The Sniffers go check out their music because I think theyâre SO Marlene Band Au coded).
And any Aussie out there will know this well and true, but for some reason all aussies just dip to Indonesia (specifically Bali) every winter to escape the cold, like itâs actually amusing how many just disappear over there. SO many of my friends have gone on Bali trips itâs ridiculous.
Anyway, you suggesting Marlene be from Indonesia just popped the best idea in my head where like her dad is Australian and took a trip with his mates to Bali. Iâm thinking they would frequent the bar next to their hotel and get drunk there every night and he fell in love with one of the bartenders that snuck him free drinks every time he complimented her and then they hooked up one night and she got pregnant without realising and then he went home and she freaked out. Luckily she got his number because they fell in love and then like she moved to Australia to raise Marlene. I think thatâs such a funny cute way to tie our headcannons together.
And yes Mary is 100% the type to stay up so late where as Pandoras in bed by nine and up with the sun.
Their rooms would be the swankiest rooms youâve ever seen.
They would 100% all bully Lily for her comfort meal, which is beans straight out the can, and would all shove their fav foods down her throat. Sheâd love it though and pretend to complain about it all the time so all her friends would keep making her all these amazing snacks and meals.
They definitely would get involved with the whole American college experience but no one is prepared for how Marlene acts at the college football games. Sheâd spend one third of the game complaining about how this isnât real football (Insert AFL which she grew up watching with her dad - footy), a second third of the game skulling beer and challanging random college boys to drink offs and shoeies (idk how to spell it, when you drink out of a shoe), and the last third screaming so hard when their team gets a point or goal or however it works and going balisic and booing the opposition and screaming about the unfair umpiring, and sheâd 1000% be the loudest there.
Sorry, Iâm passionate about Marlene.
But yessss this is such a good idea lol I love it! Thanks for sending in the ask, I really appreciate hearing about the girls <3
#jay answers#marauders#lily evans#mary mcdonald#marlene mckinnon#dorcas meadowes#pandora lovegood#alice fortescue#the valkyries#pandora rosier#lily potter#headcannon
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Ah, a perfect illustration for me to muse about KL.
- For some reason I expected KL to follow a similar flow; after all, I was also going back after ten years (and thereby redoing a somewhat malcontent experience with the ex). However, I made many tactical errors here. I did not make solid plans, I waffled and faffed about, unable to decide if I was staying here or going there (inevitably, I stayed as it required the least effort), I had no real meaningful social interaction, I stayed in a hotel with no breakfast, I was bereft when faced with description-less menus in down-to-earth local establishments ("what do you recommend?" or "which is your favourite?" to the server is a very dangerous question indeed). I feel somewhat remorseful that I did not commit to a bit, either complete sloth and hipster cafes, or truly dedicated tourist-ing. I also stayed directly on Jalan Petaling, and found in a strange way (okay maybe I'm really stretching for a complaint here) it detracted from the fun of going in search of the place to be if you're staying smack in the middle of it.
- When I went to Seoul I did research. I had plans. Things to see! Places to go! I stayed at a guesthouse and had some friendly interaction with the host, and daily provided breakfast. Most places I ate at had picture menus for wayward foreigners, or at least I was familiar enough with Korean food and Hangul to figure things out. It was suitable weather for rambling around. I was having a bittersweet life transition ending Chinese class, and revisiting Korea after ten years!
It was also not the weather for extended trotting about outside (I did eventually partake in the time-honoured tropical tradition of walking around the giant multi-storey AC'd mall though).
- This is not to say I didn't enjoy the hipster cafes and art spaces (once I actually got out of bed). Or staying in a hotel room bigger than my own apartment, with nice bedding (even if I never figured out how to turn on the hot water in the shower). But in hindsight it feels kind of a coagulated blur. When I was there, it was an elastic eternity, and now that I'm back, almost as if I never left. Perhaps I simply wasn't in the right frame of mind, or perhaps I was just somewhat brainwashed by the blaring music from the bars across the street until 3 or 4 AM my first few nights there.
