20 July 2011
Through his unilateral pledges for ground-breaking climate change action, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has positioned Indonesia as one of the global leaders on climate change. If Indonesia succeeds in reducing emissions by 26 percent from expected levels by 2020, 750 million tonnes of carbon emissions could be saved annually, potentially equaling as much as 5 [...]
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20 July 2011
Minister of Communication and Information, Tifatul Sembiring, has been considered as the most popular minister on the internet. the consideration happens because The politician from Partai Keadilan Sejahtera is really up-to-date in social media. It is not too much to say that he is the only minister in Kabinet Indonesia Bersatu Jilid II who opens [...]
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19 July 2011
Indonesia to reach sugar self-sufficiency The government will likely have to work hard to realize its target of sugar self-sufficiency by 2014 as it needs to acquire 350,000 hectares of land to boost sugar production. The government earlier eyed a number of locations in Aceh, South Sumatra, East Java, Central Java, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua, [...]
19 July 2011
The facts are clear. In terms of key economic and social indicators, the Philippines was ahead of Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam 40 years ago. Today, we are behind and face the dismal prospect of falling even farther behind in the next few years. And a major part of the reason is that in contrast to [...]
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19 July 2011
In a quest for Asian food in Washington DC, I found a considerably sizable Malay food stall close to Maryland border. It’s called the “Penang Restaurant”. Glad to find that because I had been eating Vietnamese , Thai, and Indian food (in addition to my fave Indonesian fried rice sold at a Chinese restaurant across [...]
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18 July 2011
This year’s Java Rockin’ Land is set to take place July 22-24 to bring an epic lineup of international headliners to the Big Durian: 30 Seconds to Mars American rock band 30 Seconds to Mars will be making its first trip to Indonesia to perform on the first day of the festival. Hailing from Los [...]
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18 July 2011
I met an old man in a coffee shop in Broadway, New York. I thought he was a Chinese, but when he saw my “Damn I Love Indonesia” t-shirt, he called up to me, “Hi Indonesia, come join me!” He was a tourist from Thailand. He said to me that he’d been following all the [...]
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16 July 2011
For longtime fans of California rock band Incubus, it must feel like Christmas in July. Not only were they treated to the release of the band’s seventh studio album, “If Not Now, When?” last Tuesday, but they will also be able to catch the band live in concert at Istora Senayan on July 26. In [...]
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15 July 2011
The Indonesian rupiah has been one of the strongest gainers against the US dollar this year, second only to the South Korean won. Excess dollar liquidity has contributed to the Indonesian currency’s strength — so much so that the rupiah might well have stayed below Rp 8,500 to the dollar recently if it had not [...]
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15 July 2011
By Greg Waldron Indonesia has confirmed it will be a partner in Seoul’s developmental KF-X programme, as it eyes boosting its nascent military aviation sector. The secretary general of Indonesia’s defence ministry, Erris Heriyanto, said Indonesia will bear 20% of development costs. His comments appeared on the website of Antara, Indonesia’s official news agency. Erris [...]
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