Indonesian presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto regarded set to win an outright victory Wednesday in an election that noticed candidates vie for the help of younger voters by tapping into their ardour for Okay-pop.
The previous basic’s Gerindra Occasion held a lottery without cost tickets to see BLACKPINK, a Okay-pop lady group, throughout its Jakarta cease final 12 months – and requested entrants take photographs in entrance of Prabowo billboards and share photographs on social media.
One other candidate, the previous governor of Central Java, Ganjar Pranowo, acquired criticism after he canvassed for options of Korean bands on-line to ask to Indonesia. Followers accused the presidential candidate of weaponizing Okay-pop’s mass attraction as a “political instrument” throughout the election.
