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Saturday, 18 January, 2025

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Indonesia to set social media age limit, following Australia’s example

Indonesia plans to introduce a regulation establishing a minimum age for social media users, a step intended to safeguard children, according to the countrys communications minister, reports Reuters. This plan comes after Australia decided to ban children under 16 from using social media,...

Indonesia welcomes its entry into BRICS bloc

Indonesia welcomed Brazils announcement on Tuesday that it had become a full member of BRICS, a bloc of developing economies increasingly seen as a counterweight to the West. The Brazilian foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that Southeast Asias most populous country shares with the...

Indonesia’s Apple and Google bans frustrate country’s tech fans

The Indonesian government banned sales of the iPhone 16 and the Google Pixel in late October, citing the tech giants failure to comply with the countrys Tingkat Komponen Dalam Negeri or TKDN policy, which requires phones to source at least 40 percent of their parts locally. Winston is a...

Prayers, tears mark 20 years of deadliest tsunami that killed 230,000 people

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesias Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of modern historys worst natural disasters, reports UNB. Many wept as they placed flowers at a mass grave in Ulee Lheue village,...

5.8-magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia’s central Sulawesi

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesias Central Sulawesi province early Saturday, causing tremors felt in nearby regions but posing no tsunami risk, according to the countrys Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). The quake occurred at 12:14 a.m. Jakarta time (1714 GMT...

5 dead, 7 missing in Indonesia floods, landslides

Flash floods and landslides struck Indonesias main Java island earlier this week, killing at least five people, the national disaster agency said Friday, as rescuers race to find seven others still missing. Intense rains triggered flash floods and landslides in the Sukabumi district in West Java...

Indonesia rejects Apple’s $100m investment proposal

Indonesia has rejected Apples $100 million investment proposal aimed at lifting a ban on iPhone 16 sale, reports BSS. Indonesia said: iPhone 16 lacks the fairness required by the government. Indonesia last month prohibited the marketing and sale of the iPhone 16 model over Apples failure to...

Landslide and flash floods hit Indonesia’s Sumatra island, leaving 16 dead and 6 missing

Rescuers in Indonesia recovered 16 bodies under tons of mud and rocks or that were swept away in flash floods that hit mountainside villages on Sumatra Island, officials said Monday. Six people are still missing, officials said. Mud, rocks and trees tumbled down a mountain after torrential...

Apple offers $100m to undo Indonesia’s iPhone 16 ban

An official said that Apple has increased the offer to invest in Indonesia by almost tenfold, reports Economic Times. In a latest bid with the government to persuade the government to lift its sales ban on the iPhone 16, the US-based tech giant made the offer. The proposal would see Apple...

Indonesian president starts U.S. visit with call to Trump ahead of Biden meeting

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto extended his congratulations to Donald Trump on his election victory during a phone call after arriving in Washington for an official visit. The visit includes a scheduled meeting with President Joe Biden on Tuesday. Prabowo, who has said he will pursue a...

10 killed in Indonesia as Volcanic eruption burns houses

At least 10 people have died as a series of volcanic eruptions widens on the remote island of Flores, said Indonesias National Disaster Management Agency on Monday. The eruption at Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki around midnight spewed thick brownish ash as high as 2,000 meters (6,500 feet) into the...

Indonesia bans Google pixel sales over local content rules

Indonesia has ceased the sale of Google Pixel smartphones because they did not comply with local content regulations. This action comes after a similar ban on Apples iPhone 16, reflecting the countrys strong efforts to encourage foreign companies to invest in local manufacturing. The Indonesian...

Indonesia bans sale of iPhones16

Indonesia has banned Apple Inc. from selling its newest iPhones in Southeast Asias largest economy, stating that the company has not fulfilled local investment obligations. The iPhone 16, launched in September, cannot be marketed domestically as local unit PT Apple Indonesia hasnt fulfilled the...

Indonesian forests supplying global biomass energy endangering environment

Enormous swathes of pristine forest are being cut down across Indonesia to supply the rapidly rising international demand for biomass material seen as critical to many countries transitions to cleaner forms of energy, reports AP. Nearly all of the biomass from forests destroyed for wood pellet...

More than 150 Rohingya refugees rescued off Indonesia: UN

More than 150 Rohingya refugees including women and children have been rescued off the coast of Indonesia after their boat languished at sea for days, the United Nations refugee agency said Friday. The mostly Muslim ethnic Rohingya are heavily persecuted in Myanmar and thousands risk their lives...