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View all search resultsMatcha is enjoying a renewed boom in Indonesia in 2025, driven by social media trends, specialty cafés and matcha-infused treats. As the powdered green tea goes mainstream, purists continue to defend its cultural roots through chado, the Japanese tea ceremony.
Conservative Islam has seen a recent resurgence in Indonesia’s political landscape, most recently with the reemergence of the born-again Masyumi Party. But moderates and other Islamic politicians were quick to dismiss the influence and aspirations of a minority group in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country.
Record-breaking coronavirus cases and deaths in several US states are dimming hopes of economic recovery, with cellphone data showing shoppers are staying away from stores in areas where cases are rising the most.
Following a fire that destroyed about half of the collection of the Maritime Museum in North Jakarta in January, the number of visitors declined over the year. Fortunately, the city administration has planned to revive its collection in 2020.