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Facing gridlock, Jakarta takes aim at cheap, green car drive

August 24, 2021 at 6:55 p.m.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president wants to revive a flagging economy by selling cheap, fuel-efficient cars to an emerging, aspirational middle-class. The governor of Jakarta, the capital, says this will...

Low cash, slowing sales: double whammy for Indonesia’s retailers

August 24, 2021 at 2:54 p.m.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - As Indonesia's economy boomed in recent years, its retailers had a simple formula: open more stores. And more. And more. Minnows became leviathans. That strategy is now...

Indonesia stocks, rupiah skid on economy concerns

August 24, 2021 at 2:19 p.m.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's rupiah slid to its lowest level in four years on Monday, shares fell the most in 22 months and government bonds slumped on concerns over a...

Indonesian anti-graft agency arrests head of energy regulator

August 24, 2021 at 2:08 p.m.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-graft agency on Wednesday arrested the head of the energy regulator to investigate allegations he received about $400,000 from a private oil firm, piling more uncertainty...

All safe as plane misses Bali runway, lands in sea

August 24, 2021 at 2:33 a.m.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - All 108 passengers and crew miraculously survived when a Lion Air Boeing 737 missed the runway on the balmy Indonesian resort island of Bali on April 13...

Film reopens old, long-buried wounds in Indonesia

August 23, 2021 at 11:59 p.m.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Bejo Untung was a 17-year-old Indonesian schoolboy when armed soldiers came to his village in 1965, forcing him on the run for years until he was caught,...

BlackBerry searching high and low in India, Indonesia

August 23, 2021 at 10:35 p.m.

NEW DELHI/JAKARTA (Reuters) - Research in Motion Ltd must chart a tough course in its two key emerging markets of India and Indonesia: quickly launch cheaper handsets to woo lower-end...

Cosmetics firms see beauty in Indonesian consumers

August 23, 2021 at 5:11 p.m.

JABABEKA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Vanya Sunanto never used any makeup until she was 25. But now, at 30, she uses 10 layers of cosmetics on her face every day. Sunanto...

Cosmetics firms see beauty in Indonesian consumers

May 13, 2019 at 9:26 p.m.

JABABEKA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Vanya Sunanto never used any makeup until she was 25. But now, at 30, she uses 10 layers of cosmetics on her face every day. Sunanto...

More Indonesian mums now turning to daycare

August 23, 2021 at 5:07 p.m.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - When Aryan Danudara was 6 months old and ended up in hospital because of poor care by the family maid, his parents decided to put him in...

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