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…
12:00 am May 22, 2013Read More
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…
7:54 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
6:56 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
4:23 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
3:53 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
3:32 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
3:24 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
2:44 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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,”…
2:22 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
1:58 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
1:41 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
10:00 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
10:00 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
9:29 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
8:54 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
8:47 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
8:35 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
8:29 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
7:27 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
6:20 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
6:04 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
5:25 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
9:14 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
9:08 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
7:00 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
6:56 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
6:30 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
6:23 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
6:15 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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,…
5:30 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
4:41 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
3:10 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
2:51 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
9:40 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
9:32 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
9:30 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
2:28 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
10:40 am May 21, 2013Read More
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…
10:00 am May 21, 2013Read More
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…
9:06 pm May 20, 2013Read More
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…
2:11 pm May 20, 2013Read More
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…
12:45 pm May 20, 2013Read More
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…
5:48 pm May 19, 2013Read More
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…
5:28 pm May 19, 2013Read More
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…
8:49 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
7:37 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
1:56 pm May 21, 2013Read More
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…
9:48 am May 21, 2013Read More
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…
7:15 pm May 20, 2013Read More
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…
5:47 pm May 20, 2013Read More
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…
10:32 am May 20, 2013Read More
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…
8:39 am May 20, 2013Read More
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…
4:10 pm May 19, 2013Read More
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…
11:54 am May 19, 2013Read More
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…
12:01 am May 19, 2013Read More
Jakarta/Singapore. The death toll from a collapsed tunnel at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.’s…
Sao Paulo, Brazil. SkyWest Inc, the world’s largest regional airline group, agreed to buy at…
Kabul. The number of women jailed in Afghanistan for “moral crimes” such as fleeing…
Damascus. Elite Hezbollah fighters poured across the border from Lebanon into Syria on Tuesday,…
Activists complain that US President Barack Obama, who welcomed Myanmar’s President Thein Sein to…
Many an accolade has been bestowed by foreign governments on President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono…
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Indonesia’s Sudirman Cup badminton side was given a wake-up call on Tuesday, with…
Indonesian football is in “such a mess” that nothing will be done to address…
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The Da Lopez brothers are on to something. While most, if not all, Indonesian…
Children are our future. Yet so many of them grow up without loving homes…
Bank tellers used to cringe at the sight of Nia Sadjarwo and Hanny Kusumawati.…
Many people think that kids and teens are not able to make a difference…
Sometimes the hardest part about volunteering is getting too involved. At first, giving your…
Elections are an important part of democracy. Ayo Vote aims to get Indonesian youths…
“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like…
I have been told recently by several reporters that President Obama’s White House Counsel…
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