- I will say though, I had a very heartening experience being gendered unequivocally correctly around 99% of the time. One thing about Chinese is that with no spoken gendered pronouns and a formal "you", it is very hard to tell how people are perceiving me in Taiwan until they are trying to redirect me to a different bathroom, which is really not the optimal situation in which to find this out. Malaysia is very into the sir/ma'am honorifics. I suspect there is also some effect had by a more conservative, illegal-homosexuality sort of culture where clothes and styling are great determiners of which box one gets sorted into, vs Taipei where it's fair game to assume that maybe you look like that cause you're just really, really gay?
- The metro escalators in KL go much faster than I'm used to an escalator going (I'm not complaining). The metro in KL is also disjointed and confusing and the ticket machines are uncooperative for wrangling.
- I don't want to judge a group of people on a whole based on their hospitality personas, so I'll just say at the least, Malay Malaysians working in customer service are very charming and friendly.
- I really intended to eat a ton of fruit and then I just...didn't, maybe because I am used to buying fruit whole in multi-kilo volumes and eating it at home, but the hotel was not conducive to that at all (no mini fridge, no knives).
- Every time I go to Singapore/Indonesia/Malaysia I come away wanting to learn Malay/Indonesian because it is just so delightful to look at the stack of languages in one piece of signage and have no real idea which word matches up to which in English. (Well, that's not entirely correct, I can recognise some basic things Ă la "saya suka makan pisang" after those two weeks couchsurfing in Sumatera some years ago. But then, I'm always torn because if I want to learn an Austronesian language I should really just go for Filipino so I can actually understand half my tumblr dash- I cracked open a teach-yourself sort of book at a hostel in Cebu once and my brain simply refused to unlatch its death grip on Chinese at the time, but maybe there's room for another grammar system in there now?)
- On the plane back there were (or so it sounded) at least two children who threw a fit and screamed bloody murder at full lung capacity (I am really not exaggerating here, it was impressive) when we experienced turbulence during takeoff and landing, but I had already put in my hotel earplugs, and simply smiled to myself thinking of how I'd learned, through a visit to TeotihuacĂĄn one year, that when the Aztecs sacrificed children to the rain god, the more they cried the better the rains were expected to be.
- For the first time ever at Taoyuan Airport the immigration officer examined my passport in minute detail (even some kind of little magnifying glass thing?) and asked how long I was staying, which reminded me a) I forgot to make myself look presentable and b) I claim to live here but I actually have zero guaranteed right to it at the moment (sleep deprived and not having eaten since breakfast, this threatened to send me into an emotional spiral until I reminded myself of those compounding factors and decided to save that thought for after dinner). I said I was leaving on the 19th (because that is the date for which I still have an unused exit flight). The officer seemed pacified and stamped me in for another 90 days. But maybe it is time to finally put some effort into reestablishing my formal alien residency.
- Last but not least, maybe I should have stayed in KL cause apparently Taiwan is having a heatwave and it's gonna be 39C tomorrow, and KL will be a chilly 31 or so.
#no i don't support human sacrifice but it amuses me to think one man's pain is another man's precipitation#i will say i am slowly learning how to get around my restaurant anxiety#even if it involves hours of online investigation and multiple backup plans#i can and will voluntarily go into and sit down in one alone#sometimes i even have a good time at it too!
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Money, Pain & Love Chapter 2
Cast:
Lee Jeno - Jonathan Atmadja
Na Jaemin - James Hartono
Karina - Jane Widjaja
Winter - Michelle Salim
Additional Cast:
Minji - Maureen Atmadja (Adik Jonathan)
Lee Donghae - Daniel Atmadja (Papa Jonathan)
Tiffany - Tiffany Atmadja (Mama Jonathan)
Nam Gong Min - Gerald Hartono (Papa James)
Baekhyun - Bryan Salim (Papa Michelle)
Taeyeon - Tiana Salim (Mama Michelle)
Kim Seo Jin - Serena Widjaja (Mama Jane)
Setiap minggu, keluarga-keluarga konglomerat dan bangsawan di Jakarta mengadakan pertemuan makan malam yang tak terlupakan. Kali ini, keluarga Jonathan, James, Jane, dan Michelle turut hadir seperti biasa. Acara makan malam tersebut selalu diselenggarakan di hotel-hotel mewah seperti Ritz Carlton, Grand Hyatt, dan Fairmont, menambah suasana kemewahan dan elegan. Tema makan malam kali ini adalah untuk menyambut keluarga baru yang baru saja pindah dari Makassar ke Jakarta. Mereka memiliki bisnis yang bergerak di sektor batu bara di bawah naungan perusahaan keluarga Jonathan. Kenaikan pangkat kepala keluarga, atau ayah dari keluarga tersebut, menjadi Country Sales Manager telah meningkatkan kekayaan mereka secara signifikan. Salah satu anak dari keluarga tersebut, Kevin, ternyata juga bersekolah di British Academy Jakarta dan merupakan adik kelas dari Jonathan dan James. Menariknya, Kevin berada dalam satu kelas yang sama dengan Michelle, menambah suasana keakraban dalam lingkaran sosial mereka.
