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JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Over 1,000 motorcycle taxi drivers staged a strike in several Indonesian cities on Thursday to protest against low pay, and called on the government to provide more protection against what they say are unfair practices by ride-sharing companies.
(Reuters) -- Rice export prices in Thailand rose to their highest level in two months this week on the back of a stronger baht, while floods in Bangladesh raised supply concerns.
On August 22, tens of thousands of students and other Indonesians took to the streets to reject a parliamentary move that undermined several rulings by the constitutional court on age eligibility and electoral thresholds for regional elections in November. Protests continued earlier this week in some cities such as Semarang and Makassar despite a decision by Indonesian lawmakers to cancel the passing of the controversial bill.
JAKARTA — Indonesia's anti-graft agency plans to ask the youngest son of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to clarify his use of a private jet on a recent overseas trip as well as who paid for the travel, its deputy chief said on Wednesday (Aug 28).
Shiela Guo told a Senate hearing on Tuesday that she, along with her siblings Alice and Wesley, were taken from their farm in the town of Bamban by a van to a port where they boarded a small white boat last July.
When the wife of Indonesian snack seller Surya asked why he stopped sending money home to his West Java village, he broke down, confessing to a gambling addiction that had cost him more than US$12,000.
DILI, East Timor (AP) — When the Vatican acknowledged in 2022 that the Nobel Peace Prize-winning, East Timorese independence hero Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo had sexually abused young boys, it appeared that the global clergy sexual abuse scandal that has compromised the Catholic Church’s credibility around the world had finally arrived in Asia’s newest country.
Among the throng outside the parliament building in Jakarta was Reza Rahadian, a household name in film and music, who electrified the crowd with a passionate speech delivered from atop a truck.