A friend of mine, just came back from South Korea for her scientific research, told me something really heartwarming. She said that Indonesia’s image in South Korea rises significantly, especially after Indonesia’s membership in the G20. Cool! Do they know that Indonesia economy will overpass them in 2016? I hope they don’t. Well, in all fronts, [...]

You may ask any given Indonesian, about Brazil, what you get is a simple answer, FOOTBALL. Brazil is undoubtedly a master in creating young football talents. No argue. Not so many people know that Brazil also has its own aircraft industry, in way bigger and more globalized than Indonesia’s aircraft industry. It’s EMBRAER (below), a [...]

Honiara, the capital city of Solomon Islands, cannot be reached directly from any city in Indonesia. You have only 2 options: you go to Brisbane (Aussie) then Honiara, or you go to Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea), then fly using Air Nugini. Most people in Honiara knows Indonesia, and they simple called it the… Australian [...]

Just got these pictures from one reader, and another from RI-54. Enjoy this beautiful sights of Jessica Alba rockin’ her Parang-motive Batik, a Jogjanese motive my mom always wants me to wear. These pictures were taken at Step-Up’s Fourth Annual Fashion Forward Luncheon in 2004. It was almost 5 years ago, long before  we have [...]

By Yudha Satya, GNFI Contributor Several designers combined the exotic East with modern Europe. Apparently, Tenun Ikat and Batik raised the stage in Paris. It was raining, when famous fashion house, Dries Van Noten launched the spring summer man collection 2010 at Palais de la Bourse last June. But the show must go on! Accompanied by sexy [...]

Related to the earthquake which destroyed some areas in West Sumatra, hereby,with relief, we inform you that one of the GNFI contributors, and the administrator of GNFI in Bahasa Indonesia (Berita Baik Dari Indonesia) , Willy Suryawan, survived the disaster and now is in good health. He is now working hard to help the victims [...]

PT Berlian Laju Tanker, Indonesia’s giant shipping company, is set to buy Norwegian shipping firm, Camillo Eitzen & Co, and plan to list its share in the Oslo bourse. Berlian Laju Tanker is said to consider of acquiring more overseas firms. Go get the world, Indonesia!

I visited Makassar, the capital city of South Sulawesi province, twice in 2007. That time, Makassar was very very very busy developing the city by building new roads, new toll highway, new gleamy airport, new high-rise building, largest indoor theme park in the world, new sea port, new sport centers, convention centers, new sea-reclamation project, [...]

In Suvarnabhumi Airport of Bangkok, I met some Dutchs wearing beach costumes, and we made time to sip some coffees at one small coffee shop. I encourage myself to start a chat with them, “Dudes, Bangkok is nowhere close to any beach, and people stared at your costumes since you landed.” They started to laugh [...]

Ciputra, an Indonesian giant developer company has laid the first stone for the building of Surabaya newest icon, The Ciputra World Surabaya. Ciputra World Surabaya is the newest and the first commercial project of the Company. Ciputra World Surabaya is developed on an area of 7.7 ha and is situated at the gate of West [...]