Good News From Indonesia

Grzegorz Wisniewski, duta besar Republik Polandia untuk Indonesia, mengatakan jika Indonesia merupakan pasar yang sangat menarik bagi negara lain. Menurutnya, Indonesia bahkan tidak memerlukan ekspor karena banyaknya jumlah warga Indonesia yang mencapai 240 juta jiwa. Bahkan ia berpendapat bahwa pasar domestik bisa menjadi kekuatan bagi Indonesia, ketika banyak orang Indonesia yang menjadi kaya, otomatis tingkat [...]

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Andrea Hirata, the author of Laskar Pelangi (Rainbow Warriors), says that he is very pleased that the best-selling Indonesian novel has been available in bookstores in South Korea since August. “It turns out that an Indonesian writer can exist in the international market, just like other Asian writers from China and India,” he said on [...]

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A team from UNESCO will visit locations in Bali next month as part of a final assessment for a potential world cultural heritage nomination, a Bali Culture Agency official says. “The teams are scheduled to be in Bali Oct. 12-17,” agency head Ketut Suastika said on Saturday in Denpasar as quoted by Antara news wire. [...]

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Over 1,300 children and youths from 120 countries will take part in an international Tunza Indonesia Children and Youth Conference on the Environment 2011 in Bandung from September 27 to October 1, 2011. “We have to be grateful for the trust given to us to host the international environment conference,” Environment Minister Gusti Muhammad Hatta [...]

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The Ministry of Culture & Tourism of Indonesia is pleased to announce the inaugural Sabang International Regatta 2011 (SIR 2011), which will be held from 15 to 25 September 2011. Jointly organized with the Technical Assistance from the Indonesian Sailing Federation, and supported by the provincial government, the Sabang International Regatta kicks off with a [...]

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Former Indonesian finance minister and current World Bank managing director Sri Mulyani Indrawati has been listed for the third year in Forbes list of the world’s 100 most powerful women. In the 2011 list released recently, Forbes put Mulyani in the 63rd place, up from 71 in 2009, but still far from her rank of [...]

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State Secretary of the German economic and development cooperation ministry (BMZ) Hans-Jurgen Beerfeltz praised development achievements in Indonesia. “I have noticed and very much appreciated the progress Indonesia has achieved in the last few years,” Hans-Jurgen Beerfeltz said when visiting the Indonesian pavilion under the Day of Open Doors event held by the German economic [...]

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As a member of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) opens a bank account to raise funds to help ease the suffering of Somalian people. Parts of southern Somalia are suffering from famine and tens of thousands of Somalis have already died in the worst hunger [...]

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Despite the 17th of August falling during the fasting month of Ramadhan, it did not dampen the enthusiasm of Indonesians in Malaysia from celebrating their country’s Independence Day. Almost 350 Indonesians turned out for the Upacara Pengibaran Bendera Merah Putih (Indonesian flag-raising ceremony),which was held at Wisma Duta, Kuala Lumpur, the official residence of Indonesia’s [...]

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The flag raising ceremony to commemorate the 66th Indonesia’s Independence day was held at the Indonesian Embassy’s compound in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday. The ceremony chaired by Indonesian ambassador to Sri Lanka, Djafar Husein, was attended by the staff of embassy as well as their families and Sri Lankan Malays, some of them are native [...]

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