Resty Woro Yuniar

Resty Woro Yuniar is a Jakarta-based journalist who specialises in technology and business

Yellow fever: cure needed, say Asian victims of sex prejudice

Society

Yellow fever: cure needed, say Asian victims of sex prejudice

8 Dec 2018 - 6:46am 17

The leader of the Indonesian Solidarity Party, Grace Natalie, is the latest person to test Indonesia’s commitment to religious tolerance and pluralism. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Another Ahok? Chinese Christian faces blasphemy rap in Indonesia

1 Dec 2018 - 11:09am 2

The new government app encourages users to report suspected acts of heresy. Photo: AFP

Politics

With Indonesia’s ‘heresy app’, religious harmony hasn’t a prayer

29 Nov 2018 - 10:00pm 1

Apps like Wahyoo are helping update small businesses for the modern era. Photo: Facebook

Society

Get smart: Indonesia’s ramshackle warung stores go digital

26 Nov 2018 - 1:51pm

Vice-presidential candidate Sandiaga Uno (left) with his running mate Prabowo Subianto (holding microphone) are taking on President Joko Widodo and his VP Ma’ruf Amin. Photo: EPA

Politics

In Indonesia, it’s Sandiaga vs Widodo over the economy

21 Nov 2018 - 9:11am

Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh Rahman ‘Yenny’ Wahid. Photo: World Economic Forum

Economics

Indonesia seeks Saudi cash as alternative to China: Widodo ally

13 Nov 2018 - 9:26pm 8

Indonesian flight grounded after passengers revolt over sacks of stinky durian in cargo hold

Southeast Asia

Indonesian airline passengers revolt over sacks of stinky durian

6 Nov 2018 - 10:46pm 4

Indonesian rescue team operate during the recovery mission for the crashed Lion Air flight JT-610 plane. Photo: EPA

Southeast Asia

Black box from crashed Lion Air plane recovered by divers

2 Nov 2018 - 11:44am 1

‘My body also has these parts’: Lion Air rescuers discuss their grim task

People

‘My body also has these parts’: Lion Air rescuers speak

1 Nov 2018 - 6:37am 1

Indonesian policemen examining debris of the ill-fated Lion Air flight. Photo: AFP

Southeast Asia

Crashed Lion Air jet may have been found, Indonesian military says

1 Nov 2018 - 11:29am

Families of passengers aboard Lion Air flight JT 610 waiting at a Jakarta hospital. Photo: Resty Woro Yuniar

Southeast Asia

Families share tales of those aboard crashed Lion Air flight

30 Oct 2018 - 8:42pm

Indonesian rescuers collect and classify wreckage pieces and passenger belongings. Photo: EPA

Southeast Asia

Indonesia to inspect Boeing planes, plans sanctions for Lion Air

30 Oct 2018 - 11:23pm 6

Rescue personnel search the waters for wreckage from Lion Air flight JT 610 which crashed into the sea off the northern coast of Indonesia's Java island. Photo: AFP

Southeast Asia

Indonesian leader vows tireless search for jet as 189 on board feared dead

30 Oct 2018 - 5:30am 41

US$4.5 billion high-speed railway between Jakarta and Bandung – and other plans – will come in for a rethink if the former general wins next year’s vote, says his brother, citing similar move by Malaysia’s Mahathir Mohamad

Geopolitics

Indonesia to review belt and road plans if Prabowo is elected

22 Oct 2018 - 11:53pm 13

The ride-hailing boom has yielded cases of sexual harassment – and even murder. As the #MeToo movement galvanises women to speak out, they are watching to see how Grab and Go-Jek will prevent such offences

Economics

Have you been Grabbed? #MeToo, say Indonesians

22 Oct 2018 - 7:02am 1

Opposition campaigner Ratna Sarumpaet falsely claimed she had been attacked by political opponents to hide the fact she got plastic surgery. Photo: Reuters

