Jakarta (ANTARA News) – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has signed a regulation that 45 percent of Kalimantan island must be used for biodiversity conservation and tropical rainforest vegetation reserves to make the island the world`s lungs, a report said. Under the presidential regulation signed on January 5, 2012, the government would take a number of [...]
Novan Iman Santosa and Nani Afrida, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Indonesia will start modernizing its military hardware after a decade of internal reform riding on the back of an improving economy, Defense Minister Purnomo Yusgiantoro told repoters Monday. “The Indonesian Military has been involved in internal reforms, such as disengagement from political and business activities,” [...]
The latest type of N-219 that will soon be produced by PDI Jimmy Hitipeuw BANDUNG, KOMPAS.com – PT Dirgantara Indonesia (PTDI) will soon start producing the latest type of N-219, which is a STOL (short-take off and landing) plane. This year PTDI will build two prototypes for test flying and status tests on land, Technology [...]
State Enterprises Minister, Dahlan Iskan BALIKPAPAN, KOMPAS.com – The government plans to invest Rp9 trillion to create new rice fields in East Kalimantan to increase production as of 2012, State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan said. “If the atmosphere is not conducive or the investment is disrupted we will leave,” he said before East Kalimantan Governor [...]
Ronna Nirmala | The Jakarta Globe Reflecting on the year just passed, Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa on Wednesday noted that Indonesia opened diplomatic relations with nine countries in 2011. The new relations nearly halved the list of 21 countries with which Indonesia had no diplomatic ties when the year began. “The nine countries are Mauritania, [...]
The Jakarta Post An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale rocked Gorontalo at 8 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency (BMKG). Agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said the epicenter of the quake was 94 kilometers southwest of Gorontalo at a depth of 43 kilometers. “The quake did not trigger [...]
Jakarta Globe-Francezka Nangoy President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono opened the year’s trading at the stock exchange on Monday, and called on the business community to take advantage of the investment-grade status recently given to the country. Yudhoyono said that with the new status accorded to Indonesia by Fitch, an international rating agency, money costs and loans [...]
Andi Abdussalam, December 28, 2011 | Jakarta Globe A record 7.6 million tourists are expected to have visited Indonesia by the end of the year, up 0.6 million from last year’s numbers but less than the government’s optimistic target of 7.7 million, the Ministry of Tourism and Culture has said. “The [7.6 million] figure is [...]
Nani Afrida and Mustaqim Admarah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono swore in 26 new Indonesian ambassadors to fellow countries on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the State Palace. The 26 new envoys will immediately begin duties in their designated countries following the ceremony, which was also attended by Vice President Boediono, Supreme [...]
Arientha Primanita Newly elected KPK Chairman Abraham Samad takes an oath during his inauguration at the State Palace in Jakarta on Friday. (JG Photo/Safir Makki) The newly inaugurated chairman of the Corruption Eradication Commission said on Friday that under his watch the antigraft body would remain free from outside influence. “There are five leaders, and [...]
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