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Young Indonesians applying for tech jobs via Facebook and Telegram are trafficked to scam farms. Scammers use deepfakes, voice clones, and other technologies to dupe victims around the world. Americans …
AI scam factories force trafficked workers to defraud global victims Read More
Two to three motorbikes arrived in turns as I visited the Piyungan Integrated Waste Processing Site (TPST) in Bantul Regency, Yogyakarta Special Region (DIY), late last August. One by one, …
Metabolic Fractures in Piyungan: The Waste Emergency in Yogyakarta Read More
JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — On the southeastern coast of the city of Jayapura, Petronela Merauje walked from house to house in her floating village inviting women to join her the …
Papuan women’s mangrove forest in Indonesia is increasingly threatened by development and pollution Read More
Medan, Indonesia – Halimah Nasution used to feel as if she had it all. For years, she and her husband Agus Saputra made a good living renting out supplies for weddings, …
‘We lost everything’: the Indonesians falling out of the middle class Read More
For more than 16 years, Indonesian fisherman Dedi Arianto relied largely on his instinct as he ventured out into the Java Sea every day on his boat. But he could …
Indonesian fishermen are using a government AI tool to find their daily catch Read More
By 2050, the annual nickel supply will have to increase by 208%, and annual copper supply by 156% relative to 2020 production levels, if global net-zero emissions goals are to be …
EU faces green dilemma in Indonesian nickel Read More
Shopee, Lazada, TikTok, and Tokopedia have more than half of Southeast Asia’s e-commerce market. Shoppertainment, or content-driven commerce, is set to grow quickly with popularity of livestreams. Regulations could damp …
In Southeast Asia, Ramadan is an online shopping bonanza Read More
In Jakarta, gig riders for the super-app Gojek are part of peer-support groups, known as communities. These closely knit groups — created based on region, gender, and shared interests — …
How Gojek keeps its gig riders close — and away from unions Read More
Indonesia has been hit by a series of corruption scandals whereby several leading officials have been accused of wrongdoing. The latest allegation came against the former Minister of Agriculture Syahrul Yasin Limpo. Earlier …
Indonesia: Corruption scandals escalate as election nears Read More
Lapoa village: some Balinese houses retain their unique, temple-like front. The cool of collaboration or the heat of conflict – what determines the outcome in commons sharing? Rahma Ma’mun takes …
Hot water – a tale of two villages Read More