Indonesias

Indonesia’s state-owned electric vehicle company is focusing on the more than 115 million motorcycles roaming the country’s roads as it presses ahead with efforts to reduce emissions. Indonesia's state-owned electric vehicle company is focusing on the more than 115 million motorcycles roaming the country's roads as it presses ahead with efforts to reduce emissions.To get started, Indonesia Battery Corporation plans to produce 50,000 battery packs for two-wheelers next year, President Director Toto Nugroho said in an…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In recent years, voters in the world's third-largest democracy, Indonesia, have preferred to support candidates with solid religious personas and a lifestyle and appearances adhering to Islamic values. This preference is in line with the increasing trend towards Islamic piety in the Muslim majority country.…

Fast News Indonesia is considering joining India and China in buying Russian oil despite threat of US sanctions, the Financial Times reports after an interview with President Joko Widodo. Earlier this month Indonesia subsidised fuel prices by 30 percent as the countries President said the…

US payments firm PayPal has registered as an electronic systems operator in Indonesia and its customers can now access its services, the company said. PayPal was one of several websites that Indonesia blocked at the weekend because of their failure to comply with new licensing rules. Companies were given a July deadline to register under new rules that would allow authorities to compel platforms to disclose data of certain users and take down content deemed unlawful or that "disturbs public order" within four hours if…

Alphabet Inc's Google was among the last remaining tech platforms yet to comply with Indonesia's new licensing rules, hours from a deadline to sign up and avoid having its services blocked in the country. Registration is required under rules released in late 2020 that would give authorities broad powers to compel platforms to disclose data of certain users and take down content deemed unlawful or that "disturbs public order" within four hours if urgent, and 24 hours if not. With a young, tech-savvy population of 270…

Neither Alphabet Inc's Google nor Twitter had signed up to Indonesia's new licencing rules as of midday Wednesday, ministry records showed, as a deadline loomed that could see their services temporarily blocked in the country. The registration is required under rules released in late 2020 that give authorities broad powers to compel platforms to disclose data of certain users and take down content deemed unlawful or that "disturbs public order" within four hours if urgent, and 24 hours if not.The communications ministry…

Neither Alphabet Inc's Google nor Twitter Inc had signed up to Indonesia's new licensing rules as of midday, ministry records showed, as a deadline loomed that could see their services temporarily blocked in the country. The registration is required under rules released in late 2020 that give authorities broad powers to compel platforms to disclose data of certain users and take down content deemed unlawful or that "disturbs public order" within four hours if urgent, and 24 hours if not. The communications ministry has…

Meta's Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have signed up to Indonesia's new licensing rules for tech firms, government records showed on Tuesday, a day ahead of a deadline to comply or risk being blocked. The registration is required under rules released in late 2020 that would give authorities broad powers to compel platforms to disclose data of certain users and take down content deemed unlawful, or that "disturbs public order" within four hours if urgent, and 24 hours if not. Communication ministry records on foreign…

Complicated supply chains mean that consumers in Tier 1 and Tier 2 Indonesian cities often end up paying more for goods than their peers in large cities, like Jakarta. KitaBeli is on a mission to change that, with its own distribution network and a direct-to-consumer social commerce app. Today the startup announced that it has raised $20 million in fresh funding led by Glade Brook Capital Partners, along with participation from returning investors AC Ventures and GoVentures, and new backer InnoVen Capital. TechCrunch…

In Indonesia, many logistics providers still use old-fashioned systems to track their operations and fleets, including pen-and-paper ledgers. McEasy wants to change that. The startup, which develops software-as-a-service solutions for the logistics and supply chain industry, has raised $6.5 million in Series A funding led by East Ventures. The startup was founded in 2017 by Raymond Sutjiono and Hendrik Ekowaluyo, and now serves more than 200 clients, including Cleo Pure Water, KMDI Logistics, MGM Bosco Logistics,…