Good News From Indonesia

“Independence is the right of all nations, therefore all forms of oppression and occupation must be abolished on this earth.” This is the tagline for a conference on the rights of the Palestinian people to be held in Jakarta this week. A two-day humanitarian Asia-Pacific conference has been proposed by the Indonesian National Committee for [...]

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Good News From Indonesia (GNFI) was founded by Mr. Akhyari Hananto in 2008, who was (and still is) really optimistic about Indonesia and were sick of Indonesian’s medias broadcasting bad news about this nation. He fought the many mainstream medias negative portrays of Indonesia by posting good news he collected from various sources at his [...]

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1. Republic of Indonesia is the world’s largest archipelagic country consists of 17,504 islands (including 9,634 islands and 6,000 unnamed islands are uninhabited). 2. 3 of the 6 largest islands in the world are in Indonesia, namely: Borneo (the third largest island in the world amply 539,460 km2), Sumatra (473,606 km2) and Papua (421,981 km2) [...]

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There are many reasons Americans should be watching events in Indonesia, the Southeast Asian archipelago nation of more than 17,000 islands. While its booming economy is attracting millions in U.S. investments, officials are concerned about growing Islamic extremism. The nation’s tolerant brand of Islam blends piety with modernity. While many Indonesians answer the call to [...]

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China and Indonesia launched a united training for their Special Forces from China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and Indonesia’s National Armed Forces (TNI) on Monday. The united training, with a code name of “Sharp Knife 2011″, is the first one between PLA and TNI in the history. The event is expected to further consolidate the [...]

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Below are the winners of the prestigious Kalpataru environment awards: Kalpataru Pioneer Award 1. Sugiarto from Cowek village, Purwodadi district, Pasuruan, East Java 2. Marmis Asid from Nagari Sinuruik, Talamau district, Pasaman Barat, West Sumatra 3. Lulut Sri Yuliani, Kedung Baruk subdistrict, Rungut district, Surabaya, East Java Kalpataru Devotee Award 1. Soleman Ngongo from Tematana [...]

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The World Economic Forum launched today its first ever Indonesia Competitiveness Report 2011 ahead of the 20th World Economic Forum on East Asia, which will take place in Jakarta from June 12 to June 13. The report draws on the findings of the Global Competitiveness Index 2010-2011 and provides a comprehensive overview of the country’s [...]

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Take everything you think you know or have ever heard about Jakarta and throw it out the window, because the City of Jakarta, on its 484th birthday, is reinventing itself at a rate faster than an airport taxi barrelling down the toll road. Arvada Haradiran offers a few insights into South-East Asia’s hippest and most [...]

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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono will receive a UN award for his outstanding work in the field of disaster management and risk reduction, Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam said. “I am pleased and proud that President Yudhoyono will receive a UN award `Global Champion on Disaster Risk Reduction` in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 10, 2011,” Dipo said [...]

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Theodora Hurustiati, an Indonesian Chef, came within a pasta strand of winning it all in La Scuola – Cucina di Classe(The School: Classy Cooking), a popular cooking contest TV show in Italy. In the two-chef finale broadcast last week, she finished just five points behind winner Matteo Tassi, a 36-year-old financial broker from Modena. Although Theodora [...]

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