Lithium causes the collapse of the electric car dream in Indonesia

 Indonesia importing a fraction of the lithium needed to crank up EV battery production with no clear new source in sight.

ASEAN leaders agree to increase cooperation in border management and combating online fraud

 Southeast Asian leaders have agreed to tighten border controls and law enforcement and improve public education to fight criminal syndicates that are trafficking workers to other nations, where they are forced to participate in online fraud, according to a draft statement to be issued Thursday at the end of a regional summit.

Indonesia| Searches for missing people in houses buried under the landslide

 Seasonal rains and high tides in recent days have caused dozens of landslides and widespread flooding across cities and villages in Indonesia

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