Conservation area converted into farmland BANJARNAGARA, Central Java: Some 30 hectares of the 101-
hectare Dieng Temple archeological conservation area in
Banjarnagara has been turned into farmland by local residents, an
official said. More ...
IFC to boost its investment in RIRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The International Finance Corporation (IFC) plans to boost its
investment in Indonesia despite the legal harassment it suffered
here over the past two years, according to its local
representative. More ...
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The first ever show for expatriates
Sudibyo M. Wiradji
Contributor
Jakarta The expatriate community in Jakarta will have a special treat
when a series of fun-filled programs is presented in a two-day
long International Expo next weekend. More ...
Brazilian on bicycle with missionAsti Megasari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta "Conquering the world" is not the right phrase to use. Rather
passion, and a mission to teach and to learn are the main driving
forces behind Argus Caruso Saturnino's determination to cycle
around the globe. More ...
Nepali and Mongolian athletes go missing BUSAN, South Korea: Eight Nepalese athletes and one Mongolian
have gone missing from the Asian Games, officials said on Friday. More ...
No cheap travel in East Kalimantan "If you want a cheap ride, you can go on foot ... there's no
such thing as a cheap ride here," a friend says.It may sound a bit cynical, but that is the answer one is
likely to get when making inquiries about the cheapest way to
travel in East Kalimantan. More ...
Flooding still an acute problem in JakartaBambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Jakarta people should prepare for more flooding, likely to hit
early next year as the city can only tackle a small part of the
problem. More ...
Shared views between Cairo and JakartaEzzat Saad, Ambassador of Egypt, Jakarta Among a number of countries in Africa and Europe, President
Megawati Soekarnoputri paid a visit to Egypt from Sept. 12
through Sept. More ...
TNI told to do more to prevent fights with policeMuhammad Nafik
The Jakarta Post
JakartaAnalysts have hailed the military's move to discharge 20 soldiers
involved in a deadly attack on two police stations in the North
Sumatra town of Binjai, but warned it would not prevent similar
incidents from ... More ...
JP/5/D02Two Africans arrested in S. Sumatra PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Police in Palembang, capital of
South Sumatra, arrested Ghanaian Abale Goble Jules Olive Cesar,
29, and Cameroonian Teufak Bernard, 40, on counterfeiting
charges. More ...
Condom machines in toilets BUSAN, South Korea: The South Korean people seem to be more
open about their sexual activities despite being influenced by
conservative Confucianism and Buddhism values. More ...
RI can learn much from world development woes: World BankBerni K. Moestafa
The Jakarta Post
JakartaThe 25th annual World Bank Development Report (WDR), though
covering the globe, reads as if directly addressing Indonesia. More ...
Dealing with terrorism Since Soeharto's downfall in 1998, Indonesia has had to deal
with a new phenomenon of oppression: terrorism. During the past
four years, large parts of the country have been showered by acts
of terrorism, and there are signs that the worst is yet to come. More ...
Scholars from RI, Malaysia plan meetingThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Muslim religious leaders from Indonesia and Malaysia are
considering organizing a meeting of Southeast Asian ulema to deal
with religious problems in the region.Chairman of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) H. More ...
Broadcasting bill faces mounting oppositionKurniawan Hari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Human rights activists have joined the increasing calls for a
complete revision of the contentious broadcasting bill, saying
that many articles in the bill are against press freedom and the
public's right to ... More ...
Military told to do more to avoid clash with policeMuhammad Nafik, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Analysts have hailed the military's move to discharge 20 soldiers
involved in a deadly attack on two police stations in the North
Sumatra town of Binjai, but warned it would not prevent similar
incidents ... More ...
City Council has yet to receive decree on Sutiyoso's installmentAhmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The inauguration of Governor Sutiyoso, which was scheduled for
Monday, is still shrouded in uncertainty as the City Council has
not yet received the presidential decree on the installment ... More ...
Regional universities need to focus on their regionsKees Stigter, Visiting Professor in Africa and Asia,
Wageningen University, The Netherlands Three years ago, Dr. More ...
Breaches in TNI's code of conduct due to indiciplineThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta "It used to be great, being a soldier," says an Army colonel,
half in remorse, half in nostalgia. More ...
TNI's deadly force The Indonesian Military (TNI) will mark its 57th anniversary
today with the traditional parade and show of force at the Halim
Perdanakusuma airbase in East Jakarta. More ...
War in Iraq might lead to reshuffling in Persian GulfGeorgi Engelgardt
Laboratory of Crisis Monitoring
RIA Novosti
Moscow The first results of the "jihad against skyscrapers" are
rather obvious: The humiliating strike against the only modern
superpower, the deaths of thousands of civilians ... More ...
Neighbors are happier BUSAN, South Korea: The usually quiet, cold, businesslike Main
Press Center (MPC) at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center
(BEXCO) building became a little bit merrier when Thailand's
Bunluewong Pongsiree visited Thai journalists on Friday. More ...
