Author: Garin Fadhillah

The internet business has all the trappings of false advertisement. Quick riches and easy bucks. But what is not clear is the hijacking of your intellectual property by refusal to release the accounts is unheard. Offender par excellence Godaddy.com with its new “customer care” department. Despite flashy customer-oriented software, with all the bells and whistles, since the company going public and killing the racing queens from the program, the customer service culture has deteriorated. Hours of long waiting, bot generated responses and rude staffing cutting off the inquiries is the norm. The Indian located call center is described as the…

Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs, Nasaruddin Umar, met with Saudi Arabian Minister of Hajj and Umrah, Tawfiq Al Rabiah, at the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca on November 24, 2024. The meeting focused on various aspects of the Hajj pilgrimage, including preparations for the upcoming Hajj season and issues related to empowering the Muslim community. “Alhamdulillah, we had a meeting with Minister of Hajj, Dr. Tawfiq Al Rabiah. Alhamdulillah, we were warmly welcomed at Masjid al-Haram. It turns out that there is a very extraordinary meeting place at Masjid al-Haram,” said Nasaruddin in a press release from the Ministry of Religious Affairs on Monday, November…

The Indonesia Stock Exchange is considering requiring minimum proceeds for initial public offerings as part of efforts to revamp listing rules. “We are proposing more than 10%” in minimum IPO proceeds, IDX President Director Iman Rachman said in an interview in Kuala Lumpur last week. The proposal, along with several other reforms, are under discussion with Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority. Rachman said they may be approved early next year. Plans to revise the listing rules came after the deletion of PT Barito Renewables Energy from FTSE Russell indexes in September, due to “high shareholder concentration” — a claim the company…

In early October, Indonesian defence minister Prabowo Subianto will be inaugurated as the country’s 8th president. Unlike outgoing president Joko Widodo (Jokowi), whose administration was primarily focused on domestic development, Prabowo is keen to bolster Indonesia’s military capabilities and geopolitical footprint. He is expected to be an ‘orthodox innovator’, seeking to make gradual adjustments while deepening and expanding partnerships. One of Prabowo’s key priorities will be bolstering Indonesia’s military strength. In recent months, he has argued that a country’s prosperity is closely linked to its security, and Indonesia needs a strong and capable military to protect its interests. Over the past decade, Indonesia has…

Việt Nam is building a human resources development strategy and project along with suitable incentives to attract leading foreign semiconductor manufacturers, designers and developers to the country, the government leader stressed. HÀ NỘI – Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính hosted a reception in Hà Nội on December 7 for President of the US Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) John Neuffer and leaders of major US semiconductor companies such as Intel, Qualcom, Ampere and ARM, who are on a working visit to Việt Nam. PM Chính told them that in the recently-established comprehensive strategic partnership, Việt Nam and the US have agreed…

Brussels (08/11 – 50) On March 20, the IMF approved a $3 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) to support Sri Lanka amid its economic crisis. The approval is expected to pave the way for other financial institutions to extend support to the bankrupt South Asian country. IMF program was made possible largely due to the untiring efforts of the President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The IMF links financial assistance to a country to policy reform, a conditionality that usually imposes political as well as economic changes in the recipient nation. The logic behind IMF conditionality is multifold. It is supposed to prevent moral hazard…

SINGAPORE/JAKARTA — Japanese and ASEAN leaders are likely to agree to pursue a world without nuclear weapons and deepen their cooperation on supply chains and digitalization at a summit later this month, according to a draft joint vision statement seen by Nikkei. The joint statement will be issued at a special summit from Dec. 16 to 18 in Tokyo, and it will underline three pillars of cooperation: people exchanges, co-creation of economy and society, and peace and stability. Supply chains and digitalization will be priority areas. With Japan and ASEAN celebrating their 50th anniversary of friendship and cooperation in 2023,…

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry confirmed that no Indonesian citizens in the Gaza Strip were killed as a result of the Israeli attacks. The ministry’s spokesperson, Lalu Muhammad Iqbal, issued this clarification on Tuesday, Oct. 31, in response to reports that one Indonesian died following the increasingly critical situation caused by a series of air and ground attacks launched by Israel in the enclave. The news of the death of an Indonesian citizen was first reported on Monday, Oct 30, by a well-known preacher Salim A. Fillah on his Instagram account @salimafillah. “The Indonesian Foreign Ministry clarified the news to the account…

Jakarta [Indonesia], November 16 (ANI): Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday arrived at the venue of the10th ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting-Plus (ADMM-Plus) in Indonesia’s capital city Jakarta. During the meeting that is being held on the sidelines of the Defence Ministers of participating countries, Singh will address the forum on regional and international security issues, the Ministry of Defence announced in an earlier press release. Singh was greeted by Indonesian Defence Minister and the Chair of ADMM Plus, Prabowo Subianto, who welcomed Rajnath Singh. The two leaders greeted each other warmly and proceeded to attend the meeting. Taking to X,…

Police say suspects are members of hardline groups Jemaah Islamiyah and Jamaah Ansharut Daulah. Indonesian authorities have arrested dozens of people from hardline groups over suspected plots aimed at disrupting next year’s presidential election, police have said. Police arrested 59 suspects and seized weapons, propaganda material and bomb-making chemicals, a spokesperson for Indonesia’s Counterterrorism Special Detachment 88 unit said on Tuesday. “For them, the election is part of democracy, whereby democracy is immoral. Democracy is something that violates the law for them,” spokesperson Aswin Siregar told a press conference in the capital Jakarta “They planned to carry out attacks on…