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Asean powers up
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 22/08/2016
» With all Asean member states, except for Brunei, being net importers of energy, the region faces a serious challenge to promote energy security which is essential to the growth of the integrated economy and regional development.
Film on teen's brush with ISIS sends powerful message
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 05/09/2016
» An Indonesian teenager in the central Turkish city of Kayseri got a new lease on life in June 2014 when an acquaintance didn't show up to pick him up and take him across the border to Syria. That day, he was spared from an experience that could have cost him his life or led to his conviction as a terrorist if he survived and returned to Indonesia alive.
Smoked out
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 12/09/2016
» Tobacco farmer Budidoyo Siswoyo has felt the adverse impact of the unseasonally heavy rain that kept pouring during the dry season this year. He has nothing to show for his efforts since he planted his crop in April on his two-hectare farm in Temanggung, Central Java.
Haj hassle
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 19/09/2016
» Indonesia is intensifying its push for a bigger quota for haj pilgrims in a bid to clear a decades-long backlog of applicants awaiting their turn to go to Mecca. Authorities in the world's most populous Muslim country also want and avoid further embarrassment after hundreds of its citizens were found to have taken part illegally in the pilgrimage that ended last week.
Burning Issue
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 26/09/2016
» Religious authorities in the world's largest Muslim country have added their moral weight to efforts to curb the annual forest burning, which also blankets Indonesia's regional neighbours in choking haze.
Riding to work
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 14/11/2016
» Long before ride-hailing applications such as Go-Jek, Grab and Uber became available, motorcycle taxis were a fixture on the streets of Indonesia's major cities, providing an affordable and fast means of transport in the absence of a decent and reliable public transport network.
Glass half-full in Jakarta
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 21/11/2016
» Donald Trump's triumph in the US presidential election is expected to have both positive and negative impacts on Asia and Indonesia in particular, and lead to calls for greater understanding of political populism, which he championed in his campaign rhetoric.
Waiting for take-off
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 26/12/2016
» The Indonesian transport ministry is preparing to start building new airports in 13 locations from 2017 to 2019 to meet the country's growing need for infrastructure and to increase the number of people using air transport for domestic and international travel.
'Name your own island,' Indonesia tells investors
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 16/01/2017
» Investors willing to commit funds to developing some of Indonesia's more remote islands, thousands of which are still officially unnamed, will soon be able to leave their mark on the map ... literally.
Minding the media
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 23/01/2017
» The Indonesian government is getting tougher in its crusade to combat hoaxes and fake news, much of it circulating in social media and deemed to threaten the country's instability, to the point that it admits it could take "repressive measures" if necessary.