Garuda to install IT facilities in aircraft next year PT Garuda Indonesia confirmed that it would equip its aircraft with in-flight information technology facilities in 2011 to improve its service to passengers. Passengers can then communicate through an internet service and also send short text messages. All new Garuda planes would be equipped with mobile technology and later all [...]

 For those who want to escape from the claustrophobic hustle and bustle of Jakarta for a while, a visit to the natural splendor of Garut regency in West Java, about six-hour’s drive from Jakarta via the Cileunyi toll road, may be the solution to soothe stressed-out city dwellers. The region offers travelers lush green mountains, rice [...]

Five years ago, Garuda Indonesia was losing millions, and its nightmarish safety record later saw it banned from flying to European Union countries. Last week, however, the rejuvenated carrier marks a return to Europe, and is showing a healthy bank balance too. Aviation Correspondent KARAMJIT KAUR talks to the man credited with engineering the turnaround, [...]

Which island of South-East Asia has the most stingray species in the world? According to the new book ‘Sharks and Rays of Borneo’, the island of Borneo has 30 different stingrays: not surprising for the most biologically diverse region on the planet. Dr Peter Last and Dr William White from the CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship [...]

Visit this link to donate The Indonesian red and white flag and the Union Jack sticking from Berry Natalegawa’s backpack suggest the man is on a mission. But few people passing him striding purposefully along country roads would guess he is walking 700 kilometers from London to Edinburgh… on foot, by himself? Why on earth would someone plan [...]

Indonesia is yet another emerging market to have exploded out of the gates of the last recession. Over the last year, Indonesia’s ETF is up 45%. As with any developing market, there’s risk, but Indonesia is laying out the canvas for a bright future. Indonesia is blessed with a few characteristics that position it for a [...]

By Anna Antoni (She is an Austrian) Negativity, discontentment, racism, catastrophy-focusing, no interest in strangers. All this I know very well from home in Vienna but in Indonesia you can find right the opposite in the national spirit. The Top 7 reasons to fall in love with Indonesia (for me it was love at first sight) deserve [...]

For most Indonesians, the first thing crosses their mind when I mentioned about Poland (It’s Polandia in Indonesia) is..”same flag,upside down”. Some would say, Poland is a very beautiful country with rich cultural heritage. When German Nazi invaded Austria and Cekoslovakia, no body cared. But..when it invaded Poland, England and France then declared war against the German, [...]

Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s biggest crude oil producer, may return to net exporter status by 2020 by increasing exploration and investment in the industry, a government official said. Indonesia pulled out of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in 2008 as aging fields and declining output turned the nation into a net oil importer. Oil production averaged [...]

I’ve written several posts about the innovation, entrepreneurship and promising Web audience I’ve found over several weeks of reporting in Indonesia. As such, friends in the venture capital business are peppering my inbox asking round-about-questions that all go back to the same central query: Should we be investing in Indonesia? The seatback pocket on my flight [...]