Kevin: (sambil mendekati Michelle) Eh, hai Michelle! Ternyata kamu juga datang ke sini.
Michelle: (senyum tanpa menjawab)
James: (dari kejauhan, dengan muka kesal) okb sialan berani banget dia deket deket Michelle (minum wine)
Jonathan: (dengan mulut penuh makanan) jauhh James, lu lebih ganteng.
James: (melihat muka Jonathan sambil senyum sarkas) diem Jon mending lu lanjut makan.
Jonathan: ok
James: dih
Ibu Kevin: (datang mendekati keluarga Michelle sambil bersalaman) Halo, Pak Bryan dan Ibu Tiana! Senang sekali bisa bertemu dengan kalian. Ini anaknya, Michelle, ya? Cantik banget ya anak nya bu. (menghadap ke arah Michelle) Hai, Michelle, kamu satu kelas dengan Kevin, kan?
Tina: (menatap Michelle) Oh iya?
Kevin: (cepat-cepat menjawab) Iya, kami juga punya proyek Biologi bareng, loh! Michelle, nanti kamu bisa datang ke rumahku juga. Aku baru pindah ke daerah PIK, tahu kan?
James: (mendekati mereka dengan kesal) Chelle.
Michelle: (hampir menjawab, tetapi terpotong oleh James)
Tiana: (melihat James dan tersenyum) Oh, James, di mana Mama kamu?
James: (tanpa melepaskan pandangannya dari Michelle) Mama ada di sana, Tante.
Tiana: Ini James bu, anak nya Gerald Hartono. Pacar Michelle.
Mama Kevin: (melihat James dengan ekspresi tidak senang) Oh? Halo, James.
James: Halo (mengulurkan tangan untuk bersalaman) James Hartono, anak Gerald Hartono pemilik Hartono Hospital Group dengan 50 cabang rumah sakit di seluruh Indonesia. Senang bertemu denganmu tante dan Melvin.
Kevin: (memperbaiki James yang salah menyebut namanya) Kevin!
James: (sambil memegang tangan Michelle) Om Tante, aku pinjem dulu ya Michelle.
Bryan: (mengangguk) Setiap hari kamu pinjam Michelle, sampai kamu lupa muka anak Om sendiri. (bercanda)
Michelle: (malu) DAD!
James dan Michelle lalu mendatangi meja Jonathan dan Jane sambil berpegangan tangan.
James: Siapa tuh babe? Bangsat banget OKB-nya, sok akrab lagi.
Jonathan, yang tadi lagi makan, langsung nengok ke arah James.
Jonathan: Itu Kevin, anak karyawan bokap gue.
James sama Michelle duduk di kursi meja mereka.
James: Anak karyawan bokap lu? Buang aja tuh bokapnya. Anaknya aibin aja.
Michelle: ( sambil nyentuh tangan James biar dia tenang) James, jangan gitu dong.
Jane yang tadi cuma duduk bengong, liat muka kesel James jadi gemes dan mengejek.
Jane: Kevin? Kevin yang proyek bareng lo, kan, Chelle? Lucu banget tuh anak. Beliin makan siang juga kemarin.
Jane senyum-senyum ngejek, Jonathan langsung ketawa sambil nyindir James.
Jonathan: omg! serius babe?
