Indonesia is proposing about $4 billion of projects to funders including the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank to help wean itself off of coal trib.al/aszyTjf

The funding model in Indonesia shows one way developing countries can finance their move away from coal while retaining authority over their local energy policies bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Bonnie Triyana, a historian and a member of the Indonesian repatriation team, said the pieces include statues from Java's Singosari, or the Islamic holy book Koran owned by an Indonesian national hero, and bones excavated in Java in the 19th century by ... bit.ly/3MUTrfc

The record investment surge lends credence to Jokowi’s promise that his commodities downstreaming policy would multiply Indonesia’s exports value, create jobs and help the country take on a bigger role in global supply chains bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Eroding public sentiment will further test the ability of the president, popularly known as Jokowi, to manage frustrations over inflation, which has soared to a seven-year high bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

User reports indicate Whatsapp is having problems since 3:17 AM EDT. downdetector.com/status/whatsap… RT if you're also having problems #Whatsappdown

Can we, once and for all, stop referring to the Indonesian language as ‘bahasa’? coconuts.co/jakarta/featur…

NEW: WhatsApp goes down for users across the world, with outages reported from the UK to Singapore trib.al/eB2TuHY

Crypto isn't going away, so we asked Matt Levine to help us understand it. He came back with 62,000 words. (We edited it down to 40,000). This is The Crypto Story bloom.bg/thecryptostory

NEW: Indonesia has entered the race to attract wealthy global citizens for long-term stays to boost its economy with a focus on its trump card: Bali trib.al/48cd4ue

Are plans for an Asia super grid becoming more feasible?🔌🌎 💰 Power lines for a grid spanning Japan to India could cost $77-$116 billion, far lower than previous estimates, said a study from advocates ⚡ Technology is improving for long-distance lines bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

If you have at least $130,000 in the bank, you could soon apply for a 10-year visa to stay in Bali (or anywhere in Indonesia) bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Indonesia is sending cars to the colder and higher altitudes of Dieng in Central Java to test if vehicles can run well on diesel blended with 40% cooking oil bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Blibli has raised about 8 trillion rupiah ($513 million) after its owner exercised an option to sell more shares in its Indonesian IPO bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil producer, is testing to see whether vehicles can run effectively on diesel blended with 40% palm oil, and if it works well at higher altitudes & colder weather🚗 By eko listiyorini bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #FCPO #palmoil #biodiesel #biofuel #B40

Telkom has picked advisers including Goldman Sachs for the $30 billion merger of its mobile unit Telkomsel with its local broadband business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

For the first time, growth in Southeast Asia's internet economy is slowing bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Southeast Asia’s top envoys agree to hold Myanmar to a “concrete” but unidentified timeline for making progress on a plan to end violence in the troubled country trib.al/qNyRrkx

Rich countries are still far from reaching their pledge of $100 billion a year of financing for poor nations, a report released by Germany and Canada prior to COP27 in Egypt shows trib.al/zwk1ln4

Biden-Xi, a deadly blast in Poland and an increasingly marginalized Russia. Leaders had plenty to talk about at the G-20. What are the takeaways? 🚨 Join #ThePoliticsSpace live from Bali: Rosalind Mathieson Derek Wallbank Daniel Ten Kate Alberto Nardelli yudith ho x.com/i/spaces/1gqxv…