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Robust and risky Asean
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 30/05/2022
» Asian economies are looking ahead with optimism for a recovery in economic growth but with some reservations about the current global dynamics marked by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, rising inflation and commodity prices.
Vaccine race
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 17/08/2020
» Human trials of a potential Covid-19 vaccine developed by Sinovac Biotech of China are under way in Indonesia, with two groups of volunteers receiving their first injections last week.
Halal travel closer at home
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 20/07/2020
» Indonesia is gradually getting back to business with further relaxation of restrictions imposed to curb the coronavirus, but tour operators, notably those that organise Hajj trips and minor pilgrimages (umrah) to Saudi Arabia, remain closed.
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.
Impressive catch
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 30/04/2018
» Indonesia is reaping the results of its aggressive crackdown on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing that began in late 2014, with figures and research showing that the effort is paying off.
Indonesia and Thailand charting clear maritime boundaries
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 31/07/2017
» Indonesia and Thailand are embarking on what could be a long and tedious negotiation process to determine the border of the exclusive economic zones (EEZ) between the two countries in the Andaman Sea.
'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.
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.