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This year’s International Women’s Day recognizes the contribution of women and girls around the world who are leading efforts on climate adaptation and strengthening resilience to build a more sustainable future for all. Natural hazards and climate change tend to affect vulnerable groups disproportionately, particularly women and girls. Yet they are often underrepresented in decision‑making processes – women typically represent only a third of community representatives in village-level disaster risk reduction forums in Indonesia. In addition, persistent discriminatory norms, cultural values, and hierarchies may exacerbate inequalities for women and girls and heighten risks—such as gender-based violence (GBV)—in post‑disaster contexts. For…
Coal downstreaming in Indonesia is constrained by the lack of technology to execute the program, a senior government official says. Special Staff to the Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM), Irwandy Arif, stated that Indonesia does not master the technology for downstream programs as yet. “We do not have the technology as yet, we pay (for technology), which is too expensive,” Irwandy said in Jakarta on Thursday, March 14, 2024, as quoted by Kontan.co.id. He cited an example of domestic coal companies such as PT Kaltim Prima Coal and PT Bukit Asam (PTBA) that were going to coal downstreaming…
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The National Police’s Directorate of Narcotics Crime was determined to tighten surveillance on the trafficking of illegal drugs around Indonesia’s entry points during the holy month of Ramadan.Director of Narcotics Crimes Brigadier General Mukti Juharsa said that the increased surveillance was conducted in an effort to prevent the entry of illegal drugs into Indonesia, especially through the borders in Sumatra and Kalimantan. “At the entrance to Indonesia,” he said in an official statement on Tuesday, March 12Based on the evaluation of drug network disclosures so far that often show illegal drugs penetrating the country through Malaysia, the National…
JAKARTA, January 6, 2022 – Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ: WLTW), the leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, today announced the appointment of Kameswara (Kames) Natakusumah as Head of Indonesia and Head of Corporate Risk & Broking (CRB) in Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, Kames leads Willis Towers Watson (WTW) in Indonesia, delivering client-focused solutions that manage risk, optimise benefits and cultivate talent to strengthen and protect organisations across the vast archipelago. He will also work closely with business leaders across the company to bring all of WTW services and solutions to clients to support their businesses in Indonesia. Kames replaces…
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 later.Francis’ health has become a source of increasing concern and speculation, even though the pontiff is able to carry on with a rigorous schedule of meetings at the Vatican and even excursions to local parishes.Francis, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, had to cancel a planned visit to Dubai late last year after he came down with a bad case of bronchitis. He…
TAIPEI — As a falling birthrate threatens to shrink Taiwan’s pool of high-tech talent, the island has turned to Southeast Asian students as a source of workers for the semiconductor industry.On the outskirts of Hsinchu, a city nicknamed Taiwan’s Silicon Valley, students at the Minghsin University of Science and Technology train on the kind of equipment used in real-life semiconductor factories. Source link
Jakarta (ANTARA) – Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan discussed several maritime security issues with Malagasy Defense Minister Leon Jean Richard Rakotonirina on the sidelines of the Archipelagic and Island States (AIS) Forum.During the discussion held in Bali, on Monday (December 5, 2022), Madagascar said that Indonesia’s leadership was deemed important in maintaining security of the maritime area in the Asia-Pacific Region, especially in the Indian Ocean, according to a statement received on Tuesday.”Certainly, it is Indonesia’s commitment to continue to protect the Indian Ocean as a joint strategic area. Indonesia’s leadership in the AIS…
On September 28, 2018, Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province was struck by a series of cascading natural hazards. An afternoon of foreshocks culminated in a magnitude 7.5 earthquake that caused some of the most severe soil liquefaction observed globally. Residential neighborhoods were swallowed whole. Satellite imagery showing the Petobo residential area in Central Sulawesi before and after the disaster event, highlighting the significant liquefaction. Source: https://blog.maxar.com/for-a-better-world/2018/satellite-imagery-helps-indonesian-earthquake-victims The seismic event triggered multiple tsunami waves, reaching Palu City within six minutes of the earthquake. In some places, the water reached nearly six meters in height, destroying low-lying homes and coastal infrastructure. The disaster resulted…
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In recent years, Chinese investors and venture capital firms have invested billions of dollars in Indonesian start-ups and unicorns such as Tokopedia, Gojek, Bukalapak, and Traveloka. Data from Bisnis Indonesia Resource Center show that Alibaba has begun its investment in Indonesia through two e-commerce companies, namely Lazada and Tokopedia. On April 11, 2016, Alibaba Holding Ltd invested US$1 billion in Lazada, a Singapore-based e-commerce platform which operates in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. Alibaba injected another US$1 billion a year later, on June 29, 2017, to Lazada. Alibaba strengthened its grip on Tokopedia, Indonesia’s e-commerce market. The company invested US$1…