Do you know how much sea fish in tons Indonesia catches annually? It is a lot! 64 million tons of sea fish is produced annually in Indonesia making it the fourth largest of the commodity in the world. In addition to sea fish, Indonesia also produces five million tons of freshwater fish annually. China remained the world`s largest fish [...]
The entire family of GNFI Network truly wishes that Indonesia becomes a multi-dimensionally better nation. We will always stand by its side and do our best to make it shine. Let’s unite, Indonesia!
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Friday vowed to lay the foundations for a second wave of reform that would lead Indonesia toward becoming an advanced country by 2025. Delivering his State of the Nation address to the House of Representatives, Yudhoyono outlined his plan for the nation’s future, including an overview of his next term [...]
Indosat will soon launch latest satellite to orbit. The satellite, called Indosat Palapa D, will provide the technology to fulfill the high corporate demand for reliable broadcasting telecommunication technology for both technology applications and wide coverage. This satellite service involves rental of a specified bandwidth from the Palapa C2 satellite to companies in Indonesia. One of [...]
Russia and South Korea have been shortlisted for a $700 million contract to deliver two submarines to Indonesia, passing France and Germany. Russia’s bid is the Project 636 diesel-electric submarine (export agent Rosoboronexport, picture above) while South Korea’s is the U-209 sub manufactured by Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (picture below) under German license. One of the principal [...]
Yulfikar Yurnaidi, Student, Yogyakarta (Indonesia) Indonesia in 2020? Well, to imagine a country in 10 years to come, let’s see what 10 years before tells us. In 1999, Indonesia just barely recovered from its financial disaster, struggling with political instability and security problem. It was kind of difficult to imagine Indonesia present days with [...]
The Jakarta Composite Index’s 67 percent gain this year makes the Indonesia Stock Exchange, which is celebrating its 32nd anniversary this week, the third best-performing bourse in Asia, the capital market watchdog said on Wednesday. Two Chinese bourses, the Shenzhen and Shanghai markets, ranked first and second with gains of 93 percent and 74 percent, respectively, [...]
There are times when landing at Yogyakarta’s Adisucipto airport feels as if you’re leaping onto a dinghy in the middle of a stormy ocean. The room for error is very limited. Needless to say, you’re praying hard as the plane slams on its brakes and the surprisingly short runway comes to an abrupt stop. Tumbling out [...]
When it was started in March 2008, GNFI was only a small blog. It was really a small blog. There was only two people who were involved in this, one is myself, another is a friend from Malaysia. I posted 1-2 articles in 3-4 days. When I was away, I asked my friend from Malaysia [...]
I am currently staying in the capital city of Cambodia, Phnom Penh. A developing and bustling city at the riverside of Mekong River, a river that blazes Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia, one of world’s longest and most famous rivers. Over 300 km northwards of Phnom Penh, there’s an ancient and grand building, world’s most [...]
