Cheering crowds welcomed King Salman Wednesday as he began the first visit by a Saudi monarch to Indonesia for almost 50 years, seeking stronger economic ties with the world’s most populous Muslim-majority country. The king – who is accompanied by about 1,000 people, including princes and ministers – disembarked from his plane using an escalator as he arrived at an airport in Jakarta, the latest stop on an Asian tour.
Category: Indonesia Travel
Orange imports from around the world crushing Indonesia’s home-grown varieties
INFLOWS of imported oranges have put the country’s own exotic orange variants in a tight squeeze, further jeopardising local businesses that are already facing a hard time against their foreign counterparts. The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” does not apply to the sales of Mandarin oranges at Kopro Market in Grogol, West Jakarta.
Trump partner eyes Indonesia power, sees faults in democracy
President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire business partner and possible political proxy in Indonesia nurses big leadership ambitions in the vast but perennially lagging Southeast Asian nation, which he says isn’t developed enough to have a successful democracy and needs strong leadership.
Aviation StoushWar of words grounds Tigerair flightsTigerair’s…
Tigerair’s flights to Bali have been grounded for seven days as a war of words erupts between the airline and Indonesian aviation authorities. The airline is able to fly passengers out of Bali for the next four days – but the row has disrupted the travel plans of thousands of people.