Myanmar’s military says it will hold elections after one-year of emergency; Chinese and American airplane incursions near Taiwan; Indonesian lawmaker calls for security beef up as tensions escalate in ... ( read original story ...)
Missing Rohingya women said to have been trafficked from Indonesia to Malaysia
Scores of Rohingya women missing from a refugee camp in Indonesia have been trafficked into Malaysia to reunite with their husbands, several sources told Agence France-Presse.. Read more at ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia Shares May Bounce Higher Again On Wednesday
The Indonesia stock market headed south again on Tuesday, one session after ending the seven-day losing streak in which it had plummeted almost 580 points or 9.2 percent. The Jakarta Composite Index ... ( read original story ...)
POLL-Indonesia to post first annual GDP contraction in over two decades
Open/url=cpurl://apps.cp./Apps/econ-polls?RIC=IDGDP%3DECI poll data JAKARTA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Indonesia is expected to post its first annual contraction in gross domestic product (GDP) since 1998 ... ( read original story ...)
Indonesia Detains British Woman On Terror Suspect List
Indonesia has detained a British woman named on a list of global terror suspects and plans to deport her for visa violations, authorities told AFP Tuesday. Tazneen Miriam Sailar -- a Manchester-born ... ( read original story ...)
BukuWarung, a startup digitizing Indonesia’s SMEs, raises new funding from Rocketship.vc
BukuWarung, an Indonesian startup focused on digitizing the country’s 60 million small businesses, announced today it has raised new funding from Rocketship.vc and an Indonesian retail conglomerate. ( read original story ...)
India’s Future to challenge court order blocking its retail deal in dispute with Amazon: source
India's Future Group will challenge a New Delhi court order that has blocked its $3.4 billion retail assets sale on objections of business partner Amazon.com Inc, a source told Reuters on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)
India farmer protests: ‘War-like fortification’ to protect Delhi
Things turned violent last week when protesters and police clashed after thousands of farmers entered Delhi as part of a massive tractor rally. Dozens of officers were injured and one protester died. ( read original story ...)
Asian shares mostly higher, China markets fall back
Asian shares have logged further gains as investors bet on eventual approval of a relatively big version of President Joe Biden’s pandemic relief bill ... ( read original story ...)
Biden administration indicates in no hurry to engage China
The Biden administration indicated on Tuesday it is in no hurry to engage with China, a strategic rival it has vowed to out-compete, and said it and would do so once it was in "lockstep" with allies ... ( read original story ...)