Law enforcers told to tread carefully with foreignersNani Farida, The Jakarta Post, Banda Aceh New lawyers representing two foreigners suspected of violating
immigration law in war-torn Aceh called on the local police and
the prosecutor's office to be cautious in charging their clients. More ...
Now up to TNI to restore its battered imageImanuddin, Staff Writer, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta,
iman@thejakartapost.com The Indonesian Military (TNI) will be 57 today. A human being
at this age is more than mature, mellowed with good or bad
lessons in life. More ...
House robbers arrive in BMW JAKARTA: Five people robbed a house in Pondok Indah, South
Jakarta, after parking their BMW sedan and motorcycle in the
garage of the house on Thursday at about 11:45 a.m.The owner of the house at Jl. More ...
Rights body prepares revision for broadcasting billKurniawan Hari
The Jakarta Post
JakartaHuman rights activists have joined the increasing calls for a
complete revision of the contentious broadcasting bill, saying
that many articles in the bill are against press freedom and the
public's right ... More ...
Bukit Barisan military chief 'to be replaced'The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu said he was
considering replacing Maj. Gen. More ...
Indonesia can learn much from world development woes: WBBerni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta The 25th annual World Bank Development Report (WDR), though
covering the globe, reads as if directly addressing Indonesia. More ...
Myriad problems mar TNI relations with the policeLela E. Madjiah, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Army Chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu must be feeling miserable of
late. More ...
Lack of infrastructure, skilled workers hamper remote regionsRita A. Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Nusa Dua, Bali Toli-Toli and Nabire, remote regencies in Central Sulawesi and
Papua respectively, lack infrastructure and qualified human
resources to develop their abundant natural resources ... More ...
Ivory Coast: The end of the 'Great Exception'Gwynne Dyer
Columnist
London Another African country is sliding over the edge, and this
time it's one of the continent's few success stories, Ivory
Coast. More ...
Customs policy gets cautious welcomeRendi A. Witular, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Business executives have applauded the move by the Directorate
General of Customs and Excise to reward 10 companies with faster
and cheaper import clearance procedures, but doubted the facility
could be fully ... More ...
Think again: Nation buildingMarina Ottaway
Senior Associate
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Codirects its Democracy and Rule of Law Project Once, nations were forged through "blood and iron. More ...
Japan ruins RI dream in men's beach volleyballNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Busan, South Korea Indonesia's dream to get its first gold medal at the Busan 2002
Asian Games was shattered when its men's beach volleyball team
lost to Japan on Haeundae beach on Friday. More ...
RI denied gold medal in men's beach volleyballNovan Iman Santosa
The Jakarta Post
Busan, South KoreaIndonesia's dream to get its first gold medal at the Busan 2002
Asian Games was shattered when its men's beach volleyball team
lost to Japan on Haeundae beach on Friday. More ...
Two Africans arrested in S. Sumatra PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: Police in Palembang, capital of
South Sumatra, arrested Ghanaian Abale Goble Jules Olive Cesar,
29, and Cameroonian Teufak Bernard, 40, on counterfeiting
charges. More ...
When talking about East Kalimantan, most people mention
Balikpapan, a mining town where hundreds of foreign and domestic
mining companies have set up business. More ...
Incidents illustrate offenses involving TNI membersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta One needs only to follow media reports closely to learn about the
grave challenges faced by the TNI in building a professional
army. More ...
Many people throw away garbage into the river Many people throw garbage into the river without realizing that
it could result in floods. The Jakarta Post interviewed several
people on the problem. More ...
Driver demo paralyzes Padang PADANG, West Java: Thousands of workers and students trying to
get to Padang, the capital of West Sumatra, were left stranded on
Thursday when public transportation drivers went on strike. More ...
Mixed emotions for RI men's beach volleyballNovan Iman Santosa, The Jakarta Post, Busan, South Korea There was a contrast of emotions in the medals ceremony when
winners of the Busan 2002 Asian Games men's beach volleyball were
on stage at Haeundae beach on Friday. More ...
UN criticizes govt handling of IDPsThe Jakarta Post
JakartaThe United Nations criticized on Thursday the government's poor
handling of internally displaced persons (IDPs), urging
government officials to comply with the guidelines it had issued. More ...
Think Again: Yasser ArafatDennis B. Ross
Director
Washington Institute for
Near East Policy. He was the lead negotiator on the Middle East
peace process in both the first Bush and Clinton administrations. More ...
Nyinte dedicates life to wild orchidsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta A wise man says that loving what you do matters because it
means caring deeply about the place you live in and always
striving to make it better for others. More ...
FPI attack foiled by phone stop JAKARTA: A leader of the West Jakarta chapter of the Islam
Defender Front (FPI) is being tried in the South Jakarta District
Court on charges of illegal possession of weapons. More ...