Michelle pukul tangan Jonathan dan ngelirik sinis ke arah Jane.
Michelle: Jane, gausah mulai deh, udah tau kan dia bisa meledak kalo dipanasin.
James: (James lihat ke arah Michelle) Kok kamu belain Kevin sih?
Michelle kebingungan dan gak jawab James.
Jane: (Bercanda dan mengejek Michelle) Iya, Chelle, kenapa lu belain Kevin?
Michelle pegang tangan James buat tenangin dia.
Michelle: Babe, gausah takut, kan kamu tau gue sayang sama kamu
Jane: (senyum dan nambahin) Iya, James, Kevin kan kerja di bawah keluarga Jonathan juga, jadi gausah takut. Kalo dia sok genit dikit, keluarganya bakal tendang dia sendiri. Iya kan, babe?
Jonathan: ( senyum sambil angguk) "Iya, sayang."
James: Pokoknya aku gak suka ya Chelle kamu berdua sama dia, kalo ada project pun ajak aku. Mau ke rumah dia kek ke mana kek pokoknya I have to be there.
Michelle kaget denger kata kata James dan memilih untuk diam dan mengangguk.
Jonathan: udah udah tegang amet bro, masa seorang James Hartono takut sama Kevin? Bocah okb. Malu James sama ukuran rumah lu. Kamar lu aja segeda ruang tamu dia.
Jane: ew? serius babe?
Jonathan: Kan papa aku yang kasih rumah nya.
Kevin yang sedang duduk di kejauhan melihat mereka tertawa sambil menyantap makan malam nya. Lalu pandangan Kevin tertuju kepada Michelle, lalu tangan James yang ada di pundak Michelle. Merangkulnya penuh dengan posesif. Di situ Kevin merasa dia tidak ada apa apa nya di bandingkan mereka.
Sekali lagi, mereka adalah sekelompok anak kolongmerat yang hidup di atas peraturan dan pemerintahan. Meskipun terlihat sombong dan egois, yang terlontar dari mulut mereka adalah fakta. Fakta bahwa mereka tumbuh besar dengan kekayaan melimpah dan merasa bebas melakukan segala hal tanpa ada konsekuensi. Seiring berjalannya waktu, mereka berubah menjadi sekelompok remaja yang dengan mudah menilai dan memutuskan jalan hidup orang lain yang berada di bawah mereka. Bagi mereka, hal itu dianggap sebagai sesuatu yang wajar, namun bagi orang-orang yang terkena dampaknya, rasanya seolah-olah mereka tengah berada dalam neraka yang tiada akhir.
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Aperçu of the Week:
"I have met children who have learned to count off 45 seconds - that's how long it takes for Russian missiles to hit Kharkiv after the siren alarm."
(German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock addressing the UN General Assembly on Thursday on the annual of Russia's attack on Ukraine)
Bad News of the Week:
Since the Ukraine war, everyone knows about the Wagner Group. Consisting of mercenaries, commanded by Putin compadre Yevgeny Prigozhin. While soldiers are placed in the chain of command of their officers, at least ostensibly serving the good of their country, the same is not true of mercenaries. They are simply on a pay roll. No matter by whom. If one can apply an ethical standard to acts of war at all, it certainly does not apply to mercenaries.
Even before the Ukraine operation, the Wagner Group was active. There is evidence of their action for at least Syria, Venezuela, Libya, Mali, Mozambique, the Central African Republic, and Sudan. With horrific reports of atrocities, including against civilians, that leave one speechless even in the context of war. As I said, the lack of ethical standard....
Prigozhin's recruitment strategy is particularly perfidious. He offers prisoners their freedom if they commit to a six-month war effort. According to Die Zeit, tens of thousands of prison inmates have already accepted. We are not talking about convicted purse-snatchers here. We are talking, for example, about Alexander Tyutin, who was sentenced to 23 years in prison for a quadruple contract killing. So - to put it sarcastically - a professional. Who is now recovering from his stint on the beach in Antalya. Yes, that's in Turkey. Yes, Turkey is a NATO member. But the man was, after all, pardoned by the legal system of his home country.
