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Indonesia textile industry struggles as thousands lose jobs

Indonesia textile industry struggles as thousands lose jobs

Factory closures and mass layoffs signal troubled times for Indonesia’s once-booming textile sector. Muhammad Arif Rofiudin spent 27 years meticulously maintaining machines that wove traditional sarongs at a garment factory in Pekalongan, a Central Java city that is one of Indonesia’s textile hubs. Earlier this year, he and 1,700 colleagues …

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