KPK bill passed into law Despite widespread criticism from activists and experts, the House of Representatives passed the new Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) bill into law in a plenary session on Tuesday, in a speedy […]
Singapore is 2nd-worst globally for workplace diversity; 1 in 4 workers bullied: Poll Singapore is the second-worst performing country in terms of workplace diversity and inclusion (D&I) practices, based on a poll of employees in […]
Indonesia posts $85.1 million surplus in August on steeper fall in imports Indonesia posted a trade surplus of US$85.1 million in August in a reversal from the trade deficit it recorded the previous month, according […]
Singapore business confidence hits near 2-year low in Q4 Local business confidence dropped to a near two-year low for the final quarter of 2019, according to Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB)’s Business Optimism Index study, […]
House agrees to raise minimum marriage age to 19 The House of Representatives has finally agreed to raise the minimum age for marriage for females from 16 years old to 19. — The Jakarta Post […]
Singapore reports first Zika cluster of the year after 3 cases in Serangoon Gardens Three cases of locally transmitted Zika infection have been confirmed in the Serangoon Gardens area, said the National Environment Agency (NEA) […]
FAO-USAID, Gov’t Address Emerging Pandemic Threat in Indonesia The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is celebrating four years of cooperation in fighting global zoonotic […]
Unemployment rate for Singaporeans in Q2 inches up to 3.3%: MOM The citizen unemployment rate in Singapore rose slightly in the second quarter of this year, according to figures released by the Ministry of Manpower […]
Pertamina disburses first round of oil-leak compensation worth $1.32m State-owned energy company Pertamina, through its upstream subsidiary Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE), disbursed on Wednesday Rp 18.54 billion (US$1.32 million) in the first round of compensation […]
Singapore, Chongqing deepen cooperation with China’s first dedicated international data link The China-Singapore (Chongqing) International Data Channel, China’s first point-to-point data link with another country, is a tie-up between Singtel, StarHub and China’s big three […]
The annual world’s best university rankings from Times Higher Education (THE) has been freshly unveiled with some surprises at the top of the best Asean universities sublist for 2020 due to the increasing ascension by […]
Foreign investments flow to neighbors instead of Indonesia: World Bank Indonesia is struggling to attract foreign investments, which are instead going to neighboring countries such as Vietnam and Cambodia as they embark on deregulation and […]