This course of action shows an appalling concatenation of different institutions. From the Ministry of Justice accepting this get out of jail card, to the Ministry of Interior signing off on the deal and allowing them to leave the country, to the Ministry of Defense inserting these special forces into their strategies, and the secret service providing them with military intelligence. Of course, this is only possible with the blessing of Vladimir Putin himself. Who uses the group as a geostrategic tool to exert international influence when ideology, the ruble, or fossil energy no longer work effectively enough.
I would not have thought that even at the level of Russian rule of law, I would be surprised by a parallel world in which even those low regulations no longer apply. Which shows that Putin believes himself to be above all earthly things. It cannot be a coincidence that he compares himself with Tsar Peter the Great, of all people. He went to war not only against the Crimea and Azov, but also against Sweden in the "Great Northern War". Will history teach us nothing once more?
Good News of the Week:
Humans are pushing nature back more and more because of their numbers and lifestyles. For example, orangutans in Indonesia are losing their habitat as humanity demands more and more palm oil. And Corona would not have existed either if the Chinese did not have such an appetite for wild animals. But this development is not only happening in Asia with its mega-populations. In the Alps, too, with more and more ski resorts, hotels, excursion destinations, etc., much natural habitat has already had to give way to concrete and steel.
Fortunately, there is a growing awareness that tourism can be sustainable and that it is the unspoiled beauty of nature that attracts tourists in summer and winter. As a result, more and more landscapes are being placed under nature conservation, and awareness of this is growing. And indeed: the first measurable successes are appearing!
The symbolic animal of the Alps is the chamois. The shy climbing specialists above the mountain forests stand for untamed alpine nature like no other animal. And according to the Bavarian State Forests, the population in the Bavarian Alps is recovering: 1,654 geese were counted at about a hundred observation points in 2020. In 2021, there were already 1,873 and in 2022 even 2,060. This fits a counterpart in the very north of Germany: on the coasts of the North Sea, the number and spread of the grey seal is increasing again. Not long ago, Germany's largest predator was considered "very endangered".
Personal happy moment of the week:
Saturday evening in Miesbach, the capital of our district: many people are out and about, you can hear talking and laughing, the pubs are full, light shines onto the street from decorated shop windows. Quite normal life, which after all feels new again after the last few years. It's a good thing that our friends had made reservations at the Osteria, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get a seat. Simply a nice evening.
I couldn't care less...
...that Great Britain hardly has any access to vegetables and fruit anymore. Because the problems are home-made. Because of Brexit. It causes high customs and formality hurdles for exporting producers in the South, who thus prefer to sell in the European internal market. Domestic growers have been excluded from energy price subsidies, making it no longer profitable to operate greenhouses at home. And the cheap seasonal workers previously employed in agriculture, primarily from southeastern Europe, are no longer allowed into the country. Sorry, but you have deliberately chosen exactly this disaster.
As I write this...
...I am amazed at the unexpected return of winter. Since the beginning of the month the temperatures were clearly in the plus - up to 16 ° Celsius stood on the thermometer. Therefore, I had personally already ticked off the winter. Now I look at a snow-covered landscape and rejoice. And try not to think about the fact that Monday morning will be chaos on the roads and railways.
Post Scriptum
On the annual of Russia's attack on Ukraine, a new ice age is drawing near. On one hand, Putin changes his narrative: the West would use a Nazi puppet government in Kiev to threaten his country. Seeks military support from Belarus, Iran, China and others. Unilaterally cancels the New Start nuclear arms control program. On the other hand, NATO empowers its eastern flank: the "Budapest 9" strengthen their cooperation. Poland gets moral support from Joe Biden. Air defense systems are deployed on the Slovak border. Such a confrontation of global power blocs was last seen in the Cold War. And I thought those times were over once and for all...
#thoughts#aperçu#good news#bad news#news of the week#happy moments#politics#annalena baerbock#un general assembly#russia#ukraine#wagner group#mercenary#yevgeny prigozhin#prisoner#recruiting#habitat#chamois#grey seal#alps#great britain#food supply#NATO#cold war#winter#normal life#Saturday evening#nature conservation#vladimir putin#tourism
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It Was Manta BeâŠ
Jo is in the building!
