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Representatives from PT Len and Thales have signed an agreement on 30 May 2024, to launch a joint venture that will take Indonesia’s defence capabilities to the next level by reinforcing joint local industrial activities in manufacturing, engineering and services. The multi-national defence group Thales and Indonesian defence supplier PT Len have established a joint venture that will advance the archipelago’s defence capabilities. The agreement is designed to strengthen local industrial activities in manufacturing, engineering and other services to reinforce the country’s ‘Made-in-Indonesia’ strategy, thereby enhancing sovereign defence capabilities. A Centre of Excellence will be established, the first of its…

Google has revealed that it took down 1,320 YouTube channels and 1,177 Blogger blogs as part of a coordinated influence operation connected to the People’s Republic of China (PRC). “The coordinated inauthentic network uploaded content in Chinese and English about China and U.S. foreign affairs,” Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researcher Billy Leonard said in the company’s quarterly bulletin released last week. The tech giant said it also terminated Ads, AdSense, and Blogger accounts linked to two coordinated influence operations with ties to Indonesia that shared content supportive of the ruling party in the country. Another big cluster dismantled by…

JAKARTA — The practice of Indonesians paying compatriots to buy products for them when traveling abroad has become a lucrative business opportunity, boosted by the popularity of overseas goods promoted on social media.But officials in the Southeast Asian nation of over 270 million people are seeking to tighten surveillance at ports of entry and further enforce regulations to minimize imports by individuals amid concerns that some fail to report the income or obtain the permits needed for items like foods and medicines. Source link

The government of Indonesia has launched a new disaster risk pooling facility that will initially have more than US $500 million of capacity available to help pay for the economic costs of natural catastrophes and severe weather events, but with a future goal of transferring some or all of the risk to private insurance or capital market sources.Indonesia’s move to create a disaster risk pool comes after a number of year’s of work with the World Bank and other organisations to better understand its exposure to disaster risks and the costs it suffers from them. It’s estimated that Indonesia suffers…

JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 8, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Carrier Transicold, together with Indonesia distributor PT. Midthern Technologies, joined Cold Chain Expo recently. Carrier Transicold is part of the Carrier Global Corporation (NYSE: CARR), the leading global provider of healthy, safe, sustainable and intelligent building and cold chain solutions.PT. Midthern Technologies is authorized as one of the Carrier Transicold distributors in Indonesia since 2023 and is part of one of the leading cold chain equipment manufacturers and service providers in Indonesia. More than tens of thousands visitors and exhibitors, including the Indonesian Cold Chain Association, the Indonesian Logistics Association, the Fisheries Association, and…

Medan, Indonesia – On the morning of May 21, 1998, Indonesia’s then-leader Soeharto stood in the Presidential Palace and addressed the nation. For weeks, protesters had filled the streets amid soaring prices of fuel, cooking oil and rice as a result of the Asian Financial Crisis. The unrest had spread to cities across the country. Shops and businesses of the country’s ethnic Chinese were attacked and there were violent clashes between protesters – mainly students – and security forces. On May 12, four students had been shot dead during a demonstration at Trisakti University in Jakarta. In all, more than…

Support trulyindependent journalismFind out moreCloseOur mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. Pope Francis will visit Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea and Singapore in September, the Vatican announced Friday, confirming the longest trip of Francis’ papacy that is sure to test his health, stamina and mobility.The Vatican confirmed the Sept. 2-13 visit, saying the 87-year-old pope would visit Jakarta, Indonesia; Port Moresby and Vanimo, Papua New Guinea; Dili, East Timor; and Singapore. Further details will be announced…

Semarang, Central Java (4/09/21) – Diponegoro University (Undip) in collaboration with the Financial Services Authority (Otoritas Jasa Keuangan / OJK) organizes a new master study program concentrating on risk management. “It is pride for Undip because the concentration of Risk Management for Master of Management program is the only one in Indonesia,” said Undip Rector, Prof. Dr. Yos Johan Utama, S.H., M.Hum., at the signing of Memorandum of Understanding and Inauguration of Concentration of Cooperation Risk Management in Undip and Financial Services Authority, on Friday ( 03/09). On the same occasion, Undip Rector, who is often called Prof. Yos, expressed…

NINIEK KARMINI, Associated Press 2 weeks ago FILE – Officers check the passports of passengers leaving for Singapore at the immigration checkpoint of the Bandar Bentan Telani ferry terminal on Bintan Island, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Indonesian authorities said Monday that the country’s national data center was compromised by a cyber attack, disrupting public services including the immigration check points and asked for an $8 million ransom. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File) JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s national data center has been compromised by a hacking group asking for a $8 million ransom that the government says it won’t pay.…

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesia needs a law on national cyber security to support the National Cyber and Crypto Agency’s mandate and anticipate cybercrime and data misuse, chairperson of the People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Bambang Soesatyo, has said.He made the remark in a written statement received here on Wednesday.In the course of its work, the National Cyber and Crypto Agency is only supported by Law 1/2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE), as amended by Law 19/2016, PP 71/2019 about the Implementation of Electronic Systems and Transactions, and Presidential Decree 28/2021 about National Cyber and Crypto Agency.Soesatyo opined that the initiation…