Qurrata Ayuni owns what she claims is the only woman-run cafe in the capital of Indonesia’s most conservative province. The 28-year-old opened Morning Mama in 2023 to create a space that caters to women in Banda Aceh, known as the city of 1,001 coffee shops. She and her baristas provide an alternative to rowdy, smoke-filled … Read more
By BRETT LACKEY FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA Published: 04:09 GMT, 16 November 2024 | Updated: 05:35 GMT, 16 November 2024 Australians have been warned of Indonesia’s strict religious blasphemy laws after an influencer was arrested for saying on a TikTok video that Jesus should cut his hair. Ratu Thalisa, who also goes by Ratu Entok, … Read more
DIPLOMACY NOT A “ONE-MAN SHOW” While Mr Prabowo’s trips have raised Indonesia’s profile as well as his own on the global stage – his ongoing two-week tour will include the G20 Summit in Brazil and other stops – it is still unclear what Indonesia will manage to gain in the longer term, analysts said. The … Read more
JAKARTA: A top-ranking local university in Indonesia has announced the postponing of the conferment of a doctoral degree to a minister less than a month after confirming that he had fulfilled all administrative and academic requirements to graduate. The University of Indonesia (UI) also issued a public apology and said that it would temporarily halt … Read more
WASHINGTON: Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto met with US President Joe Biden at the White House on Tuesday (Nov 12) and offered his congratulations to president-elect Donald Trump by phone during an official visit to Washington. “I will work very hard to strengthen Indonesian-United States relationship, and I would like to work towards this end that … Read more
JAKARTA: Consumer brands including Nestle and Procter & Gamble said they conducted investigations after an environmental group said palm oil sourced from an illegally cleared wildlife reserve in Indonesia may have found its way into their supply chains. Rainforests within the legally protected wildlife reserve had been cleared to make way for palm oil plantations … Read more
By Ko Dong-hwan The world needs more new varieties of coffee beans so that bean farmers and producers can make more profit and the market does not get monopolised by a few coffee-producing countries or roasters that offer limited choices, according to the head of World Coffee Research (WCR). Jennifer “Vern” Long, chief executive of … Read more
JAKARTA: Indonesia’s new president headed to China for a state visit on Friday (Nov 8), starting a five-nation tour that could include a meeting with US president-elect Donald Trump as he seeks to balance relations with major powers on his first foreign trip. Prabowo Subianto, a 73-year-old ex-general inaugurated last month, has pledged to position Jakarta … Read more
SOLVE LOCAL BUSINESSES’ UNDERLYING PROBLEMS, EXPERTS SAY In recent years, Indonesia has seen a sharp decline in its middle-class population from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, which left many businesses and factories shuttered. Mr Prabowo has promised to create 19 million jobs and the best way to do that, analysts say, is to attract … Read more
Authorities on Monday raised the volcano’s alert level to the highest of a four-tiered system, telling locals and tourists not to carry out activities within a 7km radius of the crater. Roofs of houses collapsed after they were hit by volcanic rocks, and locals were forced to shelter in communal buildings after the eruptions. Residents … Read more