Welcome to the Jo-takeover! This is the part of the blog where Helen wisely decides the readers need a new perspective (hence the sisterly takeover), which, by happy coincidence, also means she gets a journalling break. So letâs pick up from where she last leftâŠ
At late notice, I decided to join Helen and Sam for a few weeks on their travels and so it was that on New Yearâs Eve, I flew over most of Asia to head to the eastern most part of IndonesiaâPapua. Indonesia is a vast country, so even from the capital, Jakarta, it was a four hour flight to reach our meeting point in the city of Sorong. I exited the airport in the early morning of 2nd January at the exact moment Helen and Sam stepped out of a taxi to pick me up and sweep me away to their hotel. There I met Etienne, a Swiss traveller who had been on the liveaboard with Helen and Sam and would be joining us for the next leg of the trip. Both Helen and Etienne had health issues on the liveaboard that meant they couldnât fully dive, so the plan was to head back into Raja Ampat, with myself in tow, to absorb the underwater world. Â Sam unfortunately still had his ear problems and so would be snorkelling the waters.
From Sorong, the onwards journey involved a 2-hour ferry, followed by a 1-hour boat rideâplenty of time for me to observe the sad amount of plastic debris floating in the water in this otherwise tranquil and remote setting. Eventually we reached our base for the next ten daysâa group of huts built on a random strip of bare sand in the Indo-Pacific Ocean.
Photos Above: dive team ferry crossing; speed boat to our destination
The accommodation was very basic (the most basic Helen and Sam had yet to contend with) with a grass-thatched roof that leaked during the nightly thunderstorms and a bathroom in a separate building with a leaky pipe and distinct lack of flushing toilet. But it had a veranda with a full ocean view in front and a jungle full of lively bird calls behind. All that was missing was a hammock; within one day of being on the island I had successfully negotiated the use of the spare one from the local Divemaster trainee. We hung it up in the communal space, and with that I was declared the best sister-not-in-law around. Also quintessential for our stay turned out to be the vegan chocolate spread Sam picked up in a supermarket in Sorong âa âlifesaverâ (Etienneâs words) to accompany the breakfast of fried bananas, occasionally served on top of boiled bananas with a side of fresh banana (safe to say, the vegan memo was picked up by our hosts).
Photos Above: our bungalows; the dining 'room'; morning swim; golden hour
Diving Raja Ampat
We were quick to acquaint ourselves with the underwater world of Raja Ampat, which itâs fair to say, was absolutely drop dead stunning. The coral was colourful and abundant and life teamed everywhere you lookedânot that I always found it easy to spot.
There were tiny pygmy seahorses the size of my fingernail and so camouflaged I could barely make them out against the pink coral. And there was a turtle sat under a rock, so big that Helen had to point twice before my vision was able to zoom out and absorb the scale of the creature. We saw electric clams flashing our torchlight back at us, and colourful urchins bimbling along on the sandy bottom. Tiny octopuses buried themselves in the sand, and orangutan crabs with spindly legs and covered in orange fluff wound themselves through the coral mesh. Black- and white-tipped reef sharks flitted in and out of the murky blue depths and two mobula rays flew overhead, silhouetted against the light of the surface. A bizarre looking wobbegong shark, looking like itâd been squashed by a roller, rested on a huge fan of coral. Huge shoals of fish encircled us as we hung weightless above the reef, watching the many individuals acting as one glittering mass.
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Video Above: a few videographic snapshots of our (mindblowingly incredible) time in Raja Ampat, with huge thank yous to Etienne Cristini and Mario Kakante for letting us use their footage! And for being generally excellent humans. Music is "Daydream - Dance Remix" by Ash.
On one dive, I heard the urgent metallic tapping sound of Mario our dive guide tank-banging to get our attention, and looked over to see him literally dancing underwaterâhe had found a rare frogfish, coloured pink and green (and looking very much like coral to me), resting next to the reef.
Photos Above: sisterly diving; coffee time during a surface interval; after a great dive; diving boat team; one of Raja Ampat's small villages
For those on Instagram looking to get an artistic flavour of diving Raja Ampt, I recommend Etienneâs excellent reel.
Is this the Real Life, or is this Just Mantasea?
