Resty Yuniar
Asia Reporter at South China Morning Post
Independent reporter. byline mostly @SCMPNews. Ex correspondent @BBCWorld @WSJ. 📍France (via Jakarta, Bali) #vegan, pro climate 🌱[email protected]
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Resty Yuniar
Indonesia’s latest US$1.5 billion stimulus package may fall short of reviving sluggish household spending or propelling the government’s ambitious eight per cent growth target, analysts have warned. Southeast Asia’s biggest economy posted only a 4.87 per cent year-on-year growth in the first quarter this year. The momentum of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr, which fell within the period, could not lift public spending, an anomaly that has sparked concerns among officials.
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1 week ago |
scmp.com | Resty Yuniar
The potential legalisation of gambling in Indonesia has resurfaced as a means for higher state revenue, but opponents argue the activity risks fraying the cultural fabric of the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation. Lawmaker Galih Kartasasmita floated the idea during a meeting with the finance ministry on May 8, where he said Indonesia should follow the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates, which legalised gambling last year.
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2 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Resty Yuniar
Bilateral ties between Jakarta and Beijing are expected to improve following China’s decision to include Indonesia in a list of countries eligible for a 240-hour visa-free transit policy, although any impact on tourism is expected to be minimal. Under the scheme, which began on Thursday, Indonesian travellers with ordinary passports can enter China and stay for 10 days provided they have air tickets to a third country after leaving China.
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2 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Resty Yuniar
Indonesia’s green groups and Papuan residents have welcomed President Prabowo Subianto’s decision to revoke almost all nickel-mining permits in the country’s biodiversity gem of the Raja Ampat Islands, but urged authorities to protect other small and outlying areas from damage brought by such activities.
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3 weeks ago |
scmp.com | Resty Yuniar
An Indonesian community in North Sumatra is calling on Beijing to withdraw financial backing for a China-linked zinc and lead mine in the earthquake-prone region after the project lost its environmental permit. On May 23, Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry formally revoked the approval it had granted in 2022 to Dairi Prima Mineral (DPM), an Indonesian joint venture seeking to build an underground mine in the Dairi regency.
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Indonesia’s green groups welcome move to axe mining permits in marine paradise Raja Ampat, but urged protection for other small islands from damage brought by mining. Mining permits have been doled out in 35 small islands, on which mining is forbidden. https://t.co/QI3DQX7Jnb
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