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aulia, 28 days ago to indonesia

Indonesia’s customs office has been under fire this past week thanks to a few cases going viral.

First case was someone being charged 3x the value of the shoes he bought online. Customs said because there was a mistake in item value entered into the system by the sender (under invoicing) the recipient is now liable for the $1800 fine.

Second was a toy influencer receiving their self transforming Megatron toy two weeks late, damaged box, opened by customs, and being given a runaround by the customs office. He was supposed to be part of a global unboxing event last week. A special staff to the finance ministry responded on X but he got piled on due to bureaucratic speak and evasive responses. Customs also charged him based on the price for the Grimlock model which is twice as much.

Third one, prototype equipments for a special needs school given by a South Korean company has been held by customs since 2022 because the school hadn’t paid the import tax bill totaling more than $6,000. There’s no price available online because it’s a prototype so the office decided the value on their own. The school got tired of explaining and gave up in January 2023. Finance Minister made a statement on Instagram yesterday on expediting the process and dropping all fees.

All of these cases were resolved only after they went viral on X.

#Indonesia #TootSEA

aulia, 1 month ago to indonesia

It’s really funny that the two major parties backing Anies Baswedan for presidency have given the clearest signals that they will support Prabowo.

The expansion of the Advance Indonesia Coalition means that the President-elect will have the backing of the majority of the next parliament, leaving the current party in opposition, PKS, and the current ruling party, PDIP, potentially in opposition together for the next five years.

https://kumparan.com/kumparannews/22ceXmGleAw

#Indonesia #Politics #Election

gombang, 1 month ago to random

Loh kalian masih peduli tim nasional?

drahardja, 1 month ago to random

This person claims there are restaurants that use bots on dating apps to trick people to “meeting” their dates at their restaurant. When the date predictably does not show up, the stood-up people are then very likely to buy a meal from the restaurant.

https://www.tiktok.com/@paretay/video/7305462090628681003

atomicpoet, 1 month ago to random

For years, I’ve been wondering why boxers from Southern Africa are so small.

And today, I met a Tanzanian boxer who gave me the answer. Gyms there don’t accept tall fighters. If you’re over 6’, they turn you away.

aulia, 1 month ago to indonesia

Do not underestimate K-pop fans
#Indonesia #SouthKorea #Hyundai #Adaro

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/hyundai-motor-ends-indonesia-aluminium-deal-after-climate-campaign-by-k-pop-fans-2024-04-02/

aulia, 1 month ago to random

My cousin is in Kuala Lumpur for a few days and many locals who interact with him (shopkeepers, street vendors, service workers, etc) get visibly upset or annoyed when they have to speak in English to him because he doesn’t understand Malay.

Look, just because we’re of similar ethnicities and we speak Indonesian doesn’t mean we speak or understand Malay easily! Your accents are mostly alien to us especially when you use local terms and speak fast.

You try coming over to Jakarta or Surabaya and listen us speak in our casual street language pattern. Unless you watch Indonesian movies or shows or listen to our songs you’re not gonna understand us easily either. Malay pop culture and language don’t get exposure here outside of Upin Ipin. That’s the extent of Malay culture we know.

And stop thinking we’re also Malays because we are not. Our cultures and languages are not a single circle, it’s a Venn diagram.

You say pusing we give you panadol.

aulia, 1 month ago to random

Apple just casually dropping ketupat themed logo two weeks after Eid for its next product announcement

aulia, 1 month ago to pizza

Why does this mac and cheese #pizza exist? #MakanApaToday

rakyat, 1 month ago to random

I shared an article (in chinese) that I wrote five years ago about how I think local politics will unfold in a few years, and someone commented “that sounds very much like what’s happening right now 😢”

afif, 1 month ago to random

Eid open house szn and you know what that means in car-centric Malaysia

aulia, 1 month ago to accessibility

I’m at an accessibility workshop where they ran audits of the home or main pages of several high profile Indonesian websites and apps including Shopee, RuangGuru Skills Academy, Lapor, MRT Jakarta, and Traveloka.

