Indonesia’s New Employment Protection Law: What Bali Employers and PMA Businesses Need to Prepare For
Why the Rules Are Changing Again Indonesia’s employment framework has moved through several major shifts in two decades. The 2003 Manpower Law was strongly worker-protective. The 2020 Job Creation Law introduced greater flexibility to support investment and ease of doing business. Then, Constitutional Court Decision No. 168/PUU-XXI/2023 directed lawmakers to place core employment rules back […]
When Compliance Is Not Enough: Bali’s Quiet Message to Small Investors
The Investor Who Followed Every Rule Imagine a couple running a boutique business in Ubud. They are not an unusual case; versions of them appear regularly in Bali’s investment landscape. They established a PT PMA through a notary, injected their capital, reviewed their KBLI classifications carefully, filed LKPM reports each quarter, paid their taxes, enrolled […]
Indonesia’s New Finance Minister: What Suahasil Nazara’s Appointment Means for the Market
On September 14, President Prabowo Subianto swore in Suahasil Nazara as Indonesia’s new Minister of Finance, replacing Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa after just over a year in the post. It’s the second finance ministry change in roughly twelve months – Purbaya himself only took over from Sri Mulyani Indrawati in September 2025 – and it comes […]
Indonesia Broadcasting Law Amendment: Key Impacts on Foreign Digital Platforms
Jakarta is rewriting an old law for a medium it was never written for. Law No. 32 of 2002 on Broadcasting was built for a different world. A world of transmission towers and licensed frequencies. A world where “broadcasting” meant something you could point to – a station, a signal, a studio with a sign […]
Indonesia’s Citizenship Bill: What It Means for Families & Investors?
Thirty years in Bali teaches you to read Indonesian law the way you read tide charts—slowly, suspiciously, and never at face value. When the House of Representatives (DPR) began deliberations on the new draft revision to the Indonesian Citizenship Law (Law No. 12/2006), I read it twice: once for what it explicitly states, and once […]
Indonesia Finally Writes the Rulebook. Now Comes the Hard Part
For three years, Indonesia’s Personal Data Protection Law sat there like a promise half-kept. Law No. 27 of 2022 gave the country its first comprehensive data protection statute. A milestone, everyone said. And it was. But a law without implementing regulation is a house without doors – you can see the shape of it, admire […]
Bali’s Tourism Paradox: Are We Seeing Real Growth or Just More Visitors?
Bali is a stunning island with breathtaking nature, but more than anything, it’s the island’s rich culture and warm, gracious people that have enchanted visitors for over a century. But: While tourist numbers are undeniably up, the real economic value — the actual “money in the pocket” per tourist — may be declining, giving a misleading […]