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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.
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 21/09/2020
» Residents of Jakarta are enduring new restrictions to keep Covid-19 in check, amid political wrangling between the Indonesian capital's leader and a central government that is growing more worried about the economic consequences of the pandemic nationwide.
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 10/08/2020
» Indonesia's culinary and tourism sectors are changing the way they do business as they cope with the ways in which the Covid-19 pandemic has has drastically transformed customer behaviour and battered the economy.
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 18/05/2020
» Indonesia is bracing for a new normal in the tourism industry as it lays the groundwork for a post-Covid revival by next year.
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 27/04/2020
» The Indonesian do-it-all app Gojek is set to feel the pinch of the coronavirus pandemic even more as the semi-lockdown of Jakarta has been extended until May 22. But while its core motorcycle taxi service is shut down, deliveries of food and other services are on the rise.
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.
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 12/02/2018
» If there’s one thing that Indonesians can agree on when asked what smartphones and the internet are most useful for, it would be to access social media and messaging applications.
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 05/02/2018
» Google's investment in Go-Jek is seen as a further vote of confidence in the Indonesian company that has grown from a motorcycle-hailing startup to offer a wide array of deliveries, online movie ticket purchases, plus on-demand massage, car care, home cleaning and hairdressing services.
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.