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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.
Capital idea: Indonesia ponders seat of government outside Jakarta
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 04/09/2017
» Millions of Jakarta residents are once more wondering what their lives might be like in the future as the Indonesian government has revived an old debate about relocating the capital.
Crude controversy
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 10/07/2017
» A new documentary film showing conditions in West Timor years after an oil spill off the northern coast of Western Australia has raised the stakes in the debate over who is ultimately responsible.
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.
Grab seeks bigger bite of Indonesian transport market
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 29/05/2017
» In the absence of reliable public transport in gridlocked Jakarta and other major Indonesian cities, the Malaysia-based ride-hailing app Grab has been quick to grab a big chunk of a massive market opportunity to expand its business.
New Pertamina chief faces one-price fuel policy challenge
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 27/03/2017
» The new chief executive of the state-owned energy firm Pertamina faces a huge task ahead to carry out President Joko Widodo's one-price fuel policy, in the face of inadequate infrastructure to distribute fuel to remote areas and far-flung islands of the vast archipelago.
Indonesia searches for a new top oilman
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 20/02/2017
» Indonesia has two weeks left to determine who will be the next leader of the state-controlled energy company Pertamina, after its two top executives were ousted on Feb 3 because of what its major shareholder said was a lack of teamwork.
Catching a wave
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 13/03/2017
» The states along the rim of the Indian Ocean aim to make the vast body of water a focus for future economic growth by pursuing a "blue economy" that emphasises inclusive and sustainable development of the ocean's natural resources and maritime cooperation.
Indonesia lags regional peers on intellectual property
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 06/03/2017
» Despite efforts to improve its intellectual property regime over the past years, Indonesia remains among the bottom 10 of 45 world economies surveyed in the US Chamber of Commerce’s fifth annual International Intellectual Property Index, “The Roots of Innovation”.
Money is just the start
Asia focus, Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata, Published on 27/02/2017
» Indonesian farmers will soon have access to more loans that will enable them to begin a new planting season without having to sell all of their recently harvested produce first.