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New Gardens Part of Education Campaign

Scientists have called for the development of more botanical gardens across Indonesia as part of an effort to better understand and conserve the country’s unique flora. Lukman Hakim, the head of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences…

Freeport Death Toll Reaches 28 as Indonesia Reviews Mines

Freeport Death Toll Reaches 28 as Indonesia Reviews Mines Jakarta/Singapore. The death toll from a collapsed tunnel at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.’s Grasberg complex reached 28 as Indonesia said it would review all mining operations following one of its worst mining accidents. The rescue…

Jakarta to Host 2nd Congress of Indonesian Diaspora in August

Jakarta will in August host the 2nd Congress of Indonesian Diaspora, the world’s largest gathering of Indonesians living overseas and people of Indonesian origin, the event’s organizers said in a statement on Tuesday. The congress, which…

Lawmaker Claims Hospital Rejections Contribute to Indonesia’s High Mortality Rate

Lawmaker Claims Hospital Rejections Contribute to Indonesia’s High Mortality Rate Rejections by hospitals of patients in need is a driving cause of Indonesia’s high mortality rate, a prominent lawmaker said on Tuesday. “Hospitals that refuse to take in poor people have caused Indonesia to rank fifth…

AGO Violated Human Rights in Chevron Case: Komnas HAM

AGO Violated Human Rights in Chevron Case: Komnas HAM The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday accused the Attorney General’s Office of violating human rights in its handling of a bioremediation project graft case involving oil firm Chevron Indonesia. Natalius Pigai, a…

Three W. Java Students Save Girl From Attempted Rape

Three W. Java Students Save Girl From Attempted Rape Three junior high school students in Ciawi, West Java, foiled a rape attempt by an ojek driver on Monday. The trio — Aziz, 15, Ilham, 13, and Abdulrahman, 13 — were on their way home from…

Jakarta Passes Sweeping Waste Management Regulation

Jakarta Passes Sweeping Waste Management Regulation A new regulation in Jakarta imposes fines of up to Rp 50 million ($5,120) on illegal dumping, while also implementing stricter mandates on eco-friendly bags, biodegradable packaging, littering and waste management. Unu Nurdin, the head of…

No Indonesian Victims in Oklahoma Tornado: Ministry

No Indonesian Victims in Oklahoma Tornado: Ministry All 10 Indonesians living in an Oklahoma City suburb are safe after a tornado flattened the town on Monday night, killing dozens. “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not receive any reports of Indonesians affected by…

Tifatul Blocks Bomb-Making Websites in Indonesia

Tifatul Blocks Bomb-Making Websites in Indonesia Websites with instructions on how to make bombs will be blocked in Indonesia, Minister of Communication and Information Technology Tifatul Sembiring said on Tuesday. “Lessons on how to make bombs are also available in foreign books,”…

Woman Arrested After Cutting Friend’s Genitals

Woman Arrested After Cutting Friend’s Genitals A woman who slashed her friend’s genitals after he forced her to have sex with him was arrested by police on Monday. “The perpetrator and the victim were not in a relationship — they were just…

Ahmadiyah Board Up Their Mosque in East Java

Police and residents in Tulungagung, East Java, allegedly forced a member of an Ahmadiyah community to board up his mosque in order to create the illusion of a voluntary closure, a local religious leader said on…

Indonesian Mogul Ready to Discuss Intrepid Mines Ownership

An Indonesian tycoon who owns a big stake in a huge copper and gold prospect taken from Australia’s Intrepid Mines last year is willing to resolve the ownership dispute, he said in a letter to an…

Analysis: Consumer Tastes Hit a Happy Medium

Purchasing fast-moving consumer goods is a daily habit of many Indonesians. The proximity of traditional stores like warungs and markets have turned Indonesians into frequent purchasers. According to Kantar Worldpanel Indonesia, the number of purchases of…

Embraer Rallies on Up to $8.3 Billion Jet Order

Embraer Rallies on Up to $8.3 Billion Jet Order Sao Paulo, Brazil. SkyWest Inc, the world’s largest regional airline group, agreed to buy at least 40 new jets from Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA, in a deal that could climb to 200 aircraft and a total price…

