Exclusive: ByteDance censored anti-China content in Indonesia until mid-2020, say sources
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Chinese tech giant ByteDance censored content it perceived as critical of the Chinese government on its news aggregator app in [...]
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Spice is right as Indonesian startups eye value in vanilla
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesian Sofa Arbiyanto had a manufacturing job in South Korea two years ago when he learned about the high price [...]
Bintan Lagoon Resort to close down as Bintan tourism struggles amid Covid-19 outbreak
SINGAPORE – After 26 years, the popular getaway Bintan Lagoon Resort is bidding visitors a final goodbye, a victim of the Covid-19 pandemic, [...]
Flight alert issued as Mount Sinabung erupts in Indonesia
JAKARTA (XINHUA) – A flight alert was issued as Sinabung volcano in North Sumatra province in the eastern part of Indonesia erupted on [...]
Indonesia imposes 10% VAT on Facebook, Disney, Tiktok: tax office
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia has added more techology companies that will be obligated to apply 10% value-added tax on sales to Indonesian customers [...]
Food, not rice, security: Jakarta Post
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s decision to develop 164,000 hectares of rice estates in Central Kalimantan is [...]
Indonesian SMEs struggle to survive as sales, revenue plunge with Covid-19 pandemic
JAKARTA – Millions of Indonesia’s micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) are struggling to survive amid the Covid-19 pandemic which has seen 119,000 [...]
Human trials of coronavirus vaccine set to begin in Indonesia
BANDUNG (REUTERS) – Human trials on a potential coronavirus vaccine are due to start in Indonesia next week as part of a collaboration [...]
Indonesia plans cash transfers for nearly 14 million workers
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia plans to give cash transfers to 13.8 million workers at a cost of around $2.15 billion under its stimulus [...]
Indonesia's State Palace vows compliance with coronavirus protocol after Jokowi, ministers seen sans masks
JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – The Indonesian State Palace vowed compliance with health protocol on Tuesday (Aug 4) after President Joko [...]