Indonesia’s Fast-Growing Beauty Sector – WWD

Indonesia’s Fast-Growing Beauty Sector – WWD

With the clock ticking toward the deadline for all beauty products that sell in Indonesia to be completely halal certified by October 2026 —still in a grace period of more than seven years after the law came into effect in 2019 — both global and local beauty brands are looking at ways to comply with … Read more

Indonesian halal-focused social commerce startup Evermos lands $30M Series B • TechCrunch

Evermos’ founding team (l to r): Arip Tirta, Ghufron Mustaqim, Iqbal Muslimin and Ilham Taufiq. Image Credits: Evermos Evermos is an Indonesian social commerce startup with two goals: to let people earn extra income by opening online stores without spending capital and to help small brands grow into household names. The company, which focuses on … Read more

Indonesia eases travel restrictions, lifts pre-departure Covid testing rules

If you plan to travel to Indonesia soon, be aware of the latest travel requirements. Indonesia has announced that the country is further easing travel restrictions and mask mandates starting 18 May. In a statement streamed on the presidential palace’s YouTube channel on 17 May, President Widodo also said that vaccinated travellers arriving in Indonesia … Read more

Beauty of Indonesian batik unites countries on National Batik Day exhibition – Art & Culture

Radhiyya Indra (The Jakarta Post) Jakarta   ●   Tue, October 12, 2021 2021-10-12 20:08 361 71949b105dab7949db8f33c5d3121981 1 Art & Culture batik,Batik-Betawi,Batik-Day,exhibition,Indonesian-tradition Free A number of ambassadors’ wives from various countries indulged in the beauty of Indonesian batik clothes at the Healing Tree Batik Fever Exhibition, held by the Indonesian Batik Foundation on National Batik … Read more

Six weeks after reopening, Bali wonders where the tourists are | Coronavirus pandemic News

Pererenan, Bali – Before the pandemic, Dicky, who like many Indonesians goes by only one name, earned up to $20 a day hawking shell craft jewellery to tourists on the crowded beaches of Bali’s southwest coast. But nearly two months after Indonesia reopened its doors to visitors from China and 18 other countries, the international … Read more

Big Changes in Little Indonesia

From left: Aaron Djohan and Irene Ireeuw. Photo by Allegra Boverman Outsiders may see the Granite State as rather homogeneous, a place where the concept of diversity is more theoretical than real. Until they look a little closer. From the French Canadian and Scandinavian enclaves in Berlin, to the Irish, French Canadian and Greek neighborhoods … Read more

Indonesia still hopes pope will visit soon

Religious affairs minister says he wants Pope Francis to see ‘the beauty of diversity’ in Indonesia Indonesia’s Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Cholil Qoumas is welcomed by Archbishop Yohanes Harun Yuwono, chairman of the Indonesian bishops’ Commission on Interreligious Relations and Beliefs, at its national conference in Bali on March 7. (Photo: Indonesian bishops’ website) Published: March 09, 2022 … Read more