As a part of its reform of crypto regulation, Indonesia will create a crypto exchange in 2023, according to reports. The platform is planned to be launched prior to a shift of regulatory power from commodities to securities authority. On Jan. 4, the head of the Commodity Futures Trading Regulatory Agency of Indonesia (Bappebti), Didid … Read more
Aceh, Indonesia CNN — Hatemon Nesa weeps as she clings to her 5-year-old daughter, Umme Salima, at a rescue shelter in Indonesia’s Aceh province. Their faces appear gaunt, their eyes sullen, after drifting for weeks at sea on a boat with little food or water. “My skin was rotting off and my bones were visible,” … Read more
FILE– Philippine Azkals’ midfielder Stephan Schrock during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup on January 16, 2019. (AFP PHOTO) MANILA, Philippines–Stephan Schrock is set to play his final international match on Tuesday when the Philippine Azkals wrapped up their Asean Football Federation (AFF) Mitsubishi Electric Cup campaign against Indonesia at Rizal Memorial Stadium. Schrock made the … Read more
Philippine Azkals in the final game in the Mitsubishi Electric Cup. –CONTRIBUTED PHOTO The Philippine Azkals couldn’t end their campaign in the Asean Football Federation (AFF) Mitsubishi Electric Cup on a high note after falling 2-1 to semifinal-bound Indonesia on Monday at Rizal Memorial Stadium. Stephan Schrock’s final appearance in an Azkals shirt ended in … Read more
“Anywhere else, aside from Jakarta?” This was the reply I would usually get whenever I said I was going to the Indonesian capital. “No, just Jakarta,” was my answer. And it took them a second to realize that they heard my response right. Jakarta feels strangely familiar. There is so much about it that reminds … Read more
Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto (2nd L) and his French counterpart Sebastien Lecornu (3rd L) inspect the honorary guard in Jakarta, on November 25, 2022. | Photo Credit: AFP France’s defence minister met his Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta on November 25, lauding the close ties between the two countries following an $8 billion fighter jet … Read more
More rescuers and volunteers were deployed on Wednesday in devastated areas on Indonesia’s main island of Java to search for the dead and missing from an earthquake that killed at least 271 people. With many missing, some remote areas still unreachable and more than 2,000 people injured in the 5.6 magnitude quake on Monday, the … Read more
Rescuers look for victims in the rubble of collapsed buildings during a rescue operation after earthquake hit in Cianjur, West Java province, Indonesia, on November 22, 2022. | Photo Credit: Reuters The death toll from an earthquake on Indonesia’s main island of Java jumped to 268 on Tuesday, as rescuers searched for survivors in the … Read more
Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo said on November 22 the government would hand out compensation to victims and their families after an earthquake struck the country’s most populous Province, killing 162. Jokowi, as the President is known, visited the epicentre of the quake, the town of Cianjur in West Java Province, and ordered rescue teams to … Read more
Jakarta, Indonesia CNN — Rescuers are digging through debris on Tuesday to find survivors of a powerful earthquake that toppled homes and buildings in a highly populated area of Indonesia’s West Java province, killing dozens of people. Monday’s quake killed 62 people, according to the country’s National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB), though earlier, West Java’s … Read more