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Indonesia parliament approves membership of China-backed regional trade deal

JAKARTA: Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed a law cementing the country's membership of the China-backed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), making it the latest Southeast Asian nation to join the world's biggest trade bloc.

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Time ripe for a review

After two years of virtual celebrations due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this year's Asean Secretariat held an in-person celebration on Aug 8 at its headquarters in Jakarta to mark the Association of Southeast Asian Nation's 55th anniversary.

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Indonesia to investigate military officers for alleged murders in Papua

JAKARTA: Authorities in Indonesia's Papua region have detained six army officers and launched an investigation into their alleged involvement in the brutal murder of four civilians last week, military officials said on Monday.

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Artists celebrate as Art Jakarta resumes after COVID hiatus

One of Southeast Asia’s largest and oldest art fairs is back in Jakarta after a two year COVID suspension.

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Indonesia considers hiking fuel prices up to 40%

JAKARTA: Indonesia may raise heavily subsidised fuel prices by 30% to 40% to manage fiscal pressure from a ballooning subsidy budget, lawmakers from President Joko Widodo’s ruling coalition government told Reuters on Friday.

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Jakarta-Bandung High-Speed Railway: Looking at the roles of Luhut, Rini Soemarno and Ridwan Kamil in securing China-Indonesia relationship

China and Indonesia have not always had smooth economic relations. One of the reasons is because there has been a history of hostility towards communism – the ideology adopted by China – in Indonesia, the world’s most populous Muslim majority nation. Communism in Indonesia has been banned since an alleged…

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Bali tourism continues to recover despite foot and mouth disease re-emergence

JAKARTA: The Indonesian popular resort island of Bali continued to revive its tourism sector from Covid-19 pandemic despite the ongoing foot and mouth disease (FMD) re-emergence in the Southeast Asian country.

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Singapore, Vietnam ease anti-gay laws; Indonesia urged to look other way

Indonesia’s top Islamic scholars have urged Jakarta not to follow the lead of neighbouring countries in decriminalising gay sex, as many in the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation continue to view same-sex relationships as deviant.

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Bank Indonesia hikes benchmark rates for first time since 2018

JAKARTA: Indonesia's central bank raised its benchmark interest rate for the first time since 2018 on Tuesday, stepping up monetary tightening to fight rising inflation.

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Indonesia records first monkeypox case

JAKARTA: Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old man who returned from travelling overseas, the health ministry said on Saturday.

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Revealed: Indonesian workers on UK farm ‘at risk of debt bondage’

As farms look further afield for labour, investigation finds Kent pickers saying they struggle to pay fees charged by unlicensed brokers

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‘My family need my support to eat’: how Indonesians came to work on a Kent farm

Drawn to the prospect of a job abroad, people such as Banyu signed up to a language course. From there, their debts to brokers grew

The Guardian - UK

Prabowo makes third bid for Indonesian presidency

JAKARTA: Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has declared his entry into the country’s presidential race in 2024, his third bid for the top job in the country.

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Fixing Jakarta's commuter pollution problem

The Indonesian capital’s air quality is already bad. Emissions from vehicles commuting from its fringes worsens the situation.

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At Citayam Fashion Week, Jakarta's budget fashionistas get their turn on the catwalk

Initially, these teenagers from the buffer cities of Jakarta only intended to find a public space for them to socialise. But then they produced a new fashion trend in Indonesia.

Al Jazeera

Indonesia’s PayPal, Yahoo bans cast cloud over tech hub dream

Jakarta’s temporary blocking of websites highlights tension between desire to rein in internet and grow digital economy.

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Tourism Workers Strike as Indonesia Hikes Fee to See Rare Dragons

Tourism businesses in Indonesia's Komodo National Park began a month-long strike on Monday after the government announced a huge price hike. Jakarta's 20-fold rise for entry to the park's most popular two islands seek to limit the number of visitors to protect endangered Komodo dragons -- the world's largest lizards…

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Indonesia ramps up diplomatic profile

In the post-Cold War era in Southeast Asia, Indonesia has always been an important weathervane in demonstrating the state of "realpolitik" in the region. Therefore, the recent diplomatic flurry of high-profile visits by Indonesian President Joko Widodo, popularly known as Jokowi, shows the country's efforts to stay ahead of today's…

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Indonesia blocks Yahoo, PayPal for non-compliance

JAKARTA: Indonesia has blocked the search engine website Yahoo, the payments firm PayPal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply with licensing rules, an official said on Saturday, sparking a backlash on social media.

Reuters

Indonesia and South Korea expand cooperation on new capital city project

Indonesia expanded a cooperation agreement with South Korea on Thursday relating to the construction of a new capital city on Borneo island to replace overcrowded Jakarta, paving the way for Korean firms to participate in building digital infrastructure.

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Toyota plans $1.8bn Indonesia investment to build electric vehicles

JAKARTA: Japanese carmaker Toyota Motor Corp plans to invest 27.1 trillion rupiah ($1.80 billion, 66 billion baht) in Indonesia in the next five years to produce electric vehicles (EVs), Indonesia's economics ministry said on Wednesday.

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Indonesia considering scrapping domestic sales rule for palm oil exports

JAKARTA: Indonesia is considering removing a domestic sales requirement for palm oil exports because high inventories of the vegetable oil have been holding back a recovery of palm oil fruit prices, Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan said on Friday.

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Albanese's visit: How should Indonesia respond to Australia's relationship-strengthening efforts?

Early June marked a new highlight for the Indonesia-Australia relationship, as newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese chose Jakarta as the very first destination for his official overseas trip.

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Indonesia urges tech platforms to sign up to new licensing rules or risk being blocked

JAKARTA: Indonesia urged tech companies on Monday to register under new licensing rules, or run the risk of having their platforms blocked, with data showing many big tech firms such as Google and Meta had yet to comply days out from July 20 deadline.

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Garcia: Thailand can't take Laos lightly

Thailand coach Salvador Garcia said on Tuesday his men cannot underestimate Laos when they meet in the semi-finals of the AFF U19 Championship in Jakarta on Wednesday.

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