KARAWANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Rahmat Hidayat lost his job when the shoe factory he worked for closed down last year in the industrial town of Karawang in Indonesia's West Java. The 44-year-old now ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Pizza Hut’s Indonesian franchisee pinned its hopes on the middle class’s expansion in the world’s fourth-most ...

This is the first post in a four-part series on Indonesia's growing middle class. It's 6:15am on a Sunday morning, and waves of people are breaking over the Sudirman traffic artery in central Jakarta.

Indonesia’s dwindling middle-class population could hinder its ambition to reach developed-nation status as well as trigger social unrest if the government continues to overlook the group, economists ...

This is the third in a four-part series on Indonesia's growing middle class. Part 1 is here and Part 2 is here. In Indonesia, the word for 'vote' is the same as the word for 'voice'. The urban middle ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Before the coronavirus pandemic arrived, 2020 seemed fated to be a great year for Siko Setyanto’s dance career: touring Germany and South Korea, performances in Indonesia, classes ...

Indonesia is the largest archipelago in the world with over 18 thousand islands, more than 300 ethnic groups and over 800 known languages spoken. Even with its vast and diverse characteristics, it ...