Society

The face of fake news: Indonesia’s latest disinformation scandal

15 Oct 2018 - 9:00am 8

As campaigning begins in the world’s third-largest democracy and most populous Muslim nation, polls reveal the issues likely to decide the race between Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto

Southeast Asia

Rupiah, race: where Indonesian election will be won or lost

5 Oct 2018 - 4:32pm 1

Country prioritises assistance in much-needed areas after learning from mistakes handling aid after 2004 Aceh tsunami

Southeast Asia

Indonesia open to overseas aid after earthquakes, tsunami

1 Oct 2018 - 11:21pm 1

Voters in Indonesia are often swayed by candidates’ fame or personality, despite past criminal offences. Photo: EPA

Politics

How to win an election in Indonesia

30 Sep 2018 - 1:43pm 4

While fans focused on the race last week, others were revelling in a world where there’s a fine line between romance and remittance … and tourism officials weren’t happy about it

Society

How Singapore’s F1 fling with sugar daddies turned sour

26 Sep 2018 - 5:50pm 17

Tech firms are re-examining their operations as they face headwinds in Asian countries increasingly concerned with protecting their own data

Economics

Why Facebook bet US$1 billion on Singapore data centre

18 Sep 2018 - 8:08am 5

Asian countries may be weighing the cost of abandoning cheaper Chinese tech – in terms of the higher outlay involved in rolling out the next generation of mobile wireless networks as well as the possible security implications

Geopolitics

Australia’s 5G ban on Huawei: will others make same call?

10 Sep 2018 - 2:26pm 20

Tokyo has banned ride-sharing services and its fabled transport system means there’s limited demand for them anyway. Even so, Uber and Didi Chuxing are keen to gain a foothold in the world’s third-largest economy

Politics

Can Uber and Didi take Japan for a ride?

27 Aug 2018 - 10:29am 2

The Trump administration has junked the concept in the United States, and Asian nations are often beholden to telecom providers, but India has decided all its 1.3 billion people should have equal access to online content

Society

What does India’s trend-setting net neutrality mean?

24 Jul 2018 - 11:31am 2

Drivers are using various techniques, including fake GPS apps found on the dark web, to inflate their numbers and get undeserved bonuses

Economics

Ride-sharing fraud in full throttle in Indonesia

16 Jul 2018 - 11:48am 1

Bicycle-sharing firm’s exit amid greater regulation prompts some to warn Lion City against choking off risk-taking businesses

Economics

‘You can kill your innovators’: Singapore’s oBike gets on its bike

30 Jun 2018 - 3:07pm 8

EFishery has developed a smart fish and shrimp auto feeder that knows when fish are hungry.

Economics

13 Asian tech start-ups to watch

2 Jul 2018 - 2:12pm

Filing taxes using blockchain in Indonesia. Growing better crops in Vietnam with artificial intelligence. Sending rockets into space in Singapore. Southeast Asia is quietly emerging as a breeding ground for new technology

Economics

Is Southeast Asia the next Silicon Valley?

30 Jun 2018 - 8:15am 17

Umbu Mbora, like many others in his region, keeps unburied corpses of family members in his home. Photo: Resty Woro Yuniar

Society

The Indonesian villagers who live with their dead

23 Jun 2018 - 4:33pm 4

Indonesian badminton has fallen on hard times. But a retired star sees reason for cheer – and remembers the good old days weren’t always so good for the country’s ethnic Chinese

Society

Game over for glory days of Indonesian badminton?

