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Australian fintech SkyCredit Group eyes Indonesian EV industry

The Indonesian government has a target of having 2 million electric vehicles (EVs) operate across Indonesia by 2025. To achieve the lofty goal, the government needs to forge partnerships with various stakeholders in different sectors.

2 years ago
Markets

Singaporean start-ups, industries explore development opportunities in Nongsa Digital Park

In 2017, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo outlined his vision for Batam to serve as a “digital bridge” connecting Singapore to the digital economy of Indonesian cities.  ...

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

Rio Tinto 'sorry' for losing radioactive capsule in Western Australia

The solid, silver-coloured cylinder is smaller than a human fingernail -- just 8mm by 6mm -- but the authorities say it contains enough Caesium-137 to cause acute radiation sickness. ...

2 years ago

The Latest

Environment

One third of Amazon 'degraded' by human activity, drought: study

For the study, they examined the impact of fire, logging, drought and changes to habitat along the forest borders -- what they called edge effects.  

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Odds 'very high' of US military conflict with China, top Republican says

In a memo dated Feb. 1 but released on Friday, General Mike Minihan, who heads the Air Mobility Command, wrote to the leadership of its roughly 110,000 members, saying, "My gut tells me we will fight in 2025."

2 years ago
Markets

Asia shares turn cagey as rate hikes, earnings loom

Asian shares turned cagey on Monday ahead of a week that is certain to see interest rates rise in Europe and the United States, along with US jobs and wage data that may influence how much further they still have to go.

2 years ago
Sports

Home favourite Jonatan Christie wins Indonesia Masters titles

Christie calmly dispatched unseeded compatriot Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-15, 21-13 in the 44-minute final in front of a roaring hometown crowd. 

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

France, Australia to hasten comeback from submarines row in Paris

A bitter row erupted in September 2021 when Australia's previous prime minister Scott Morrison abruptly tore up a contract for France to build a dozen diesel-powered submarines and announced a deal to buy US or British nuclear-powered subs.

2 years ago
Companies premium

Executive Column: Sea6 Energy to substitute fossil fuel with greener seaweed biofuel

Ocean farming startup Sea6 Energy says seaweed can replace costly imported crude oil with enough research, production scale and investment. 

2 years ago
Entertainment premium

Balada Si Roy: Teen angst and the problematic 1980s

The cast and the director of the Indonesian teen-drama Balada Si Roy had a sit-down with The Jakarta Post to discuss the film's intricacy and the importance of telling a story about an antihero.

2 years ago
Markets premium

CPO exports to drop further as more palm oil goes to biodiesel: GAPKI

The Indonesian Palm Oil Association (GAPKI) expects Indonesian crude palm oil (CPO) exports to decline further in 2023 due to the 35-percent biodiesel blending mandate.

2 years ago
Opinion

Analysis: Ridwan Kamil joins Golkar. Who benefits?

The Golkar Party is looking to receive a boost of power ahead of the 2024 elections with the arrival of West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil as a new member.

2 years ago
Politics premium

NasDem, opposition parties seek unity on shaky ground

Supporters of the Coalition for Change, a political alliance between the NasDem Party and the only two opposition parties in the legislative body, the Democratic Party and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), are seeking to solidify their political partnership amid speculations the prospective coalition is now dead on arrival. 

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific premium

Jokowi kicks off Indonesia’s ASEAN chairmanship with parade

In a possible nod to his humble beginnings, the President and several ministers cycled to the iconic Sarinah building before joining a street parade to the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle, where he delivered a speech on Indonesia’s focus as the 2023 ASEAN chair.

2 years ago
Entertainment

Academy launches probe after indie film's surprise Oscars nod

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said Friday it was launching a review of Oscars campaigning after a small indie film surprised industry-watchers with a shock nomination to the award.

2 years ago
Community

Myanmar pilgrims return to Buddha's golden footprints

Devotees are returning to a central Myanmar temple, built around the gold-lined footprints of Buddha, after the Covid pandemic and a military coup curbed the annual pilgrimage.

2 years ago
Europe

Prime Minister Sunak fires party chairman Zahawi over tax affairs

Sunak had ordered independent adviser to investigate questions over the tax affairs of Zahawi, who was briefly finance minister during a period of political turmoil in Britain last year.

2 years ago
Entertainment

Tom Verlaine, seminal punk guitarist and singer, dead at 73

The New York Times confirmed the death of the influential musician on Saturday, quoting Jesse Paris Smith, the daughter of Verlaine’s fellow musician Patti Smith. She did not specify a cause, saying that he died “after a brief illness”.

2 years ago
Culture premium

Brazil open door to breaking foreign coach taboo

More than two decades since their last World Cup triumph and without a local consensus pick, Brazil are considering breaking an unwritten taboo: hiring a foreign coach.

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

'Ideology of hate' consuming India, says Gandhi's great-grandson

Gandhi was shot dead at a multi-faith prayer meeting on January 30, 1948, by Nathuram Godse, a religious zealot angered by his victim's conciliatory gestures to the country's minority Muslim community.

2 years ago
People

Iranian who interviewed Amini's father says sentenced without hearing

An Iranian journalist who was arrested after interviewing the father of Mahsa Amini, whose death in custody sparked protests, said she had been sentenced without a court hearing.

2 years ago
Entertainment premium

N.Ireland journeys from building ships to screen hits

For much of the last century Belfast's dockyards dominated global shipbuilding, but now the harbour that built Titanic is the launchpad for some of the world's biggest TV and film releases.

2 years ago
Sports premium

Ronaldo's Saudi switch another symbol of Chinese decline

The Portuguese striker's Saudi Arabia switch following the cancellation of his Manchester United contract has highlighted a shift within Asian football that started before the COVID-19 pandemic and which continues to have a significant impact.

2 years ago
Markets

Cooling US inflation lifts hope for smaller Fed rate hike

Slowing inflation and a cooling property sector are fueling expectations that the US central bank can adopt a smaller interest rate hike this week, as policymakers assess current efforts to rein in prices.

2 years ago
Economy premium

Indian sugar mills to close early as rain hits cane supply

The western state of Maharashtra, which accounts for more than a third of the country's sugar output, could produce 12.8 million tonnes of sugar in the 2022/23 marketing year that began on Oct. 1, down from an earlier forecast of 13.8 million tonnes, Maharashtra's sugar commissioner Shekhar Gaikwad said.

2 years ago
Culture

'Where's the money gone?' Jamaicans ask after Bolt fraud case

The investigation into a multi-million dollar fraud at the Kingston-based investment firm Stocks and Securities Limited (SSL), which has reportedly seen Bolt's $12 million account left almost empty, is dominating discussion in the Caribbean nation.

2 years ago
Entertainment

The Strokes, Diplo rock Asia's first Lollapalooza festival

Lollapalooza's arrival in Mumbai is the first time the festival has been staged in Asia after branching out from its American origins in the past decade.

2 years ago
Sports

Indonesia Masters final to showcase rivalry of home aces

World number three Christie defeated China's Shi Yuqi 21-13, 15-21, 21-19 in his semi-final on Saturday in Jakarta.

2 years ago
Europe

Pope says those criminalising homosexuality are 'wrong'

In an interview published on Wednesday, the pope had said being homosexual was "not a crime ... but it’s a sin".

2 years ago
Asia & Pacific

North Korea denies arms dealing with Russia

Washington earlier this month designated the Wagner group as a "transnational criminal organization," citing its weapons dealings with Pyongyang in violation of UN Security Council resolutions.

2 years ago
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