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Leading Muslim fashion designer jailed in Indonesia fraud

An Indonesian fashion designer who shot to global fame with her Muslim-themed collection was sentenced to 18 years in prison Wednesday for a multi-million dollar fraud and money-laundering. A court near Jakarta convicted Anniesa Hasibuan, 31, and her husband of cheating customers who booked pilgrimage trips to Islam's holiest city Mecca through...

ManagementFeatured

Global firms join rush to bet on Indonesia as next start-up frontier

Big-name investors including Expedia and Alibaba are pumping billions of dollars into Indonesian tech start-ups in a bid to capitalise on the country's burgeoning digital economy and potential as Southeast Asia's largest online market. Indonesia has seen a surge of cash into its technology sector over the past two years, helping support dozens...

Business

Indonesia & co. welcome US' TPP withdrawal

While Vietnam and Malaysia will not be too happy about the US' withrawal from the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), other Southeast Asian countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Myanmar can breathe a sigh of relief as they are now on par regarding trade conditions with the big US market. Especially Southeast Asia's...

Fashion

Uniqlo to launch Batik collection

This month, Japanese fast-fashion brand Uniqlo plans to unveil their new Batik motif collection in Indonesia. A portion of the proceeds will go towards benefitting women in their factories in Indonesia. The campaign is part of the company's ongoing project to uplift women in the garment industry in developing countries like Bangladesh and...

Fashion Featured

Gap and H&M fail to uphold human rights in supplier factories

London - Although the plight and needs of the millions of garment workers serving in the fashion industry’s supply chain remain well documented, it seems as if concrete changes concerning labor and human rights have yet to occur. In spite of fast fashion retailers Gap and H&M social and sustainable commitments concerning workers rights, wages,...