Good News From Indonesia

[The Jakarta Post]: Two Indonesian doctoral students at French universities have won this year’s Mahar Schutzenberger Awards from the AFIDES Foundation. The award is granted to research that makes major contributions to science and technology. The students are Kadarusman, who is currently studying at Paul Sabatier University in Toulouse, and Hananto Prakoso, who is studying [...]

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Saya sudah mulai membaca tulisan-tulisannya di harian The Jakarta Globe online sejak tahun 2009 ketika saya , dan dari situlah saya benar-benar bisa menikmati dan menyelami bagaimana orang Malaysia yang satu ini begitu memahami, dan mencintai Indonesia, negeri tetangganya. Waktu saya kembali ke Indonesia pada awal 2010, saya kembali membaca artikel2nya tidak hanya yang dimuat [...]

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Jakarta – Kunjungan Presiden Republik Federal Jerman, Christian Wulff ke Indonesia Kamis lalu bukan hanya sekedar kunjungan diplomatik semata, tapi Jerman datang sambil meminta beberapa bantuan terhadap Indonesia. Keadaan ekonomi Indonesia yang bisa dibilang stabil dan berhasil selamat dari krisis ekonomi global dinilai bisa membantu Uni Eropa untuk mencegah lebih luasnya efek dari krisis yang [...]

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by Akhyari Hananto “Pak, kenapa bangsa barat dikatakan menemukan benua Australia? Apakah benua itu pernah hilang?” Pertanyaan itu dilontarkan seorang anak kecil berumur 9 tahun, ketika saya mengajar di sebuah pesantren di Yogyakarta. Saya tidak tau kenapa negara-negara barat lebih suka menggunakan kata “discover”, dan bukan “arrived” kalau mereka bertualang. Dan kenapa hanya bangsa barat [...]

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The global economic recovery remains fragile and uncertain, as risks posed by high energy and food prices, unemployment, and uncertainty over sovereign debt in Europe and the US continue to cloud the horizon. As key members of the G20, both Indonesia and Australia understand the role of this grouping, and multilateral cooperation generally, in addressing [...]

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Arthur Irawan is on course to become the first Indonesian to compete in the Spanish top flight after signing with La Liga club Espanyol. Espanyol announced the signing of the 18-year-old striker on Thursday night on its Web site without giving details other than stating that Arthur would play for the youth team. “In an [...]

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Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Yogyakarta-based organization “Kampung Halaman”, which instructs youth on technical skills involved in video production and instructs young filmmakers, received the President`s Council National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award as the international representative. First Lady Michelle Obama presented the award at a special White House ceremony, the US embassy said on [...]

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Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Indonesia is blessed with an abundance of natural resources, unique cultures, and traditional arts that have to be maintained and preserved. In a country of more than 300 ethnic groups, each with their own languages and dialects, Indonesia cannot be compared with any other country for its rich cultural diversity. As [...]

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Jakarta (ANTARA News) – Approaching the end of its chairmanship of ASEAN, Indonesia will hold ASEAN Fair prior to the 19th ASEAN Summit and the East Asia Summit in Bali. The Indonesian Foreign Ministry along with the Economic Affairs Coordinating Ministry would arrange everything for the fair, Djauhari Oratmangun, General Director of ASEAN cooperation, Foreign [...]

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(Trisha Sertori, Reuters) – Balinese chef I Made Runatha, who discovered raw food at the age of 52, creates gourmet cuisine that consists of organic raw plants blended into luscious meals. The classically trained chef worked in kitchens from Beijing to Bali and Warsaw to Cairns before becoming head chef for Fivelements Health Hotel in [...]

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