Indonesia
Vietnam, Indonesia stop all China flights, Apple closes stores
Virus lockdown in Wuhan, China
Vietnam declared a public health emergency over the
coronavirus epidemic on February 1 and...
Indonesia quarantines 43,000 in Chinese-backed industry park
More than 40,000 workers at a vast Chinese-controlled
industrial complex on Sulawesi island in Indonesia have been quarantined...
Grab drives off with electric cars in Indonesia
Southeast Asian ride-hailing firm Grab and South Korean automaker Hyundai officially introduced GrabCar Elektrik, Grab’s electric vehicle...
Amazon to add Jakarta to its global data center network
The cloud computing and software services division of e-commerce giant Amazon, Amazon Web Services, will build a...
Indonesia’s Tokopedia raises another $1.5 billion, eyes dual listing in Jakarta and US
Indonesia’s largest e-commerce market place Tokopedia is set to raise up to $1.5 billion from investors including...
SoftBank to invest up to $40 billion in Indonesia’s new capital – Tony Blair joins as adviser
Japan’s conglomerate SoftBank is offering to invest $30
billion to $40 billion in the development of the planned...
Indonesia to surpass Thailand as Southeast Asia’s biggest stock market
Indonesia is set to become the biggest equity market in the Southeast Asia region as the entire...
Softbank pledges to invest in Indonesia’s new ‘smart capital’
Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group,
revealed plans to invest in Indonesia's new capital and to...
Forest fires cost Indonesia more than $5billion in losses this year
Indonesia suffered damages and economic loss from this year’s forest fires of at least $5.2 billion, the...
Old guard keeps leading Indonesia’s richest list
Indonesia’s old-guard business tycoons remain the richest people in Southeast Asia’s largest economy, the new list of...
Indonesia to spend $40 billion for Jakarta metro extension
The Indonesian government intends to spend no less than $40 billion to extend Jakarta’s metro network by...
Japanese automaker bulk up investment in Indonesia
A number of Japanese automakers have plans to extend their investments in Indonesia, which should help the...
Indonesia chooses Papua to build country’s first spaceport
Indonesia plans to build its first spaceport in Biak, Papua,
with the purpose of launching test rockets, the...
Ride-hailing pioneer becomes new education minister in Indonesia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s new cabinet on October 23
appointed 35-year-old Nadiem Makarim, the co-founder and CEO of...
McKinsey tasked with assessing Indonesia’s new capital project
The Indonesian government has commissioned the local branch of US management consulting firm McKinsey & Company to...
Indonesia brings high-speed Internet to remote eastern provinces
Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo on October 14 announced the
completion of the last leg of a 13,000-kilometer fiber-optic...
Indonesia’s new capital to be inspired by Silicon Valley
Indonesian President Joko Widodo wants to model his country’s planned new capital on Borneo island after California's...
Jakarta to get $40-billion infrastructure overhaul
Despite its plan to move Indonesia’s capital to to East Kalimantan province on Borneo, the country’s government...
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Grab, German startup team up to explore air taxi services in Southeast Asia
Singapore-based ride-hailing and e-commerce company Grab partnered with German aviation startup Volocopter to explore the opportunity of...
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European Union announces partial suspension of Cambodia’s trade benefits
The European Commission on February 12 formally announced that Cambodia will be partially removed from a preferential...