Pertamina pledges to quickly fix pipelineA'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta State-owned oil and gas company Pertamina vowed on Friday to
complete in three months the repair work on the gas pipeline
transporting natural gas from Kangean island in the Madura
Straits to East Java's mainland. More ...
Suspicious of everything GAM As reported in The Jakarta Post of Sept. 27, TNI Chief Gen.
Endriartono Sutarto claimed that the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) had
accepted Law No. More ...
Ripped off by police in Bali I've just returned home from a 22-day holiday in Bali. I
stayed at the Hilton at Nusa Dua, and enjoyed, once again, the
fantastic atmosphere, as well as the delicious local food.
This trip, the fourth in five years, was completely different
from the last one. More ...
Indonesian Film Festival takes a risk in AustraliaDewi Anggraeni, Contributor, Melbourne, Australia The organizers of Indonesian Film Festival (IFFEST) 2002 took a
leap into the dark when they decided to stage their festival in
Melbourne, Australia. At first glance the risk seemed two-fold. More ...
A sign of indifference? Probably nobody has ever calculated how many people it takes
to encircle Merdeka Square in front of the presidential palace --
better known as Monas Square in the common vernacular -- with a
human chain. More ...
JP/6/YANUARUnderstanding the marriage
between technology and businessYanuar Nugroho
Director, Business Watch Indonesia
Lecturer, Sahid Univ. Surakarta
Researcher, Unisosdem Jakarta
yanuar-n@unisosdem.org Let us consider these three facts. More ...
16 years in jail sought for Ongko JAKARTA: Prosecutor Arnold Angkow asked the Central Jakarta
District Court on Thursday to sentence Kaharuddin Ongko, a
suspect in the misuse of Bank Indonesia Liquidity Support Funds
(BLBI) to 16 years in jail. More ...
Kutai engaged in superfluous projectsFitri Wulandari, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Many poor regions have turned rich overnight, thanks to the
Law on regional autonomy, which has a split revenue mechanism. More ...
JP/16/MoneyJapan, Vietnam eye trade pact TOKYO : Japan and Vietnam on Thursday agreed to finish talks
aimed at signing a bilateral trade pact by the end of this year,
reports said. More ...
TNI remains powerful, no headway in reformsMuhammad Nafik and Berni K. Moestafa, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Efforts to put the country's powerful military (TNI) under
civilian supremacy remain largely ineffectual four years after
the nation embarked on a reform movement marked by the fall ... More ...
JP/7/MILLERWorld Bank's integrity in combating corruption
John M. Miller
Team Leader (April 1998 - April 2002)
Project Coordination Office
Sulawesi II Urban Development Project
Jakarta In his desire to tell everyone how diligent the World Bank is
in combating corruption in Indonesia, Country ... More ...
Cookies, candies anyone? BUSAN, South Korea: Journalists have long complained to the
Busan Asian Games Organizing Committee (BAGOC) over the computer
and internet-related facilities available at the Main Press
Center, but to no avail. More ...
Ryamizard considers replacing Bukit Barisan military chiefThe Jakarta Post
JakartaArmy Chief of Staff Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu said he was
considering replacing Maj. Gen. More ...
Agency punishes two officers JAKARTA: The City Transportation Agency punished on Thursday
two officials who were allegedly demanding illegal levies from
Kopaja bus drivers, in an apparent effort to discourage other
employees from extorting drivers.The two officers, identified as Bambang S. More ...
FPI members raid nightspotsDamar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta About 650 members of the radical Islam Defenders Front (FPI)
launched a violent raid early Friday morning against nightspots
and billiard centers here, while police did nothing to prevent or
stop the violence. More ...
Kersik Luway, sanctuary for wild orchidsThe Jakarta Post, Samarinda, East Kalimantan White soft sand covered by shrubs and tall grass. Clumps of
trees with yellowish leaves blanketed in the afternoon mist. This
is Kersik Luway Nature Reserve from a distance. More ...
Government criticized over handling of IDPsThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta The United Nations criticized on Thursday the government's poor
handling of internally displaced persons (IDPs), urging
government officials to comply with the guidelines it had issued. More ...
China has to share golds; KL, Vietnam win first goldsPhil Brown, Associated Press, Busan, South Korea China had to share some of its gold medals at the Asian Games on
Friday, and Malaysia and Vietnam joined the ranks of winners. More ...
Children unite for World Choir concertTantri Yuliandini, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta More than 1,200 children from all walks of life -- shelters,
schools as well as those attending international schools across
the country -- will raise their voices for the upcoming Children
of the World Choir ... More ...
Release without fines sought for foreign dredgersThe Jakarta Post, Jakarta Owners of the companies chartering five of 13 foreign dredgers
that are detained in Tanjung Balai Karimun, Riau for sand
smuggling, have reportedly offered a bribe for their release,
Antara news agency reported on Friday. More ...
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