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Asia Tracks Wall St. Rally After US Jobs Data, Fed Minutes

Tokyo, Hong Kong, Sydney, Singapore, Seoul, Mumbai, Bangkok and Manila rose Thursday, though Shanghai, Wellington, Jakarta and Taipei slipped.

Latin Times

Probe as 'checked and healthy' sheep die in air export

Authorities are investigating how 80 sheep died while in air transit to Indonesia over the weekend.

AAP

'Tropicality' explored in Indonesian architect Andra Matin’s first monograph

'Tropicality' is a key theme in a new book on Indonesian architect Andra Matin, whose work blends landscape, architecture and living

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Nusantara: Celebrations planned in Indonesia’s costly ‘symbol of progress’

The new capital is the pet project of outgoing President Joko Widodo and is taking shape on the island of Borneo.

Al Jazeera

Equity Markets Struggle As Nervous Traders Navigate Volatility

Tokyo, Sydney, Seoul, Wellington, Mumbai, Taipei and Jakarta were in the red, along with London, Paris and Frankfurt.

Latin Times

Unfinished Business: Indonesia's New Capital Has Long Way To Go

It was supposed to be the jewel in the crown of the 10-year presidency of Joko Widodo, but Indonesia's capital-to-be, carved out of dense jungle in Borneo, is a vast building site just weeks before being due to open.

International Business Times

Indonesia president begins working from new capital despite construction delays

Nusantara scheduled to host Independence Day celebrations instead of Jakarta next month but relocation plan has come into question

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Indonesian leader starts working in new capital despite construction work and lack of facilities

Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who intends to spend his last few months of his presidency in the country’s ambitious new capital, has begun to work from the new presidential palace there, despite the continuing construction work and lack of first-class facilities

The Independent UK

Sub ordered by Thailand ‘offered to Indonesia’

China is reportedly offering to sell Indonesia a half-built submarine originally ordered by Thailand, and claims it will include a German-made engine if that is what Jakarta wants.

Bangkok Post

Moo-sage: Indonesia Salon Gets Cows In Shape For Eid Sacrifice

Under a highway in the Indonesian capital Jakarta, a brown cow stood calmly as masseur Sumarwan got to work, clenching his fist to beat the animal's legs and help it relax ahead of its sacrifice.

International Business Times

Jakarta Is Sinking: Indonesia's $30B Plan To Relocate 11M Residents To New Capital Starting October 2024

Indonesia builds new smart capital Nusantara on Borneo to escape Jakarta sinking. First residents are set to move by the end of 2024.

International Business Times UK

'I'd love to be an F1 driver': Get to know GB track sprinter Emma Finucane

World sprint champion tells Cycling Weekly about her earliest Olympics memories, drinking coffee in Jakarta, and her passion for F1

Cycling Weekly

China And Indonesia Call For Cease-Fire In Gaza

China and Indonesia jointly call for Gaza cease-fire, criticize U.S., and discuss economic ties in a meeting held in Jakarta.

Top News

Cheap coal, cheap workers, Chinese money: Indonesia’s nickel success comes at a price

Jakarta hopes the industry is the ticket to becoming a developed nation. But there are fears the toll on the environment – and people’s lives – will be too high

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International Business Times

Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto Wins Presidency With 1st-round Majority

Indonesia's Prabowo Subianto has been elected president of the world's third-biggest democracy, the elections commission said Wednesday, beating two rivals who have vowed to file legal complaints about the vote.

LiveScience

Striking new satellite images show Indonesia's new jungle capital taking shape

Nusantara will be the new capital of Indonesia as Jakarta continues to subside below sea level.

International Business Times

Once A 'Nobody', Jokowi's Son Set To Become Indonesia's VP

By his own admission, Gibran Rakabuming Raka was a "nobody" a few months before Indonesia's elections.

The Hindu

How a Chinese rocket failure boosted Elon Musk's SpaceX in Indonesia

Elon Musk - the owner ofElon Musk - the owner of SpaceX, the world’s most successful rocket launcher – seized on the failure to prevail over state-owned China Great Wall Industry Corp (CGWIC) as Jakarta’s company of choice for putting satellites into space.

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How Third-World Countries Build Walkable Cities Without Central Planning

Jakarta, Indonesia, shows why you don't need central planners to get pedestrian-friendly urban design.

Al Jazeera

Who is Prabowo Subianto, the man likely to be Indonesia’s next president?

A general once feared across Indonesia and banned from the United States, has reinvented himself as a cute grandpa.

WEKU

Ex-general Prabowo Subianto claims victory in Indonesia's presidential election

Prabowo, who had been barred from entering the U.S. for two decades for alleged human rights abuses, has the backing of the current president.

The Guardian - UK

Free coffee and pouring rain: Indonesians vote in world’s biggest one-day election

More than 20,000 seats up for grabs in election that spans three time zones, with divisive defence minister predicted to win

International Business Times

From Remote Tribal Areas To Flooded Cities, Indonesians Go To Polls

From makeshift bamboo polling stations in remote tribal areas to the flooded streets of the capital, tens of millions of Indonesians went to the polls Wednesday in one of the world's biggest one-day elections.

WEKU

3 things you should know about Indonesia's presidential elections

The nation's younger voters may decide whether the world's third-largest democracy maintains economic growth and political reform or slides backward to the authoritarian politics of a generation ago.

Al Jazeera

‘Fix it from within’: More Chinese Indonesians chase seats in parliament

Ethnic Chinese candidates running for office aim to challenge stereotypes that linger from Soeharto era.

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