The absolutely pinnacle of diving Raja Ampat had to be the mantastic moments with the glorious Reef Manta Rays.
My first interaction with them was on my second day of diving and involved dropping into the water on a section of reef called Manta Ridgeâa cleaning station that mantas regularly drop by so that the fish that live on the reef can clean the mantaâs skin. Once in the water there was a fair current, so we hooked into the rock and floated in place watching as a couple of mantas swept by us, one coming so close to me that I could feel its eye keenly observing and sizing me up.
A week later, feeling much more au fait with this whole diving thing, I requested a trip back to the mantas to absorb even more of them. Little could we imagine what waited for us.
Due to tidal patterns, we set off from the dive centre at lunchtime (an odd time to be heading out divingânormally you set off very early to be in for a chance at seeing mantas). Out in the water near Manta Ridge, we spot a few manta wingtips cresting the waves. We casually looked overâweâre in manta land so we expected to see a few on the surface. But, the more we looked, the more wingtips we saw. Was that 20, 30 mantas grouping together? Surely not, there would be no reason for them to be in a train like this. But there they were! Although itching to be in the water, we couldnât dive in as they were swimming over deep blue through a strong currentâa dangerous (and illogical) place to dive. Instead, we scrambled to put our masks and fins on and leapt into the water to float on the surface at the side of the manta train to watch many, so many mantas gliding in front, around and under us. I will happily admit I completely lost my shit at this point. I watched the back of two beasts receding into the blue, and turned around to find five of the creatures coming straight at me with their mouths open, feeding. My heart stopped, my jaw dropped, and I almost started to cry in pure awe.
Once the manta train had passed and the current swept us behind them, we clambered back on the boat and went back round for take two. Manta after manta after manta passing byâHelen later used GoPro footage filmed by Mario to estimate that there were 40â50 mantas. Un. Be. Lieveable.
After this experience, we descended down to Manta Ridge and hooked into the rock once more. Floating in the blue, watching the busy life of fish on coral reefs, I entered a meditative state, only to be interrupted by Helen enthusiastically grabbing my arm and pointingâenter mantas stage left! There were three males and one female who had swung by for a mantatory clean. Oblivious to the divers, they flew amongst and around us, one even hovering vertically and puffing out its gills right by Helen.
Fair to say, this was an experience to remember.
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Video Above: the mantastic experience of snorkelling and diving with a whole load of mantas, GoPro footage courtesy of Mario
A Motley Crew
A wonderful band of people contributed to our time in Raja Ampat. In particular, I enjoyed finding my diving feet again under the guidance of Mario (divemaster and Rubikâs Cube extrordinaire) and whilst in the company of Etienne (who celebrated his 100th dive with us).
Our friend and fellow diver Bodhy nicknamed Helen the âProfessorâ due to her seemingly inexhaustible knowledge of the underwater world. She would spend the time between dives answering all manner of questions from him and the rest of the diving squad on species of shark, behaviour of crabs, and how to determine the sex of mantas. And special mention goes to Anto also who we hope to see diving again, this time complete with a dive computer.
Photos Above: our lovely diving buddies; exploring the island's jungle
Meanwhile Sam became something of a legend at the dive shop (âhe planned a four-month diving holiday and hasnât dived since week one?! *dramatic gasp* Oh my god I really feel for himâ). Very understandably, he decided that after one week of hanging out in the hammock, his back needed some TLC and so took himself back off to civilisation for a massage and a decent hotel room.
Towards the end of our trip, our fellow travellers headed onwards to their next destination, leaving Helen, myself, and Mario to become something of a dream team both above and below water. Iâd very much enjoyed having Helen as my own personal diving mentor and as time progressed, we developed a surprisingly fluid communication style whilst diving so that poor Mario still had to observe our incessant chatter even under the waves.
Photos Above: photobomber!; with our fab guide Mario
Onwards and Upwards
After 19 dives, our time observing the most diverse underwater ecosystem in the world was up. Helen and I packed up our kit and followed in Samâs footsteps to be reunited with him in our next destination.
Photos Above: it's a hard life; so long Raja Ampat and thanks for all the fish!
