Violence stems from inter-ethnic tensions

Liza Yosephine The Jakarta Post – Jakarta. Pre-existing inter-ethnic tensions could explain the looting and violence that broke out in majority Chinese-Indonesian areas in North Jakarta on Friday night. Police also say the violence had nothing to do with the...

Red tape hampers geothermal energy development

The Jakarta Post – Jakarta. Despite Indonesia’s abundant potential geothermal energy, industry players were discouraged from investing in the sector due to excessive red tape in the country, an energy analyst has suggested. Jakarta-based think-tank Institute for...