Six Anti-Mainstream Places in Indonesia for Year-End Holiday

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Kamis, 15 Desember 2022 – 19:10 WIB VIVA – The year-end holiday is coming soon. From now on, it’s a good idea to start looking for interesting tourist destinations to visit. Indonesia has a variety of amazing tourist attractions scattered throughout the region. Visiting anti-mainstream tourism destinations can make people feel a pleasant year-end holiday experience. But you need to be more prepared because … Read more

Panic, confusion over second-home visa sweeps expat community in Indonesia

JAKARTA, Dec 12 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Foreigners who have lived in Indonesia for years or decades are anxious about new visa rules that will kick in later this month, which require retirees to hold substantial funds in the country. The government has issued a circular telling holders of retirement stay permits to convert to the so-called … Read more

Indonesia’s Beauty Industry is Thriving

Jakarta. Tens of homegrown skincare and cosmetic products on Thursday bagged trophies at the 2022 Tokopedia Beauty Awards. The winners encompass every beauty enthusiast’s must-haves: starting from a face mask, moisturizers to eyeshadow. The awards ceremony had 25 subcategories, including best toner and best moisturizer, to name a few. Tokopedia crowned Somethinc as the fastest-growing brand. … Read more

Expert Says Most Earthquakes in the World Come from Indonesia

Kamis, 8 Desember 2022 – 12:50 WIB VIVA – Indonesia is one of the countries with extraordinary beauty in every region. Unfortunately, this red-and-white country also has many natural disaster risks, one being an earthquake. It was conveyed by the Head of the Disaster Risk Education Center (DRRC) of the University of Indonesia, Prof. Dra. Fatma Lestari, … Read more

2 Indonesian soldiers get 7 months’ jail for gay sex: ‘Actions against law’ | World News

Two Indonesian soldiers have been given a seven-month jail term for having gay sex, which is banned by the nation’s military as “inappropriate behaviour”. The soldiers, who joined the army last year and were based on the country’s main island of Java, were also booted from the army, according to a military court ruling dated … Read more

Indonesian parliament’s key committee approves 2023 budget

JAKARTA: Indonesia’s parliamentary budget committee and the government on Wednesday (Sep 14) agreed on 2023 spending of 3,061.2 trillion rupiah (US$205.31 billion), slightly higher than the proposed budget, the committee’s chair Said Abdullah said. The 2023 budget deficit target was agreed at 2.84 per cent of the gross domestic product, Said told Reuters, slightly lower than … Read more

‘Pushing the boundaries of innovation’: How 9 Indonesia start-ups become unicorns during the pandemic

JAKARTA: Life has never been the same for Vanessa Soetedja ever since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in March 2020. The 29-year-old marketing executive said most of her time is now spent at home as she is able to work from anywhere, coming to the office just once a week for a meeting with … Read more

Indonesian police general charged with premeditated murder of bodyguard

JAKARTA: The Indonesian National Police has charged two-star general Ferdy Sambo with premeditated murder, after his bodyguard died at the general’s house last month of multiple gunshot wounds. National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo and six other police generals held a press conference on Tuesday night (Aug 9) to update the public regarding the … Read more

Popular governor of Indonesian capital ‘prepared’ to run for president

SINGAPORE: The popular governor of Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on Thursday (Sep 15) said he is “prepared” to run for president of the world’s third-largest democracy in 2024, despite not yet securing the support of any political party. With his five-year term as governor coming to a close next month, Anies Baswedan, 53, has emerged in … Read more