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UOB partners edtech player to teach digital skills to 90,000 Indonesian students
The Business Times Singapore
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[SINGAPORE] UOB has partnered with Indonesian edtech platform Ruangguru to give 90,000 students in the archipelago access to digital learning tools and future-ready skills. The five-year initiative, part of the UOB My Digital Space programme, will...
Fitra Calls for Expansion of Indonesia's State Revenue Instruments
Tempo.co
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August 20, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Legal, Democracy, and Human Rights Manager of the National Secretariat of the Forum Indonesia for Budget Transparency (Seknas FITRA), Gulfino Guevarrato, criticized the Indonesian government's 2026 state revenue and expenditure...
Geopix Deems Transfer of Indonesian Wildlife to India Unethical
Tempo.co
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August 20, 2025
Senior Wildlife Campaigner Geopix, Annisa Rahmawati, considers the transfer of protected and unprotected wildlife by the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry to India as an unethical act. This is because, on one hand, orangutans and other animals are...
How Jakarta Plans to Solve Severe Traffic on TB Simatupang, One of Its Busiest Roads
Tempo.co
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August 20, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Severe traffic congestion on TB Simatupang’s main road in South Jakarta occurs almost every day during peak commuting hours. Public frequently vent their frustration on social media about the situation. Jakarta Governor Pramono...
PwC hosts Financial Crime Summit for leaders in its Asia Pacific business
Consultancy.org
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August 20, 2025
PwC leaders from across the firm’s Asia-Pacific offices came together to discuss the latest trends and developments in the financial crime landscape. Held earlier this month, the Financial Crime Summit for Asia Pacific welcomed partners and...
Foreign Tourists Wearing Bikinis at Mount Rinjani Hot Spring, Lombok, Go Viral
Indonesia Expat
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August 20, 2025
A video showing several foreign tourists wearing bikinis while bathing in the Aiq Kalak hot spring in the Mount Rinjani area, Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, has gone viral on social media. Many netizens believe the tourists’ actions violated the...
Just How Fast The Night Changes! Google Maps Captures Indonesian Elderly Couple’s 2015 To 2025 Journey
Times Now
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August 20, 2025
Google Maps images go viral. Image Source: ‘etnow’/ Instagram One of the best things that can happen to two people in love is getting to live together a long and content life. By the looks of it, it seems like this elderly Indonesian couple was...
Radioactive shrimp? US blocks major Indonesian supplier after cesium-137 alert
Interesting Engineering - New York
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August 20, 2025
In a consumer alert issued on August 19, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that certain frozen raw shrimp imported from an Indonesian-based company may have been exposed to a radioactive substance. The shrimp was processed by...
Africa and Japan: Co-creating a future through youth, innovation, and partnership
The Citizen
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As the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9) convenes in Yokohama, the world turns its attention once again to Africa a continent rich in diversity, resilience, and promise. This year’s conference arrives at a...
Rp335tn Allocated for Free Nutritious Meal Program in Indonesia's 2026 State Budget
Tempo.co
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August 20, 2025
The Free Nutritious Meals Program (MBG) received a budget of Rp335 trillion in the 2026 State Budget (APBN). This figure also makes the National Nutrition Agency (BGN), as the implementing agency for the Free Nutrition Meals Program, the largest...
HR Asia Best Companies to Work for in Asia is Redesigning Work to Keep People, Skills, and Generations Together in Vietnam
Korea Herald
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August 20, 2025
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam, Aug. 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Employers across Vietnam are navigating a talent market that hires fast and moves faster, where finding the right people, keeping them, and aligning five generations inside one workplace has...
Strengthened through time: KLP48 shares their first-year journey together and expectations for the KLP48 theatre
Malay Mail
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August 20, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR, August 20 — Malaysia-based idols group KLP48 have just celebrated their first year anniversary — and they are just beginning. KLP48 who is the tenth international sister group of the renowned Japanese idol’s AKB48, also boasts a...
Indonesian rapper Rich Brian to stage concert in Singapore in December
Channel News Asia
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August 20, 2025
Popular rapper Rich Brian will return to Singapore on Dec 3 to stage a concert at The Theatre at Mediacorp. The 25-year-old, who hails from Indonesia, will be in town as part of his Where Is My Head? tour, which is in support of his latest album...
Indonesia: Proposed merger of reinsurers without fresh capital infusion to stress domestic industry, says Fitch
Asia Insurance Review
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Fitch Ratings has said that the proposed merger of three Indonesian reinsurers could dilute the capital profile of the domestic reinsurance market in the absence of fresh capital inflows. Fitch believes that the merged entity will reduce domestic...
Indonesia’s aquafarm revamp sparks fears for fate of farmers and mangroves
Mongabay
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August 20, 2025
Indonesia plans to revitalize 78,000 hectares (193,000 acres) of state-owned aquaculture ponds, starting with 20,400 hectares (50,400 acres) in West Java province, aiming to boost yields, create 119,000 jobs and attract investors. Small-scale...
Crocodile sparks panic as it rampages through supermarket in Indonesia
Daily Mail
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August 20, 2025
By MAX ALDRED, NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 03:39 EDT, 20 August 2025 | Updated: 03:39 EDT, 20 August 2025 Terrified shoppers have cowered in fear after they were suddenly confronted by a three-metre-long crocodile pacing through the aisles...
‘Entertainment capital’: Mumbai man copies Indonesian viral boy’s ‘aura farming’ in flood-hit streets
Orissa Post
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August 20, 2025
Mumbai has always been called the entertainment capital of India. And now, a viral video from the rain-hit city is giving that title a whole new meaning. The clip shows a Mumbai man standing on a high-rise structure surrounded by knee-deep water...
Indonesia’s cattle import quota still clouded by uncertainty
Beef Central
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August 20, 2025
IT has been two months since the Indonesian Government announced the official removal of quotas on live cattle imports. Despite the significance of that announcement from one of Indonesia’s most senior ministers, uncertainty remains over what the...
Indonesian U-17 Prepares for FIFA World Cup with Bulgaria Training Camp
Tempo.co
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August 19, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The coach of the Indonesian U-17 national team, Nova Arianto, emphasized that his players should not be satisfied with their performance in the Independence Cup 2025. He confirmed that the promotion and relegation system for...
‘Parasite’ Producer Barunson E&A Partners With Indonesian Horror Master Joko Anwar
Variety
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August 20, 2025
Barunson E&A, the Korean studio behind Bong Joon Ho’s Oscar-winning “Parasite,” will handle worldwide sales for acclaimed Indonesian filmmaker Joko Anwar‘s production company Come and See Pictures under a new two-year exclusive agreement. The...