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class="date-area">May 5, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Economy/Indonesia-s-GDP-grows-more-slowly-than-expected-in-Q1">Indonesia's GDP grows more slowly than expected in Q1</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> JAKARTA (Reuters) -- Indonesia's economy grew 4.92 percent from a year earlier in the first quarter, a slower pace than expected, the statistics bureau said on Wednesday.The median forecast of a Reuters poll was for an annual pace of 5.05 percent in</p> <div class="date-area">May 4, 2016 03:40 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Foreign-operators-battle-for-Asian-airports-amid-privatization-wave">Foreign operators battle for Asian airports amid privatization wave</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a 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Indonesia's parking-garage market, seeking to focus on expanding overseas rather than in Japan, where growth prospects are dim.The company, a manufacturer of specialty vehicles based in Japan's Hyogo P</p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 04:42 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Ross-O-Brien-Indonesia-taking-wrong-lesson-from-China-web-policy">Ross O'Brien -- Indonesia taking wrong lesson from China web policy </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> Indonesia has been a compelling market for internet and social media companies for some time. The world's fourth-most populous nation is roughly tied with Brazil for the number of Facebook users, behind the U.S. and India; close to 80 million Indone</p> <div class="date-area">May 3, 2016 12:35 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Southeast-Asian-telecoms-star-in-video-streaming-war">Southeast Asian telecoms star in video streaming war</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Southeast-Asian-telecoms-star-in-video-streaming-war"><img src="/web/20160505035155im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201605/0502t/20160502hooq/4440940-1-eng-GB/20160502HOOQ_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> JAKARTA -- More than three months after launching its video streaming service in Indonesia, U.S. based Netflix is still unable to access more than 150 million mobile phone subscribers of Telekomunikasi Indonesia, or Telkom, the state-owned telecommu</p> <div class="date-area">May 2, 2016 11:45 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Interview</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/ASEAN-needs-Schengen-like-system-top-Thai-business-school-head">ASEAN needs Schengen-like system: top Thai business school head</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> BANGKOK -- If Southeast Asian countries want to make their common market more effectively function as a pan-regional economy, they should accelerate the free movement of people, according to the head of the region's top business school.In an intervi</p> <div class="date-area">May 2, 2016 04:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Indonesian-telecoms-shine-in-first-quarter-in-contrast-to-miners-banks">Indonesian telecoms shine in first quarter, in contrast to miners, banks</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> JAKARTA -- A rise in data spending drove the earnings of Indonesia's telecommunications companies higher for the three months ended in March, while a slump in commodity prices took a toll on miners and banks.The country's largest telecom, Telekomuni</p> <div class="date-area">April 30, 2016 12:05 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Indonesian-developer-building-smart-city-to-accommodate-startups">Indonesian developer building smart city to accommodate startups </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Indonesian-developer-building-smart-city-to-accommodate-startups"><img src="/web/20160505035155im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0428n/0428n_smart-city/4429207-1-eng-GB/0428N_Smart-city_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> JAKARTA -- Property developer Bumi Serpong Damai is trying to create a Silicon Valley of Indonesia on the outskirts of the capital, luring local startups and tech companies with high-speed internet and other integrated digital services.BSD, a proper</p> <div class="date-area">April 29, 2016 12:50 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Equities/Astra-International-slips-on-weak-equipment-auto-sales">Astra International slips on weak equipment, auto sales</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> SINGAPORE -- Astra International shares have slid for three days straight on the Indonesian market under the weight of sluggish vehicle and machinery sales in the January-March quarter.The Indonesian conglomerate shed 1.47% Thursday to close at 6,72</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 11:45 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160428-Commodities-crucible/Politics-Economy/Joko-Widodo-returns-from-European-tour-with-20-billion-haul">Joko Widodo returns from European tour with $20 billion haul</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/magazine/20160428-Commodities-crucible/Politics-Economy/Joko-Widodo-returns-from-European-tour-with-20-billion-haul"><img src="/web/20160505035155im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0423t/20160423_widodo_netherland/4401762-1-eng-GB/20160423_widodo_netherland_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> JAKARTA Even presidents who want something done right have to do it themselves. Indonesia's Joko Widodo has long had to navigate his country's infamously circuitous -- and often corrupt -- bureaucracy, which is known to cause delays and even c</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 12:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Indonesia-s-Bank-Mandiri-seeks-big-data-revolution">Indonesia's Bank Mandiri seeks big data 'revolution' </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Indonesia-s-Bank-Mandiri-seeks-big-data-revolution"><img src="/web/20160505035155im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0427t/20160427_bank_mandiri_bid_data/4420931-1-eng-GB/20160427_bank_mandiri_bid_data_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> JAKARTA -- Indonesia's Bank Mandiri is joining the growing number of Southeast Asian banks tapping into big data, with its president saying the technology will "revolutionize" the customer experience and the way it channels its loans. Kartika Wir</p> <div class="date-area">April 28, 2016 01:07 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Executive-Lounge/Convergence-plants-seeds-around-Indonesia">Convergence plants seeds around Indonesia</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Executive-Lounge/Convergence-plants-seeds-around-Indonesia"><img src="/web/20160505035155im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0427t/20160427_adrian_li_convergence_ventures/4418137-1-eng-GB/20160427_adrian_li_convergence_ventures_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> JAKARTA -- The recent $1 billion acquisition by China's Alibaba of Lazada, Southeast Asia's biggest e-commerce group, has focused international investors' attention on Indonesia as the region's most promising market. Although Singapore-based Laz</p> <div class="date-area">April 27, 2016 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Widodo-in-host-mode-affirms-Jakarta-s-ASEAN-commitment">Widodo in 'host mode' affirms Jakarta's ASEAN commitment</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Widodo-in-host-mode-affirms-Jakarta-s-ASEAN-commitment"><img src="/web/20160505035155im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0427t/20160427_widodo-in-germany/4416591-1-eng-GB/20160427_Widodo-in-Germany_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo was in a jovial mood on April 26 as he greeted a group of senior editors from Association of Southeast Asian Nations countries at his presidential palace and ushered them in to lunch. The buffet "worki</p> <div class="date-area">April 27, 2016 03:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Markets/Commodities/Japanese-oil-majors-boost-gasoline-diesel-exports">Japanese oil majors boost gasoline, diesel exports </a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> TOKYO -- Japanese oil companies are increasing exports of petroleum products to Asia, hoping to offset sluggish domestic demand by cultivating customers in countries such as Singapore where demand is growing. Idemitsu Kosan exported 400,000 kilo</p> <div class="date-area">April 27, 2016 03:20 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Malaysian market wrap</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/AC/Shares-plunge-ringgit-slides-on-1MDB-default">Shares plunge, ringgit slides on 1MDB default</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> KUALA LUMPUR (NewsRise) -- Malaysian shares ringgit chalked their worst single-day percentage loss in over three months Tuesday and the ringgit slipped, as a default by state investment fund 1Malaysia Development on its interest payment further sour</p> <div class="date-area">April 26, 2016 07:37 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/International-Relations/Indonesian-minister-named-in-Panama-Papers-denies-link">Indonesian minister named in Panama Papers denies link</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <p> JAKARTA -- The name of a top Indonesian minister appeared in leaked documents detailing the use of offshore tax havens by the wealthy, a local newspaper reported Monday. Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, coordinating minister for politics, law and securit</p> <div class="date-area">April 26, 2016 12:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <div class="sub-title">Commentary</div> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Kavi-Chongkittavorn-New-Lao-leader-in-ASEAN-driving-seat">Kavi Chongkittavorn: New Lao leader in ASEAN driving seat</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Viewpoints/Viewpoints/Kavi-Chongkittavorn-New-Lao-leader-in-ASEAN-driving-seat"><img src="/web/20160505035155im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0425t/20160425_lao_leader.jpg/4403809-1-eng-GB/20160425_Lao_leader.jpg_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> The emergence of Thongloun Sisoulith as the new leader of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos augurs well for the country's chairmanship of the 10-country Association of Southeast Asian Nations this year. Thongloun, who was elected prime mi</p> <div class="date-area">April 25, 2016 07:00 pm JST</div> </div> </li> <li> <h2 class="title"><a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Southeast-Asia-s-growing-middle-class-is-sweet-smell-to-fragrance-industry">Southeast Asia's growing middle class is sweet smell to fragrance industry</a></h2> <div class="column-layout"> <a href="/web/20160505035155/http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Trends/Southeast-Asia-s-growing-middle-class-is-sweet-smell-to-fragrance-industry"><img src="/web/20160505035155im_/http://asia.nikkei.com/var/site_cache/storage/images/node_43/node_51/2016/201604/0422n/0422n-takasago/4399178-1-eng-GB/0422N-Takasago_medium_thumbnail.jpg" width="120" alt=""/></a> <p> TOKYO -- When the world's fragrance makers sniff out Southeast Asia, what they smell is growth. The burgeoning middle class with its purchasing power is creating new demand for fragrances, not only for foods, but also for detergents and other daily </p> <div class="date-area">April 24, 2016 07:00 am JST</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="result-sub"> <div class="result-box"> <h2>Sort by</h2> <ul> <li class="current">Newest</li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return sort_by('relevance')">Relevance</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="result-box"> <h2>Filter by</h2> <h3>Date</h3> <ul> <li class="current">All</li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return facet_date('7days')">Last 7 days</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return facet_date('30days')">Last 30 days</a></li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return facet_date('1year')">Last 1 year</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="category-box js_see-more"> <h3>Genre</h3> <ul> <li class="current">All</li> <li><a href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="return 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