Building Firm Acset Indonusa Eyes IPO Amid Bullish Market

Indonesian construction firm Acset Indonusa expects to raise up to Rp 412.5 billion ($42 million) from an initial public offering next month, as stocks set all-time highs. The Jakarta-based company will price shares at Rp 2,200…

Electronic City Seeking 60 Outlets Across Indonesia

Electronic City Indonesia, one of the country’s biggest electronics retailers, has begun an aggressive store expansion to tap into middle-class consumers, traditionally the driving force behind consumer product sales. On Tuesday, Electronic City inaugurated a new…

Saratoga Unit MPM Prepares For $149m IPO

Mitra Pinasthika Mustika, an Indonesian integrated motorcycle distributor, expects to raise Rp 1.455 trillion ($149 million) from an IPO this week, which is less than the company had initially sought after it cut the size of…

Kalbe Boosts Capex to Rp 1.5t This Year for Acquisition, Expansion Plans

Kalbe Farma, Indonesia’s largest listed pharmaceutical company, has raised capital expenditure this year to help finance acquisitions and expansion, including offshore ventures. The company plans capex of between Rp 1 trillion ($102 million) and Rp 1.5…

ADB to Support Sumba Renewable Energy Initiative

The Asian Development Bank on Tuesday said that it was providing support for an initiative to make the island of Sumba in East Nusa Tenggara fully reliant on renewable energy sources. Initiated by the Dutch development…

BlackBerry Z10, Q10 ‘Illegal’ in Indonesia: Trade Ministry

BlackBerry Z10, Q10 ‘Illegal’ in Indonesia: Trade Ministry Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade said on Tuesday that it was targeting BlackBerry’s Z10 and Q10 smartphones in its upcoming Jakarta raids because the devices are entering the country illegally and are not yet permitted to be…

Swiss Military Planemaker Pilatus Targets Business Jet Market

London. Pilatus Flugzeugwerke AG wants to sell its new PC-24 from 2017 as the Swiss maker of military trainer aircraft expands its private-plane offering to take on Embraer SA and Textron Inc.’s Cessna. The PC-24 will…

Indonesians Buying More Property in Singapore

Indonesians Buying More Property in Singapore Singapore. Although Indonesia’s rich are purchasing more properties overseas, their focus seems to be in their own backyard, just across the Strait of Malacca. Novriyanto Lius, a property sales manager executive at the Singapore-based Far East…

Rise in Afghan Women Jailed for ‘Moral Crimes’: Rights Group

Rise in Afghan Women Jailed for ‘Moral Crimes’: Rights Group Kabul. The number of women jailed in Afghanistan for “moral crimes” such as fleeing abusive husbands, has risen sharply, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday, undermining claims the status of women has improved. The campaign group said…

Hezbollah Sends New Fighters to Bloody Syria Battle

Hezbollah Sends New Fighters to Bloody Syria Battle Damascus. Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday, a watchdog and others said, bolstering regime forces battling to retake the key rebel stronghold of Qusayr. Washington expressed concern about Hezbollah’s…

Huge China Sinkhole Kills Five: Authorities

Beijing. Five people died when a 10 meter (33 feet) wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boom town neighboring Hong Kong, local authorities said Tuesday. The…

Jakarta to Host 2nd Congress of Indonesian Diaspora in August

Jakarta will in August host the 2nd Congress of Indonesian Diaspora, the world’s largest gathering of Indonesians living overseas and people of Indonesian origin, the event’s organizers said in a statement on Tuesday. The congress, which…

Myanmar Jails Seven Muslims for Up to 28 Years for Riots

Myanmar Jails Seven Muslims for Up to 28 Years for Riots Yangon. Myanmar on Tuesday sentenced seven Muslims to prison terms ranging from two to 28 years in connection with religious violence in March that left dozens of people dead, a justice official said. The defendants, who…

Suicides Up 26% in Economic Crisis-Hit Greece

Suicides Up 26% in Economic Crisis-Hit Greece Athens. Suicides have jumped by 26 percent in Greece over the past year, with the country’s economic crisis blamed for the trend, officials said on Tuesday. Four hundred and seventy seven people committed suicide in Greece…