All were eviscerated for their lack of compliance to WCAG standards across all platforms preventing blind consumers from using them effectively even with assistive technology. Between 40-75% non compliance in major and critical categories.

In most cases they severely lack keyboard support and labels for navigation and no alt text for images or unhelpful/irrelevant alt text in place. Content structure tend to be unusable using screen readers across most sites. Most banking sites don’t tend to implement accessible KYC process which is a blocker for most blind customers trying to create accounts online.

#Accessibility #a11y #Indonesia

aulia, 1 month ago to indonesia

Apple CEO Tim Cook is in Indonesia this week, meeting with the President and other government ministers to discuss investment plans, meet with local creators, visit the Apple Developer Academy just outside of Jakarta, and apparently eat sate ayam.

Points from local media coverage and Presidential press conference:

• Indonesia manufactures 50 million smartphones a year, imports 2.8 million.

• Indonesia imports around $2 billion worth of iPhones a year (gives a unit cost of over $800), 85% of all imported phones.

• Apple invests around $100 million to set up and run Developer Academies in the country, 4th site expected to open early next year in Bali. The other two are in Batam and Surabaya.

• The existing three Developer Academy sites have produced around 2,000 graduates.

• Ministers mentioned supply chain manufacturing and adding local share of components (currently 2/360) to the iPhone.

• Apple has met the local content requirement threshold of 35% for smartphones through Developer Academy investments but in 2026 this increases to 40%.

• The Coordinating Minister for Investments has been tasked to oversee all the steps to ensure the country meets Apple’s supply chain, manufacturing, and other investment requirements.

https://9to5mac.com/2024/04/17/apple-manufacturing-in-indonesia/

#Indonesia #Apple #TootSEA

aulia, 1 month ago to random

What do you call a niche publication that caters specifically to the supporters of Donald Trump?

A MAGA Zine

aulia, 1 month ago to random

Ryan Gosling’s #Papyrus NBC #SNL film gets a sequel https://youtu.be/Q8PdffUfoF0?si=WUIdnC3iBE3e-cWJ

aulia, 1 month ago to random

WTF #Musked

https://gizmodo.com/tesla-software-update-traps-woman-in-hot-car-1851407234

aulia, 1 month ago to random

What would it take for these people to wake up to the fact that they’re being played? 😂😂
https://press.coop/@washingtonpost/112255294853196495

aulia, 1 month ago to random

Headline from Detik: Breaking News: Bali airport is full of tourists

NO SHIT, SHERLOCK! That’s any day of any week! How’s that breaking news?

aulia, 1 month ago to magASEAN

I wonder how many subs have Disney lost in Indonesia after they shot their prices up by 4x last October and how popular Netflix’s mobile only subs option has been in the region.

Quite a long piece about streamers cutting back SEA investments and teams but did not actually go into the reasons other than a focus on profitability. No mention about local title performance or consumer behaviors which would have offered actual insights.

So many words to not say much.

https://deadline.com/2024/04/prime-video-disney-plus-netflix-southeast-asia-analysis-1235874698/

#TootSEA

aulia, 1 month ago to random

Eid or Lebaran in Indonesia is a time when you regain all that weight you lost during Ramadan. Eid is a time for a feast. It’s why Muslims eat so much during this period and it’s why Indonesians call it Lebaran, from the word lebar meaning wide. That’s for your body going wide.

I will not take questions. Thank you.

#Eid #Lebaran

afif, 1 month ago to random

People were complaining about the price of Shake Shack burger in KL. Have you seen the price of local burger joints? They’re about the same. Good things cost money

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aulia, 1 month ago to magASEAN

Government says Eid is most likely going to fall tomorrow across Southeast Asia.

Why is nobody’s getting a net or an impact mattress ready?

#TootSEA #Eid https://news.detik.com/berita/d-7286289/kemenag-prediksi-idulfitri-1-syawal-1445-hijriah-jatuh-pada-10-april-2024