Roots and Bytes

Roots and Bytes: Reimagining Indonesian Conservation from Kalimantan’s Ashes to the Baduy Highlands

Donny SyofyanOctober 19, 2026

by Donny SyofyanOctober 19, 20260

The sky above Kotawaringin Timur and Ketapang regularly turns a suffocating copper orange. Every dry season, thick smoke blankets the...

Business/Property

IDX Composite Plunges 11.4%, Marks Steepest One-Day Drop Since January 1998

16 Oct 2026 — Indonesia’s benchmark stock index, the IDX Composite (Indeks Harga Saham Gabungan or IHSG), initially opened 8.01% lower on Friday morning, the 16th of October, triggering a 30-minute trading halt before losses deepened to more than 11%. This drop followed the proposal by Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) to reclassify Indonesia...

emerging market IDX Indonesian stock market Market Rupiah Stock Trading

IDX Composite Plunges 11.4%, Marks Steepest One-Day Drop Since January 1998

Business/Property

Indonesia Expected to Drop $1,200 Hiring Fee for Eligible Expats

14 Oct 2026 — Foreigners married to Indonesians for at least five years may sooner or later be exempt from the Manpower Ministry’s expat hiring permit and its $1,200 annual fee, and the same exemption may also apply to working-age children of mixed marriages. These changes are reportedly contained in the new Labour Protection...

expat life hiring fee immigration Law Manpower manpower fee mixed marriages RPTKA

Indonesia Expected to Drop $1,200 Hiring Fee for Eligible Expats

Featured

Magelang Police Revoke Permit Recommendation for Andrea Bocelli Concert at Borobudur Temple

15 Oct 2026 — Ahead of Andrea Bocelli’s concert, titled Romanza – 30th Anniversary World Tour, scheduled for the 31st of October, 2026, at Borobudur Temple, the Indonesian Ulema Council (Majelis Ulama Indonesia or MUI) has called for the event to be cancelled due to reports of Bocelli’s alleged links to the Israeli Defense...

Andrea Bocelli Concert Borobudur Temple Magelang Police Permit Revoke

Magelang Police Revoke Permit Recommendation for Andrea Bocelli Concert at Borobudur Temple

Featured

Indonesia Announces 2027 National Holidays and Collective Leave Schedule

12 Oct 2026 — The Indonesian government officially issued a Joint Decree by the Minister of Religious Affairs, the Minister of Manpower, and the Minister of State Apparatus Empowerment and Bureaucratic Reform, specifically Decree Numbers 1205, 3 and 2 of 2026, concerning National Holidays and Collective Leave for the year 2027. The Joint Decree...

Collective Leaves holidays indonesia national holidays

Indonesia Announces 2027 National Holidays and Collective Leave Schedule

Business/Property

W Bali – Seminyak Appoints Ng Choi Choi as Director of Sales and Marketing

09 Oct 2026 — W Bali – Seminyak is pleased to announce the appointment of Ng Choi Choi as Director of Sales and Marketing, bringing more than 20 years of experience in the hospitality industry, with a career spanning sales, marketing and commercial leadership across leading international hotel brands. She currently leads the Marriott Bali...

Director of Sales and Marketing marriott hotel Ng Choi Choi W Hotel Seminyak Bali

W Bali – Seminyak Appoints Ng Choi Choi as Director of Sales and Marketing

Load more posts

Roots and Bytes

Roots and Bytes: Reimagining Indonesian Conservation from Kalimantan’s Ashes to the Baduy Highlands

David Stanton Brings a Strong Hospitality Background to Le Méridien Bali Jimbaran

Grand Hotel De Djokja Receives LaListe Honour and Brings Indonesia’s Historic Legacy to the World Stage

From Yogyakarta to the Archipelago: ROSO Restaurant Presents a Culinary Journey at Wonderful Indonesia Gastronomy 2026

Halloween Party Bali 2026: Live Music and Drinks at Gracie Kelly’s

Social Padel House Brings Tolito Aguirre to the SPH Superstar Series