Five Migrants Drown Trying to Reach Spain from Morocco

Rabat. At least five illegal migrants drowned off the coast of northern Morocco as they were attempting to reach Spain, the Moroccan authorities said late on Monday. The rescue services were alerted to the presence of…

Iran to List Approved Presidential Candidates

Iran to List Approved Presidential Candidates Tehran. Iran’s June 14 presidential election steps up a gear on Tuesday as the list of candidates bidding to succeed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is finalised, with at least two well-known figures already targeted for disqualification. The two,…

Bombings Kill 10 in Kirkuk as Iraqi Sectarian Violence Escalates

Bombings Kill 10 in Kirkuk as Iraqi Sectarian Violence Escalates A series of blasts in Iraq’s oil producing city of Kirkuk killed 10 and wounded 58 people, Al Jazeera television reported, as sectarian violence across the country threatened the Shiite-led government of Nouri al-Maliki. Elsewhere, several…

Bangladeshi, South Korean Climbers Die on Everest

Bangladeshi, South Korean Climbers Die on Everest Kathmandu. A climber from Bangladesh and another from South Korea have died on Mount Everest as hundreds flock to the world’s highest peak during good weather, Nepalese tourism officials said Tuesday. “Both men died while descending…

Macau Hosts Asia’s Largest Gaming Expo

Macau Hosts Asia’s Largest Gaming Expo Macau. Casino industry leaders met in the world’s biggest gambling hub of Macau on Tuesday for the Global Gaming Expo Asia, a three-day fair of gambling innovations at the glitzy Venetian Macau hotel. The largest gaming…

‘Into Darkness’ Engages at Warp Speed

‘Into Darkness’ Engages at Warp Speed For perhaps populist reasons, “Star Trek” was never as big as, say, “Star Wars” in Indonesia. Most likely, it had to do with the latter’s global cinematic dominance; even in the local home video pinnacle in…

Local Brothers Head Online to Share Their Quirky Humor

Local Brothers Head Online to Share Their Quirky Humor The Da Lopez brothers are on to something. While most, if not all, Indonesian comedies on television and in movies are overacted or marred with obvious product placement, the two brothers, both currently studying at the…

SOS Children’s Villages Offer Warmth and Care

SOS Children’s Villages Offer Warmth and Care Children are our future. Yet so many of them grow up without loving homes and proper education, condemning them to a lifetime of crime and poverty. “There are more than 100 million kids without parents or…

‘Hangover 3’ Goes Out With a Bang in Sin City

‘Hangover 3’ Goes Out With a Bang in Sin City One of the oddest moments for Todd Phillips, director of the “Hangover” movies, was meeting a Zach Galifianakis lookalike on the Vegas Strip who refused to have his picture taken if not paid. Galifianakis’ hilarious bearded…

Joko’s Not Ready for His Close-Up in Upcoming Biopic

Joko’s Not Ready for His Close-Up in Upcoming Biopic The story of Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo’s life will hit the big screen in June, but he said he’s not exactly looking forward to his theatrical debut. “It’s embarrassing to have a film about me,” he…

The Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dies at 74

The Doors Keyboardist Ray Manzarek Dies at 74 Los Angeles. Ray Manzarek, co-founder of legendary 1960s group The Doors and creator of their signature organ sound, died on Monday after a long battle with cancer, his manager said. He was 74. Manzarek formed the…

Relax With a ‘Buddy’ at Beer Brother

Relax With a ‘Buddy’ at Beer Brother See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil — but drink plenty of beer. So imply the stone statues depicting the three wise monkeys at the entrance of Kemang’s newest watering hole, Beer Brother. Opened…

Jon Stewart’s Humor a Hit With Millions of Envious Chinese

Jon Stewart’s Humor a Hit With Millions of Envious Chinese Shanghai. Humor may not always translate well, but Jon Stewart is picking up millions of fans in China, where his gloves-off political satire is refreshing for many in a country where such criticism is a rarity…

Singapore Airlines, SilkAir Sign Codeshare Agreement

Singapore Airlines, SilkAir Sign Codeshare Agreement A recent codeshare agreement between Singapore Airlines and SilkAir now offers its customers two daily flights between Singapore and Shenzhen, China, the airlines announced on Monday. A SIA-SilkAir statement said that under the agreement, SIA will…

