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Women against the odds
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 21/03/2022
» It has been more than a century since International Women's Day was first celebrated in 1911, but the themes of women's empowerment and gender equality remain as essential today as they did then.
Indonesian unicorns unite
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 24/05/2021
» The recent mega-merger of the Indonesian super-apps Gojek and Tokopedia -- essential fixtures in the daily lives of tens of millions of people -- has lent new urgency to the need for better personal data protection in the country.
Indonesia's child bride problem
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 02/11/2020
» With proper sex education almost nonexistent, Indonesia's battle to reduce its high number of underage marriages resulting from unwanted teen pregnancies could be in vain, jeopardising a chance to seize the potential of its demographic dividend.
Bracing for the big smoke
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 26/08/2019
» Indonesia is bracing for the possibility of more regional embarrassment and condemnation as authorities battle to extinguish forest fires in more than a thousand hotspots in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
Indonesia and Korea seek to double trade by 2022
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 17/09/2018
» Indonesian President Joko Widodo's state visit to South Korea last week yielded a major commitment to almost double bilateral trade in the next four years, in addition to billions of dollars worth of investments by South Korean companies in Indonesia.
Indonesian planners tackle rampant coastal erosion
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 09/04/2018
» The northern coastline on Indonesia's main island of Java is sinking annually at a fast rate, causing land subsidence and threatening residents of communities living near the shore.
Indonesia gets tough on social media monitoring
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 14/08/2017
» After blocking Telegram since July 14, the Indonesian government has lifted its ban on the encrypted messaging service that has become popular as a platform for radicals and terrorists to communicate and propagate their ideas.
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.