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Indonesian coffee to steadily drip into Qatari market

Qatar has imported $19.2m worth of coffee from all around the world. Indonesia, one of the world’s leading producers and exporters of coffee, anticipates a tremendous increase in coffee exports…

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Business

Qatar’s Ooredoo Group, CK Hutchison ink ‘landmark’ $6bn Indonesian merger

Under the new deal, the merged business will be named Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison. Qatar’s Ooredoo and Hong Kong’s CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (CK Hutchison) signed an agreement to merge their…

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Qatar strongly condemns deadly suicide bombing in Indonesia

Qatar deplored targeting places of worship and the terrorising of believers, regardless of religions and personal beliefs. Qatar has expressed its strong condemnation and denunciation of the suicide bombing that…

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Qatar’s ‘Little Hearts’ project saves 15 children in Indonesia

The project aims to save the lives of 40 children to help them kickstart a new life. The “Little Hearts” project in Indonesia has saved the lives of 15 children…

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News

Report: Qatar agrees to hire 10,000 skilled Indonesians

The agreement to open up more positions for Indonesian professionals and craftspeople follows a visit by President Joko Widodo to Qatar in September.

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Politics

Report: Indonesia to enforce domestic worker ban in Qatar, MENA by 2017

Officials in Jakarta are preparing a “roadmap” to end the practice of women from the southeast Asian country working abroad as maids, nannies and cleaners in 21 nations by 2017, an Omani newspaper has reported.

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After assault in Qatar, Indonesian domestic worker returns home

Her departure only came after the woman was held for weeks in Qatar’s Search and Follow-Up Department, which is a detention center for expats awaiting deportation.

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Indonesia to stop nationals from taking domestic helper jobs in Qatar

The ban is being applied across 20 other MENA countries where the rights of employers outweigh labor policies and protections for the domestic worker, Indonesia's manpower and transmigration minister said.

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Life

Plight of domestic worker beaten in Qatar sparks outcry

A 25-year-old Indonesian woman said she fled her sponsor’s home on Wednesday after being struck repeatedly with the metal end of a hose used to siphon water. She remains in the hospital with several injuries.

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