East Meets West Through Contemporary Dance

East Meets West Through Contemporary Dance For French contemporary dance choreographer Mourad Merzouki, who learnt circus acrobatics and martial arts as a child, capturing the essence of movement is second nature. He brought out these lively elements, along with a dash of…

Free Chiptune Album Doesn’t Toy Around

Free Chiptune Album Doesn’t Toy Around Eclectic electronic-pop duo Bottlesmoker has continued its hot streak of releasing albums for free on the Internet. The band’s immensely popular method of getting people onto their music has proved to be successful, gaining Anggung Kuy…

China Teaches Indonesia a Lesson at Sudirman Cup

China Teaches Indonesia a Lesson at Sudirman Cup   Indonesia’s Sudirman Cup badminton side was given a wake-up call on Tuesday, with a 5-0 loss to China in the battle to head Group A indicating the team has a long way to climb if…

Proliga 2014 Tournament to Be Held Early

Indonesian volleyballers are preparing for an earlier-than-usual return to the Proliga competition next year to avoid clashing with national elections, in which campaigning is set to intensify in March, organizers announced on Tuesday. The tournament, to…

‘We’re a Mess,’ PSSI Admits After Unruly Crowds Fine

‘We’re a Mess,’ PSSI Admits After Unruly Crowds Fine Indonesian football is in “such a mess” that nothing will be done to address the issue of unruly crowds at international games despite the country being fined $15,000, an official admitted on Tuesday. The Asian Football…

Taiwan Thrashes Germany to Make Sudirman Cup Quarters

Taiwan Thrashes Germany to Make Sudirman Cup Quarters Kuala Lumpur. Underdog Taiwan thrashed European champion Germany 5-0 to top Group C of the Sudirman Cup on Monday and sails into the quarter-finals. Former champion Indonesia also reached the quarter-finals with a comprehensive 4-1 victory…

Indonesia Bests India at Sudirman Cup to Reach Quarters

Indonesia Bests India at Sudirman Cup to Reach Quarters Former champions Indonesia reached the quarter-finals of the Sudirman Cup on Monday with a comprehensive 4-1 victory over India in Group A. Playing at Putra Stadium of Kuala Lumpur, men’s doubles Angga Pratama and Rian Agung…

Indonesia Hit With $15,000 Fine for Crowd Trouble

Indonesia Hit With $15,000 Fine for Crowd Trouble Mumbai. The Indonesia Football Association (PSSI) have been fined $15,000 for repeated crowd infringements at international matches, the Asian Football Confederation announced on Monday. The PSSI were fined $10,000 after fans ignited firecrackers and threw water…

Djarum Indonesia Open Builds Excitement During Celebrity Smash

Djarum Indonesia Open Builds Excitement During Celebrity Smash The world’s top shuttlers will fly to Jakarta next month to compete for titles and $700,000 in prize money at the Djarum Indonesia Open 2013. To build excitement ahead of the tournament, organizers held a series…

China Thrashes India in Sudirman Cup

China Thrashes India in Sudirman Cup Kuala Lumpur. China thrashed India 5-0 in the Sudirman Cup on Sunday, but the defending champion was given a tough workout by its unfancied opponent while Taiwan managed a surprise win against Malaysia. So distraught were…

Saudi Woman Tops Everest as Country Warms to Women in Sports

Saudi Woman Tops Everest as Country Warms to Women in Sports Kathmandu. Saudi woman Raha Moharrak reached the summit of Nepal’s Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak, in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom where women’s sports are severely restricted, tourism officials said Sunday. The 25-year-old…

Pacers Hold Off Knicks to Reach Eastern Finals

Pacers Hold Off Knicks to Reach Eastern Finals Indianapolis. Lance Stephenson scored a career playoff-high 25 points on Saturday to lead the Indianapolis Pacers to a 106-99 victory over the New York Knicks and into the NBA Eastern Conference finals. The Pacers withstood 39…

Vernacular Suited For Golfers — Hook And Slice as Curves

Vernacular Suited For Golfers — Hook And Slice as Curves English is a language that is always on the move. It absorbs words from other languages and quickly consumes new popular words and expressions. With a never-ending appetite, its vocabulary has grown to more than 750,000…

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