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Exclusive-Senior Indonesian officials targeted by spyware last year – sources

More than a dozen senior Indonesian government and military officials were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm, according to nine people with knowledge of the matter.

Reuters

Couple ditch their jobs to travel the world together after meeting on Tinder

Jenna Carr and Joao Paias had travelled across Portugal and the UK, as well as France and Switzerland before jetting over to Asia and visiting the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia and Bali together before the birth of their son

Daily Mirror

Indonesia seeks to reduce dollar reliance

Indonesia’s central bank is seeking to reduce the country’s reliance on the US dollar, with plans to allow domestic transactions of non-deliverable forward contracts (NDFs) in other currencies and to strike more agreements on local-currency settlement.

Bangkok Post

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Energica To Provide EsseEsse9+ Motorcycles For 2022 G20 Summit

Energica and UTOMOCORP strike a deal to provide the Indonesian National Police (Poiri) with 88 EsseEsse9+ units for the 2022 G20 Summit on November 15-16, 2022.

RideApart

Corruption allegations engulfing Indonesian provincial governor Lukas Enembe spread to Perth casino

Indonesia has for weeks been transfixed by a corruption scandal involving a provincial governor, accused of spending tens of millions of dollars in foreign casinos. But now the scandal has spread to Australia.

ABC News

Indonesia approves first home-grown Covid vaccine for emergency use

JAKARTA: Indonesia has approved its first domestically-produced Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use for people over 18, the chief of the country's food and drugs agency (BPOM) was quoted by news media as saying on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Indonesia tempe production supported by smart agriculture

A government-research-industry collaboration in Indonesia is boosting production of a national favourite.

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Ship captains held by Indonesian navy decry bribes and betrayal

Plagued by mosquitoes at night and marauding monkeys by day, ship captain Glenn Madoginog was held for months at an Indonesian naval base before ending up in a cramped prison cell, sleeping alongside convicted murderers and child rapists.

Reuters

Is Kawasaki Indonesia Preparing To Unveil The ZX-4R?

Kawasaki Indonesia releases a cryptic teaser for a new Ninja ZX supersport before officially unveiling the model on October 1, 2022.

RideApart

Turkey says Malaysia, Indonesia interested in buying armed drones

Turkey said on Monday that Malaysia and Indonesia had expressed keen interest in buying armed drones from Turkish defence firm Baykar, which has supplied the weapons to several countries after battlefield successes.

Reuters

‘Our fate is unclear’: Indonesian man who paid £1,000 deposit for UK farm job

Intan says he paid more than a month’s wages from his old job to guarantee his place, but remains unemployed

The Guardian - UK

Indonesians wait for UK farm jobs after paying deposits of up to £2,500

Exclusive: Workers say they have been charged to guarantee a job – which may be illegal – and have not yet had an interview

The Guardian - UK

Foot-and-mouth disease may still be quietly spreading through Bali's cattle even though no cases have been recorded in months

Balinese officials have not recorded a single case of the highly infectious foot-and-mouth disease since August 1. But on a recent trip to several parts of the island, the ABC found cattle with clear signs of FMD.

ABC News

6.2 Sumatra quake felt in southern Thailand

People living in tall buildings in three southern provinces — Songkhla, Phangna and Phuket — felt tremors from an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale centred off the northwestern tip of Sumatra in Indonesia early Saturday.

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The Conversation

Indonesia's stance on China-Taiwan conflict more about dependency on Beijing than being neutral

Indonesia’s attitude toward rising tensions between China and Taiwan suggests Southeast Asia’s largest economy is still dependent on China, fearing the loss of its closest and biggest trading partner.

Reuters

Indonesia anti-graft body arrests Supreme Court judge over bribery scandal

Indonesia's anti-corruption body on Friday arrested a Supreme Court judge for his alleged involvement in a bribery scandal, one of the most high-profile magistrates to face investigation for graft.

360info

The world is making the Mekong its dump

Mounting marine pollution is choking the world’s oceans and rivers, especially in Southeast Asia — and it’ll only get worse unless something changes.

Manchester Evening News

'Con Queen of Hollywood' fraudster arrested by FBI in Manchester hotel posing as 'writer for Netflix', court told

Magistrates heard Hargobind Tahilramani impersonated Hollywood figures to dupe 300 victims out of 1 million US dollars

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Bangkok Post

SCB X allocates $50m for Indonesia's BJJ

SCB X, a holding company of Siam Commercial Bank and SCB X Group, has invested US$50 million via an indirect investment in Indonesia-based Bank Jasa Jakarta (BJJ) through WeLab Sky as part of SCB X's strategy to become a regional financial technology group.

The News Lens

Myanmar: What Can Indonesia Do as ASEAN Chair To Help End Overshadowed Conflict?

Indonesia, whose authoritarian leader stepped down from power in 1998, offers Myanmar an example of military reform.

Asharq Al-Awsat

King Salman Receives Credentials of Ambassadors of Several Countries

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received in Jeddah on Tuesday the credentials of a number of ambassadors of brotherly and friendly countries appointed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, reported the Saudi Press Agency. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of…

Bangkok Post

Where is the best place to live for expats in 2022?

When evaluating the best and worst places for expatriates to live and work overseas, InterNations goes straight to the source.

Reuters

Indonesia parliament passes long-awaited data protection bill

Indonesia's parliament passed into law on Tuesday a personal data protection bill that includes corporate fines and up to six years imprisonment for those found to have mishandled data in the world's fourth most populous country.

The Hindu

KSRTC CMD to leave for Indonesia

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The Times of India

VFS Global rolls out Indonesian fast-track visa on arrival for Indians

MUMBAI: VFS Global on Monday announced its exclusive agreement with TLP, the Immigration Department for Republic of Indonesia and Bank Mandiri, to provide online pre-payment of fees, fast-track access and concierge services to international passengers upon arrival in Jakarta.

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