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Four-way street
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 13/09/2021
» 'China versus the Quad" emerged as the theme of a recent panel discussion about the four-nation grouping and how it could shape its relations with other major players in the Indo-Pacific region.
Indonesian businesses join jab drive
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 15/03/2021
» More than 9,000 private companies in Indonesia are gearing up to inoculate their employees and their family members in a bid to revive productivity that has been severely curtailed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vaccine shopping spree
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 19/10/2020
» Indonesian officials have been stepping up to the pandemic plate to secure Covid-19 vaccines as they battle to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the world's fourth most populous nation.
Indonesian brides lured into unhappy wedlock with Chinese men
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 22/07/2019
» Chinese men who are looking abroad for wives are turning increasingly to poor regions of Indonesia, where young women have become prey for scheming matchmakers promising a good life abroad. But the reality is often very different.
Welcome mat pulled back
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 03/12/2018
» The Indonesian government is making further tweaks to its newly revised list of businesses open to foreign investment, following protests from some business groups.
Fast track to Heaven
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 03/09/2018
» As the annual haj season in Saudi Arabia for Muslims around the world came to an end late last month, pilgrims have begun their trips home, including some 200,000 from Indonesia, who can now use the honorific title "Hajj" for men or "Hajja" for women before their names.
More than a ride
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.
Widodo preps for 2019 polls with cabinet reshuffle
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 05/02/2018
» With President Joko Widodo widely expected to seek a second term when Indonesians go to the polls next year, a recent cabinet reshuffle showed he is playing his cards to secure his ambition.