Defense ministry moves to increase budget
The Ministry of Defense has proposed that the government allocate an extra Rp 57 trillion (US$6.3 billion) over the coming five years to procure new arms and maintain war machines. [...]
Higher GDP growth target ‘reasonable’
With stronger signs of global economic recovery, and a stronger local economy, Indonesia can reasonably expect higher gross domestic product (GDP) growth next year, a senior economic minister has said. [...]
US Considers Papua Integral Part of Indonesia
Joe Yan, deputy assistant secretary at the US Department of State, said Papua is an integral part of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI), according to Indonesian Ambassador to the US Dino Patti Djalal. [...]
House to push for religious harmony law
House of Representatives politicians have recently requested the enactment of a new law on religious harmony to replace a controversial joint ministerial decree on the establishment of houses of worship. [...]
Muslims and Hindus living in harmony
The Idul Fitri holidays have always been big for residents of Tegal Linggah village — the largest Muslim village in Buleleng regency, some 20 kilometers west of Singaraja in North Bali . [...]
Analysis: How life is improving, in picture and sound
The human race on Planet Earth can roughly be divided into two halves, the haves and the have-nots. Best estimates put the number of people living in abject poverty at over 1 billion. This week, it has dawned on the powers-that-be that the Millennium Development Goals set by world leaders almost a decade ago aren’t going to be met, by a wide margin. [...]
Govt to clarify tax position for oil and gas contractors
The government will issue a regulation ensuring oil and gas contractors are exempted from tax obligations when they are still engaged in the exploration stage, a senior energy official has said. [...]
Indonesia named one of top ten global investment targets
Indonesia has been identified as one of the top markets for global investors, according to new research published by UK Trade & Investment. [...]
Indonesia named one of top ten global investment targets
Indonesia has been identified as one of the top markets for global investors, according to new research published by UK Trade & Investment. [...]
ITB, UI among top 100 universities in the world
The Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) and University of Indonesia (UI) in Depok, West Java have joined the top 100 in the newly-published 2010 QS World University Rankings in the subject areas of technology and social sciences respectively. [...]
Study: To save tigers, protect key breeding areas
Conservationists must protect tiger populations in a few concentrated breeding grounds in Asia instead of trying to safeguard vast, surrounding landscapes, if they want to save the big cats from extinction, scientists said. [...]
Anti-terror squad separated from Police’s criminal investigation department
The National Police have separated Anti-terror 88 Special Detachment or popularly known as Densus 88 from their Criminal Investigation Department. [...]
Finalis Idol Swedia dan Indonesia meriahkan halal bihalal dan perayaan HUT RI di London
Penyanyi Reza Ningtyas Lindh, finalis Swedish Idol tahun 2009 dan Dyna Francesca, finalis Indonesian Idol tahun 2008 telah menggoyang masyarakat Indonesia di London dengan penampilan prima mereka menyanyikan lagu lagu barat, pop Indonesia maupun dangdut pada acara Perayaan HUT RI dan Halal Bihalal di kediaman Duta Besar Indonesia di London pada hari Minggu tanggal 12 September lalu. [...]
Police deny Densus 88 tortured detainees
Australia has sent an official to Maluku to investigate the alleged torture of political detainees by Indonesia ’s elite antiterror unit Detachment 88 (Densus 88), an allegation quickly denied by the National Police. [...]
Yudhoyono 'unhappy' about HKBP church incident:
After keeping silent for days, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono finally spoke Tuesday about Sunday’s violent attack on two HKBP church figures in Bekasi, West Java . [...]
Indonesia launches first counterterrorism agency
After a decade of waiting, Indonesia finally saw on Tuesday the birth of the interdepartmental National Antiterrorism Agency (BNPT), which wields greater authority than the National Police’s Special Detachment 88 counterterrorism squad. [...]
Analysis: Bali ’s tourism back into gear, with impressive 1H results
Indonesia’s premier tourism resort, Bali , is clicking back into gear after the global downturn slowed recovery from damaging terror attacks. In 2010, authorities are confident that increasing visitor numbers will bring greater revenues and sustainable development to the region [...]
Climate adaptation versus mitigation
Indonesia seems to be at the crossroads of the climate change issue. On the one hand, we have to stand together with the international community to push the mitigation agenda on decreasing carbon emission levels. [...]
Non-Muslims distribute alms during Ramadan holy month
Buddhists, Confucians, Christians and Muslims worked hand in hand in recent days in Jakarta , busily distributing food aid for the poor. [...]
Govt vows to get tough with violent organizations
Home Minister Gamawan Fauzi said on Tuesday the government would not take kindly to orga-nizations that broke laws, amid concerns of growing violence committed by certain groups. [...]
Climate solutions: Local nuance at the heart of climate policies
In his Independence Day speech, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced the results of the latest population census, sparking concern as to how the country was handling the looming challenge of a population boom. [...]
Mt. Sinabung erupts again, more evacuate
Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra erupted again Monday, with volcanologists calling this latest one stronger than Sunday’s eruption, while future eruptions are said to be difficult to predict. [...]
