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Amy Sood

Hong Kong

Asia Reporter at South China Morning Post

Asia Reporter @SCMPNews covering Indonesia, India, SEA affairs | words @afpfactcheck @cnni @NBCnews, fellow @fcchk 2021-22 | usual disclaimers

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  • 1 week ago | scmp.com | Amy Sood

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  • 2 weeks ago | scmp.com | Amy Sood

    Across Indonesia’s vast archipelago, millions of women running small businesses in rural areas remain locked out of traditional banking – a gap increasingly filled by fintech firms offering microloans as economic pressures mount. One of the most prominent players in this space is Amartha, a Jakarta-based lending platform that connects borrowers in remote communities with financial institutions.

  • 3 weeks ago | scmp.com | Amy Sood

    Indonesia is reviving plans to extend its Chinese-backed high-speed rail network, with ambitions to connect Jakarta with Surabaya, the nation’s second-largest city. But analysts say familiar complications could stall the project, from regulatory hurdles to the mounting debt owed to China. The proposed extension would build on Whoosh – Southeast Asia’s first high speed rail line – a US$7.3 billion project connecting capital Jakarta to Bandung in West Java province.

  • 3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Amy Sood

    9 hours agoValerie Mahaffey, who reached a career zenith in 1992 with an Emmy win for Best Supporting actress in a Drama Series for Northern Exposure, died on May 30 after losing her battle with cancer. She was 71. Born June 16, 1953 in Sumatra, Indonesia, Valerie Mahaffey racked up 90 credits as a character …

  • 1 month ago | scmp.com | Amy Sood

    Members of the Asean bloc have laid out an ambitious plan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy by 2045, but analysts warn the region must first overcome deep-rooted trade barriers, domestic implementation woes and a shifting global trade order. Released on Tuesday during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit in Kuala Lumpur, the five-year strategy to achieve the economic goal aims to boost regional integration and better address complex issues.

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