Indonesia
Indonesia to co-produce Chinese Covid-19 vaccine
In addition to developing its own Covid-19 vaccine, Indonesia entered an agreement on August 20 with Chinese...
Indonesia develops its own Covid-19 vaccine
Indonesia, the country with the highest number of coronavirus cases at more than 115,000 and the highest...
Indonesia wants to buy used fighter jets from Austria
Indonesia has offered Austria to buy the European nation’s dated Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jet fleet which is...
Doubts over Indonesia’s new capital plans
Indonesia’s plan to build a new capital from scratch on Borneo island, which has already taken a...
Gojek next regional tech giant to lay off staff amid pandemic
Indonesian ride-hailing, delivery and e-commerce firm Gojek said on June 23 that it will lay off nine...
Jakarta’s businesses open after two months in lockdown
In Indonesia’s capital Jakarta, offices, restaurants and shops were allowed to reopen on June 8 as coronavirus...
Facebook, PayPal invest in Indonesia’s e-commerce group Gojek
US social media giant Facebook and online payment pioneer PayPal both have participated in a fundraising round...
Indonesia expects substantial baby boom following coronavirus lockdown
The Indonesian government, more precisely the country’s National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN), is expecting a...
Indonesia budget hotel startup surrenders to virus crisis
Airy Rooms, a budget hotel startup in Indonesia, announced it will permanently cease its operations by the...
Cambodia, Indonesia report massive slump in tourism arrivals
Deserted airport in Bali, Indonesia seen in April
International tourism arrivals in Cambodia were down 38.5 per cent...
Indonesia’s Aceh province continues public floggings despite social distancing rules
Indonesia’s ultra-conservative westernmost province of Aceh continues
to punish perpetrators who committed what Aceh’s Shariah law deems a...
AirAsia takes off again in five countries
Photo by Lim Huey Teng
Malaysian-headquartered low-cost airline AirAsia is about to
end its idling state forced upon it...
Indonesia to lose $10 billion in tourism revenue – Bali hit hardest
Deserted beach in Bali
Indonesia will be facing more than $10 billion in wiped-out tourism revenue as recreational...
Indonesia’s new capital project gets stuck amid virus crisis
Plans to relocate Indonesia’s capital from Java to Borneo
have been put on hold amid the coronavirus pandemic...
Millions feared to fall back into poverty in Indonesia as virus shatters economy
Indonesia could be faced with a new wave of poverty as the coronavirus crisis is causing a...
Indonesia’s government orders lockdown of Jakarta
Indonesian President Joko Widodo ordered a partial shutdown of the country’s capital Jakarta after initially resisting lockdown...
Indonesia’s manufacturing output slumps to record low
Photo: Antara
Indonesian manufacturing output dropped drastically in March as the government imposed stricter measures to contain the...
Jakarta declares state of emergency, Bangkok shuts down public life
Bangkok's entertainment districts are deserted © Arno Maierbrugger
The governor of Indonesia's capital Jakarta has declared a
two-week...
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Density architecture of living districts of Singapore
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