3 Jun 2018 - 1:02pm

The Lion City-based ride-hailing company’s acquisition of rival Uber’s regional business isn’t going as smoothly as planned, with antitrust regulators increasing scrutiny two months after the deal was announced

Economics

No free ride for Singapore’s Grab after Uber exits Southeast Asia

22 Jun 2018 - 1:11pm

The Surabaya police chief Rudi Setiawan with a picture of Dita Oepriarto and his family, who carried out the suicide bomb attacks at churches in Indonesia. Photo: AP

Politics

‘Caring brother’ who led family suicide attack in Indonesia

23 May 2018 - 11:03am 4

Twenty years after Indonesia’s Reformasi movement started, the activists who were persecuted under the dictator Suharto warn that the country could be backsliding into authoritarianism

Politics

Burned, beaten, electrocuted – and they fear for Indonesia’s future

20 May 2018 - 2:33pm 1

With only dangerous oil maps for illumination at night, children who live in Weepatando village in Southwest Sumba are finding it hard to excel due to poor lighting at their houses. Photo: Resty Woro Yuniar

Politics

Indonesia’s economic promised land: to many, still just a promise

20 May 2018 - 10:32am

The struggle of Indonesia’s forgotten people

SCMP Originals

The struggle of Indonesia’s forgotten people

21 May 2018 - 10:11am

Experts say having entire families explode themselves to kill others is a new tactic that the Islamic State seems to have initiated in Indonesia, which is no stranger to horrendous acts of terror

Society

After Surabaya, are bombings by families the ‘new normal’?

15 May 2018 - 9:40pm 2

Fake news and data breach that affected a million Indonesians have revived Jakarta’s zeal for tightening regulations

Economics

Indonesia tech firms feel heat after Facebook data leak

28 Apr 2018 - 1:24pm

Its US$26 billion stock debut has tech industry mouths watering, but the music streaming company may have hit a bum note in the region, where piracy, limited budgets and a love of karaoke are conspiring against it

Asia

Is Asia Spotify’s weak spot?

15 Apr 2018 - 1:56pm

Inaccurate maps, patchy internet and digital illiteracy conspire to make ride-sharing company drivers reluctant to rely on digital navigation – a rare bit of bad news for an otherwise booming industry

Society

Google Maps: a lost cause for Indonesian drivers

1 Apr 2018 - 7:45pm 14

The SugarBook’s website, with its motto: ‘Where Romance Meets Finance’. Photo: Internet

Society

The rise of Hong Kong’s sugar babies – and the websites seeking a sweet profit

18 Mar 2018 - 11:03am 38

Sultan Hamengkubuwono X of Yogyakarta at an anti-Suharto protest. Photo: Reuters

Politics

Why are ethnic Chinese still being denied land in Indonesia?

18 May 2018 - 4:44pm 5

An obsession with porcelain complexions may benefit the US$20 billion skin-whitening industry but it causes untold human misery. A new generation – and films like Black Panther – brings hope of a brighter, not lighter, future

Southeast Asia

Beyond the pale: why is Asia so hung up on skin tone?

4 Mar 2018 - 4:17pm 34

With some infrastructure help from China, the nation plans to create several more attractive holiday spots and keep the Southeast Asian nation’s record-breaking tourist-number streak going

Economics

Can China help tourist-hungry Indonesia create 10 ‘mini Balis’?

24 Feb 2018 - 12:22pm 4

Only a few weeks in operation after four years of planning, the National Cyber and Encryption Agency has a giant mandate. But confusion remains about its role and its reach

Southeast Asia

Can Indonesia’s new cybercrime unit win its war on fake news?

18 Feb 2018 - 8:23am 3

Without reforming its throwaway habits, the West risks overwhelming the Southeast Asian recyclers who have stepped in to fill the gap left by China’s ban on imported plastic waste

Politics

Has the West learned its lesson from China’s plastic ban?

12 Feb 2018 - 7:34am 17

While the cryptocurrency markets suffered a major blow this week, Asian governments are looking into the benefits of its underlying technology, the blockchain. Photo: Reuters

Asia

The bitcoin party is over. The blockchain party has just begun

6 Feb 2018 - 10:55pm 12

While metropolises like Jakarta, New Delhi and Singapore are embracing ride-sharing companies like Uber and Grab, tourist destinations like Phuket, Bali and Goa have been less welcoming – and it’s the customers who are losing out

Economics

Uber: a no-Goa at Asia’s tourist hotspots?

18 Dec 2017 - 8:04am