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Low Speed Electric Vehicle Market Report 2025 | Share, Trends, and Forecast by 2033
IMARC Groupâs report titled âLow Speed Electric Vehicle Market Report by Product (Two-wheelers, Three-wheelers, Four-wheelers), Vehicle Type (Passenger LSEV, Heavy-duty LSEV, Utility LSEV, Off-road LSEV), Voltage (24V, 36V, 48V, 60V, 72V), Battery (Lithium-Ion Battery, Lead-Acid Battery, and Others), End User (Golf Courses, Tourist Destinations, Hotels and Resorts, Airports, Residential and Commercial Premises, and Others), and Region 2025-2033â. The global low speed electric vehicle market size reached USD 5.8 Billion in 2024. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to reach USD 16.2 Billion by 2033, exhibiting a growth rate (CAGR) of 11.44% during 2025-2033.
Factors Affecting the Growth of the Low Speed Electric Vehicle Industry:
â Environmental Regulations:
The market for low-speed electric vehicles (LSEVs) is growing due to stricter environmental regulations. Governments worldwide are pushing to cut carbon emissions and fight climate change. They are enforcing tougher emission standards, offering incentives for electric vehicles, and penalizing high-emission vehicles. LSEVs, being zero-emission, fit perfectly with these rules. As cities and countries strive to meet their environmental targets, the demand for LSEVs, which have no tailpipe emissions, is set to rise.
â Cost Savings:
Cost is key in adopting LSEVs. They are cheaper than traditional EVs, making them more accessible. LSEVs also have lower running costs, such as fuel and maintenance. These savings come from electric drivetrains and simpler designs. Thus, LSEVs are a practical, economical choice for consumers. This cost-effectiveness boosts their appeal and market growth.
â Urbanization and Traffic Congestion:
Cities are growing and traffic is worsening, increasing the demand for LSEVs. Traditional vehicles worsen jams and parking issues. LSEVs, being small and slow, are perfect for short trips and city commuting. They help navigate crowded streets and find parking. Their design suits last-mile needs and short travel, appealing to city residents.
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Leading Companies Operating in the Global Low Speed Electric Vehicle Industry:
AGT Electric Cars
Bintelli Electric Vehicles
Bradshaw Electric Vehicles
HDK Electric Vehicle
Hero Electric Vehicles Pvt Ltd
Polaris Inc.
Speedways Electric
Terra Motors Corporation
Textron Inc.
Low Speed Electric Vehicle Market Report Segmentation:
By Product:
Two-wheelers
Three-wheelers
Four-wheelers
On the basis of the product, the market has been divided into two-wheelers, three-wheelers, and four-wheelers.
By Vehicle Type:
Passenger LSEV
Heavy-duty LSEV
Utility LSEV
Off-road LSEV
Off-road LSEV holds the biggest market share as it is designed for a variety of applications, including agriculture, recreation, and industrial use.
By Voltage:
24V
36V
48V
60V
72V
Based on the voltage, the market has been segregated into 24V, 36V, 48V, 60V, and 72V.
By Battery:
Lithium-Ion Battery
Lead-Acid Battery
Others
On the basis of the battery, the market has been classified into lithium-ion battery, lead-acid battery, and others. By End User:
Golf Courses
Tourist Destinations
Hotels and Resorts
Airports
Residential and Commercial Premises
Others
Golf courses exhibit a clear dominance in the market due to the rising need to transport golfers and their equipment across the course.
Regional Insights:
North America (United States, Canada)
Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, South Korea, Australia, Indonesia, Others)
Europe (Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Russia, Others)
Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Others)
Middle East and Africa
North America enjoys a leading position in the low speed electric vehicle market on account of the increasing demand for recreational purposes.
Global Low Speed Electric Vehicle Market Trends:
Countries are offering subsidies, tax breaks, and other financial incentives to boost electric vehicle (EV) adoption. These incentives lower the initial cost of light-duty electric vehicles (LSEVs), making them more appealing. Moreover, some authorities provide perks like carpool lane access, reduced fees, and regulatory exemptions. These measures cut ownership costs and boost confidence.
Additionally, advancements in battery technology and electric drivetrains are enhancing LSEV efficiency, reliability, and affordability.
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